VMware vSphere 6.5 Migration Guide

1 VMware vSphere Migration Guide for HPE Hyper Converged 380 Update 2 Abstract This Guide outlines the necessary procedures required to migrate an HPE Hyper Converged 380 Update 2 system to VMware vSphere Part Number: P04016-001 Published: December 2017 Edition: 1 Page | 2 Copyright 2017 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP Notices Copyright 2017 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for Hewlett Packard Enterprise products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Hewlett Packard Enterprise shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

2 Links to third-party websites take you outside the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has no control over and is not responsible for information outside the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. VMware , vCenter , and vSphere are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware , Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the and other countries. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, and NVIDIA Tesla are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the and other countries. Page | 3 Revision History Version Date Changes 1 December 2017 Initial release Page | 4 Table of Contents Hyper Converged 380 Migration overview (vCenter to ).

3 8 Checklist for Migration .. 9 Migration Flow Diagram .. 12 Brief of Flow Diagram: .. 13 Expansion .. 14 Brief of Flow Chart: .. 15 NVIDIA Grid Manager .. 16 Brief of Flow Chart: .. 16 Prerequisite for migrating HC 380 .. 17 HC 380 Management UI prerequisites .. 17 Ensure that the HC 380 is running under normal operation .. 17 Verify node management .. 18 VMware vSphere Web Client prerequisites .. 18 Ensure that the VMs reside in the storevirtual VSA management datastore .. 18 Checking the CD/DVD settings for all VMs .. 19 Disabling Admission control in vSphere HA settings .. 20 hpe storevirtual CMC prerequisites .. 21 Verification of no critical alerts on vCenter and iLO .. 23 HPE OneView Global Dashboard Configuration .. 24 HC 380 system Migration - Update 2 to Update 2 vSphere .

4 26 Migration checklist .. 26 Download and stage the required files .. 26 Download the HPE upgrade component files .. 26 Transfer the upgrade files to HC 380 Management VM .. 27 Update HPE OneView InstantOn .. 27 Update hpe storevirtual CMC and VSA software .. 28 Update the hpe storevirtual CMC and VSA software Online .. 28 Update the hpe storevirtual CMC and VSA software Offline .. 29 Configure HPE OneView for VMware vCenter .. 30 Deployment of version of HPE OneView for VMware 30 Configuration of HPE OneView for VMware vCenter with vCenter 37 Configure storevirtual VSA with HPE OneView for VMware vCenter .. 47 Page | 5 Migrate ESXi hosts to remote vCenter .. 49 Migrate HC 380 Nodes to remote vCenter .. 50 Update Cluster Settings in Remote vCenter .. 50 Manual DRS Configuration at Remote vCenter.

5 53 Upgrade Mozilla Firefox and verify proxy setting on HC 380 Management VM .. 58 Upgrade Mozilla Firefox .. 58 Verify and reset the proxy settings on the HC 380 Management VM .. 59 Upgrade VMware vSphere using the HPE Customized ESXi Image on the cluster nodes .. 60 Migrate the HC380 VMs to a Different Host .. 60 Migrate User VMs to a Different Host .. 61 Power off the storevirtual VSA VM using hpe storevirtual CMC .. 61 Put the ESXi host in maintenance mode .. 63 Apply Service Pack for ProLiant .. 65 Update HPE Intelligent Provisioning .. 69 Upgrade VMware vSphere ESXi .. 70 Take the VMware vSphere ESXi server out of maintenance mode .. 74 Power ON the storevirtual VSA VM .. 74 Redeploy Management UI & HPE OneView VM .. 74 System in TLS .. 75 System in TLS .. 75 Removal of HPE OneView Global Dashboard entries.

