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    How To Upgrade Vcenter 7.0.3 To Vcenter 8.0

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    This document provides instructions for upgrading vCenter from version 7.0.3 to 8.0. It outlines pre-upgrade backup and preparation tasks including backing up the vCenter appliance, host profiles, distributed switch configurations, and ESXi server configurations. It then describes starting the upgrade process by mounting the vCenter 8.0 ISO and running the installer, and resolving any errors such as hostname mismatches. Finally, it discusses upgrading ESXi hosts using Lifecycle Manager to import ISOs and create/attach baselines to check and remediate compliance, and upgrading distributed switches.

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    How To Upgrade Vcenter 7.0.3 To Vcenter 8.0

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    This document provides instructions for upgrading vCenter from version 7.0.3 to 8.0. It outlines pre-upgrade backup and preparation tasks including backing up the vCenter appliance, host profiles, distributed switch configurations, and ESXi server configurations. It then describes starting the upgrade process by mounting the vCenter 8.0 ISO and running the installer, and resolving any errors such as hostname mismatches. Finally, it discusses upgrading ESXi hosts using Lifecycle Manager to import ISOs and create/attach baselines to check and remediate compliance, and upgrading distributed switches.

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    How To Upgrade Vcenter 7.0.3 To Vcenter 8.0

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    This document provides instructions for upgrading vCenter from version 7.0.3 to 8.0. It outlines pre-upgrade backup and preparation tasks including backing up the vCenter appliance, host profiles, distributed switch configurations, and ESXi server configurations. It then describes starting the upgrade process by mounting the vCenter 8.0 ISO and running the installer, and resolving any errors such as hostname mismatches. Finally, it discusses upgrading ESXi hosts using Lifecycle Manager to import ISOs and create/attach baselines to check and remediate compliance, and upgrading distributed switches.

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    How to upgrade vCenter 7.0.3 to vCenter 8.

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    In this post, I am going to upgrade vCenter (VCPD.RAMLAN.CA) to latest version 8.0. The upgrade path is

    https://core.vmware.com/vsphere-8-upgrade-activity-path

    https://core.vmware.com/resource/upgrading-vsphere-8#section2

    VMWare has shared excellent documentation on how to perform the upgrade. The videos from above
    links helped a lot during the upgrade process. So please take few minutes to read/watch the video
    before you start the process.

    PRE UPGRADE TASK:

    1. Backup vCenter Appliance


    2. Check for vCenter Appliance update
    3. Host Profile backup
    4. Distributed Switch Configuration backup
    5. Skyline Health Check
    6. Backup ESXi server configuration

    BACKUP vCenter APPLIANCE:

    UPDATES CHECK vCenter APPLIANCE:

    HOST PROFILE BACKUP:


    DISTRIBUTED SWITCH CONFIGURATION BACKUP:

    SKYLINE HEALTH CHECK:

    Backup ESXi Server Configuration – Connect to ESXi server using Putty and run this command to backup
    ESXi server configuration

    vim-cmd hostsvc/firmware/backup_config – Then visit http link to save the file.


    Now we are ready to start the upgrade. I have mounted the ISO and ran installer.exe as Admin. Below
    are the screen shots.
    Had to fix above error to complete the upgrade. Below are the fix details
    https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/84355 - Followed this link to change the hostname. As you can see
    from above screen shot there is minor difference in the hostname

    VCPD.ramlan.ca – as per screen shot above

    When, I ran below command the hostname is VCPD.RAMLAN.CA – all in CAPS

    That is why, I was getting error during pre check stage 2 of the upgrade process.

    Connected to vCenter Appliance using Putty and executed below commands to change hostname to
    VCPD.RAMLAN.CA
    Started the upgrade (stage 2) again…
    ESXi Host Upgrade: You can upgrade ESXi host in 2 ways – Using Image Management & Import ISO
    within Lice Cycle Manager. I am going with Import ISO method.

    1. Open Lifecycle Manager


    2. Import ESXi 8.0 ISO
    3. Create Baseline
    4. Attach Baseline to ESXi Server
    5. Check Compliance
    6. Remediate
    Once Compliance is completed you will see the option to remediate to start ESXi upgrade.

    All the host with be upgraded to version 8.0. During the upgrade each host will be in maintenance mode
    for a brief period.
    DISTRIBUTED SWITCH UPGRADE:

    Now we can start distributed switch upgrade. I am currently running v7.0.3.


    With this we have completed the upgrade to version 8. I will write another blog with all the new
    features released with vSphere Version 8.

    Thanks

    Ram
    16th Oct 2022

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