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We have only one vCenter and a few hosts so I have decided to install vCenter 6 to a new VM. &nbsp;This action should not affect VM Admins using the existing vCenter to manage our VM environment, right?<br />
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I'd also want to take this opportunity to put the database to my SQL server. &nbsp;Do you have a guide line as for create a database for the new vCenter?<br />
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Thanks.
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We have only one vCenter and a few hosts so I have decided to install vCenter 6 to a new VM.  This action should not affect VM Admins using the existing vCenter to manage our VM environment, right?

I'd also want to take this opportunity to put the database to my SQL server.  Do you have a guide line as for create a database for the new vCenter?

Thanks.

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I plan to upgrade my VM environment from 5.5 to 6.0. &nbsp;<br />
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Attached shows the version that we have. &nbsp;<br />
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I am checking out this link but not sure which demo I should look at. &nbsp;I do not think PSC is in VM 5.5. &nbsp;<br />
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<a href="https://featurewalkthrough.vmware.com/#!/vsphere-6-0/vcenter-server-install" rel="ugc nofollow">https://featurewalkthrough.vmware.com/#!/vsphere-6-0/vcenter-server-install</a><br />
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Please advise. &nbsp;<br />
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thanks.<br />
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I plan to upgrade my VM environment from 5.5 to 6.0.  

Attached shows the version that we have.  

I am checking out this link but not sure which demo I should look at.  I do not think PSC is in VM 5.5.  

https://featurewalkthrough.vmware.com/#!/vsphere-6-0/vcenter-server-install

Please advise.  

thanks.

upgrade VM from 5.5 to 6.0

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.