6 75 Removal of Management UI and HPE OneView VM from the vCenter.. 76 Configure the iLO Cert (TLS ) .. 78 Configure custom certificates of the nodes (TLS ) .. 78 Modify Registry settings in Management VM (TLS ) .. 79 Enable TLS in Management VM Browser settings .. 85 Rename of Host with FQDN (TLS ) .. 86 Renaming and registering the Management VM to DNS (TLS ) .. 95 Copy of the OVA files to the tmp directory (TLS ) .. 97 Replacement of Post deployment scripts (TLS ) .. 97 Update , , and file on Management VM.. 97 Lock iLO to TLS (Enable FIPS) (TLS ) .. 101 Redeploy Management UI & HPE OneView VM .. 102 Run Post Deployment scripts for expanded nodes (if any) .. 106 Post Migration procedures .. 108 Page | 6 Disable SSH and ESXi Shell access .. 108 Reconfigure with HPE OneView Global Dashboard.

7 109 Upgrade VMware vSphere PowerCLI .. 110 Expansion .. 112 Network Configuration of ESXi Host and VSA .. 113 Find new Node in CMC .. 131 Upgrade the VSA .. 137 Place the new ESXi node into maintenance mode .. 137 Apply Service Pack for ProLiant .. 137 Update HPE Intelligent Provisioning .. 137 Upgrade VMware vSphere ESXi .. 137 Install NVIDIA GRID Manager .. 137 Add new ESXi host to the vCenter .. 137 Take the VMware vSphere ESXi server out of maintenance mode .. 144 Add the VSA in Existing Management Group and Cluster .. 144 Create New Server in Management Group .. 146 Configure the assigned volume(s) on vCenter .. 148 Add expanded node to Management UI .. 153 Update DRS settings in Remote vCenter .. 153 Create file on Management VM .. 155 Execute PostDeployment PowerShell script on Management VM.

8 160 Migrate NVIDIA Grid Manager Post ESXi Upgrade .. 163 System Recovery .. 165 Troubleshooting .. 166 Fetching of support bundle fails from HPE OneView InstantOn .. 166 Manual Log Collection: .. 167 Accessing VM Console from Management UI fails .. 176 Management UI unable to configure HPE OneView IP after Migration .. 177 VM templates are not visible in vCenter, after migrating Hosts from vCenter to .. 178 VMs are not visible in Management UI VM, after Redeployment of Management UI and HPE OneView VM .. 181 After ESXi upgrade Host will be red flagged and vCenter will not communicate with host .. 182 Error message on the ESXi Host after ESXi upgrade .. 183 Don t use HPE OneView InstantOn summary page is not functional.. 184 Datastore expansion operation will take a while.. 184 Page | 7 ADU log collection command is no longer functional.

9 185 VM vending operations from Management UI may fail in case of VCenter failover under VCenter High Availability environment.. 185 Issue in downloading upgrade manifest or all upgrade files while Updating hpe storevirtual CMC and VSA to .. 186 Workaround 1 .. 186 Workaround 2 .. 188 HPE OneView InstantOn takes longer time to complete installation on Management VM .. 188 Appendix .. 191 Sample Deployment XML Automation Scripts .. 191 .. 191 .. 192 Support and other resources .. 199 Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support .. 199 Information to collect .. 199 Accessing updates .. 199 Customer self-repair .. 200 Remote support .. 200 Warranty information .. 201 Regulatory information .. 201 Documentation feedback .. 202 Page | 8 Hyper Converged 380 Migration overview (vCenter to ) NOTE: Before performing Migration , refer to the HPE Hyper Converged 380 Firmware and software Compatibility Matrix for the supported firmware and software versions.

10 NOTE: For information and downloads required for migrating to vSphere , visit the HPE Support Center ( ). Search for HPE Hyper Converged 380 Cluster Appliance and select Drivers and software . The HPE Hyper Converged 380 Migration Guide provides a complete set of instructions to migrate a deployed HPE Hyper Converged 380 system. This version of the Guide outlines migrating from HC 380 U2 system to U2 vSphere Migration paths outlined in this Guide : 1. Complete the Migration prerequisites. 2. Complete the Migration procedure. 3. Complete the Post migrate procedures. This Guide also includes: 1. Expansion of new HC 380 node to existing migrated environment. Note: HPE OneView InstantOn cannot be used to expand an HPE HC 380 on version U2 with VMware vSphere Instructions for expanding an HC 380 that has been migrated to VMware vSphere are provided in this document.