Difference between revisions of "Information Systems:VMware Upgrade - December 2020"
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| + | * Verified that the hardware of the 3 servers hosts are listed on VMware compatibility list for 7.0U1. Therefore, the result remains a supported configuration. Not sure how much longer we have with this (usually they cut it off at some point), but vSphere 7 appears to be a LTS/major release (long-term support), so we're still in a good place age-wise (of the server hardware). |
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| − | * Verified current server hardware listed on VMware compatibility list for 7.0U1. |
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* vCenter upgraded using UI installer on lab-pc. In-place upgrade performed. |
* vCenter upgraded using UI installer on lab-pc. In-place upgrade performed. |
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* Pre-check error was produced initially: NTP of vCenter had old domain controllers. Had to edit /etc/ntp.conf in command line (start bash in vsphere-cli on the appliance, edit with vi). |
* Pre-check error was produced initially: NTP of vCenter had old domain controllers. Had to edit /etc/ntp.conf in command line (start bash in vsphere-cli on the appliance, edit with vi). |
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| − | * VCSA virtual disk |
+ | * VCSA virtual disk was set to be thin-provisioned (thick-provisioned prior to this). |
==Other notes== |
==Other notes== |
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Revision as of 00:18, 19 December 2020
This page contains notes on the version upgrade performed on the virtual infrastructure. Specifically:
- vCenter - 6.5 to 7.0.1
- ESXi 6.5.0 to 7.0U3
vCenter notes
- Verified that the hardware of the 3 servers hosts are listed on VMware compatibility list for 7.0U1. Therefore, the result remains a supported configuration. Not sure how much longer we have with this (usually they cut it off at some point), but vSphere 7 appears to be a LTS/major release (long-term support), so we're still in a good place age-wise (of the server hardware).
- vCenter upgraded using UI installer on lab-pc. In-place upgrade performed.
- Pre-check error was produced initially: NTP of vCenter had old domain controllers. Had to edit /etc/ntp.conf in command line (start bash in vsphere-cli on the appliance, edit with vi).
- VCSA virtual disk was set to be thin-provisioned (thick-provisioned prior to this).
Other notes
- Wiki on smithers redirected to owl, article differential migrated manually.
- Smithers VM RAM allotment resized to 8GB from 16GB.