Stage 1: Platform Services Controller
Let’s begin.
Browse to D:\vcsa-ui-installer\win32 and launch installer.exe
Click on Upgrade
Click Next
Accept the terms and click Next
Fill in the FQDN of the PSC and click on Connect to Source
Fill in all the relevant source information, and remember, by this time DRS should be set to manual on the cluster, all VCSA systems on the same host, so you can connect directly to the ESXi host. Click Next.
Click Yes to accept the certificate warning.
Enter the target information. Again, DRS should be set to manual on the cluster. Connect directly to the ESXi host the VCSAs are located. Click Next.
Again, click Yes to accept the warning.
Over here, I kept the VM names as I originally had, except I appended “-new” to the VM name. This is the visible name in vCenter. We will rename those later. Assign a root password and click Next.
Select a datastore and click Next.
Fill in some TEMPORARY ip information. Remember, it HAS TO BE on the SAME subnet as the source VM. Click Next.
Review the information, if it is all correct, click Finish to begin the upgrade.
The install begins. Let me sit back, relax, and grab a coffee. This will take approx 10-20 min depending on the performance of your environment.
The deployment of the VM is now complete. Click Continue to move to Stage 2 of the VM deployment. The migration.