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vCenter for Windows 6.0 to vCSA 6.0

I have an environment running vCenter Server for Windows 6.0. I am not ready to move up to 6.5 yet. I just want to get off the Windows version o6.0 and on to the vCSA 6.0. The migration tool does not support this... is there a way to do this? Possibly deploying the vCSA, joining it to the existing SSO domain as a secondary vCenter and decommissioning the old?
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Best way is to bring up the new vCenter, Get all the settings right.

Backup all the custom information you want to keep about the VMs your running (custom notes generally). You can do this with powershell and export it all into a CSV.

Move one of your hosts in with a few dev/test VMs to make sure everything is working, then bring the rest of the hosts across.

Restore all your custom data and your done.
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Thanks for the input gentlemen.... I agree with Andrew, probably too much effort to stay with 6.0. Especially considering my reason not to go to 6.5 is reluctance to move away from the vSphere VI Client (Desktop) completely, I've always felt it still has its uses and so much simpler to navigate than the web client. Guess it is time though... LOL