V mware v sphere® upgrade service

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VMware vSphere® Upgrade Service
Kickoff

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Download
 Student Guide & Internal & Confidential Update Daly - https://goo.gl/VVmVZ0
-- Release Notes http://ouo.io/6sCdC
00 Document Map http://ouo.io/HSKRn
01 Delivery Reference Guide http://ouo.io/CeFp0
A01 Kickoff http://ouo.io/OhS44
A02 Upgrade Overview http://ouo.io/yhnZu
A03 Planning http://ouo.io/lgf0Wc
A04 Prerequisites Checklist http://ouo.io/y0Wu5l
A05 Plan http://ouo.io/rg6Jf
A06 Operational Verification http://ouo.io/KnLNkO

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VMware vSphere Upgrade Goals
 Planning
• Plan and prepare for upgrade
• Identify and validate prerequisites are met
• Determine upgrade steps and procedures
• Anticipate potential problems and risks
• Conduct dress rehearsal
 Execution
• Upgrade VMware® vCenter Server™, VMware vCenter™ Update Manager™,
hosts, and virtual machines
• Maintain functional parity after upgrade
• Configure and validate new VMware Sphere® features
• Conduct upgrade operational validation

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VMware vSphere Upgrade Project Benefits
 Facilitate smooth upgrade
• Minimize risk
• Minimize disruptions
• Avoid pitfalls by leveraging past delivery success
 Ramp up with vSphere quickly
• Leverage new capabilities
• Maintain functional parity with previous vSphere environment
• Gain operational efficiencies
• Benefit from proven practices

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VMware vSphere Upgrade Project Prerequisites
 Existing infrastructure
• Existing VMware vSphere 4.x
• Test instances and hardware
 Prior to upgrade planning
• VMware vSphere 4.x experience
• Knowledge of features and differences in VMware software versions
• Completed VMware vSphere Jumpstart Service or equivalent experience

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VMware vSphere Upgrade Engagement Scope
 Upgrade path
• In-place upgrade versus fresh install
• Parity first, then new vSphere features
 Upgraded components
Components Up To
VMware vCenter Server 1
VMware vCenter Update Manager 1
VMware ESXi™ Hosts 3
Virtual machines 25

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VMware vSphere Upgrade Project Introductions
 Participant introductions
 VMware ownership and responsibilities
 Subject matter expertise
 Upgrade project goals and objectives

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VMware vSphere Upgrade Project Requirements
 Participants
• Administrative owners – Infrastructure, operations, procedures, SLAs
• End users for acceptance testing
• Subject matter experts
 Testing and dress rehearsal
• Test environment
• New or existing hosts
• Existing virtual machines
 Upgrade execution
• Downtime windows
• Approval process and buy-in
• Owners and contact information

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VMware vSphere Upgrade Timeline
Activity Description
Project kickoff Discuss goals and project plan
Upgrade planning
• Current state analysis and architecture review
• Requirements gathering
• Upgrade POC
• Determine upgrade path, steps, and back-out
• What’s new and different between current version and target version
• Procedures, approvals, and acceptance testing
Testing and dress rehearsal Run through steps and time
Upgrade execution
• Perform upgrade on identified subset
• Validate upgraded systems for functional parity and selected new
features

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Questions?

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VMware vSphere Upgrade Service
VMware, Inc.
3401 Hillview Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Tel: 1-877-486-9273 or 650-427-5000
Fax: 650-427-5001