Can you upgrade and Upsize your VCSA?

While brainstorming about one of our labs, the question was raised on whether you can upsize your VCSA while upgrading to a newer version. Specifically, from 6.5u2 to 6.7U1 (build 8815520 to 11726888). We wanted to upgrade to the latest version but we also believe we...
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VCIX-NV Objective 1.3 Configure and Manage Transport Zones

Covering Objective 1.3 now we will be covering the following topics Create Transport Zones according to a deployment plan Configure the control plane mode for a Transport Zone Add clusters to Transport Zones Remove clusters from Transport Zones So,...
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Objective 8.1: Deploy ESXi Hosts Using Auto Deploy

So I have skipped a few sections dealing with troubleshooting. I may circle back around and get to them if I can but I am shooting to try to get all the other stuff done. Besides, I am sure if you have gotten this far – you have had at least a couple problems and...
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Objective 6.1: Configure and Administer a vSphere Backups/Restore/Replication Solution

Welcome back to another version of Mike's VMware show! Up for today, we are going to discuss Backups and Replication. In specific, the topics we are going to cover are: Identify snapshot requirements Identify VMware Data Protection...
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Objective 5.1: Configure Advanced/Multilevel Resource Pools

Back again with a new objective. This time we are going to go over Resource Pools. Over the course of the blog post we will cover the following points. Describe the Resource Pool hierarchy Define the Expandable Reservation parameter Describe vFlash...
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Objective 4.2: Perform vCenter Server Upgrades

To wrap up upgrade processes and things, we are going to go over vCenter Upgrades. The following points will be covered: Identify steps required to upgrade a vSphere implementation Identify upgrade requirements for vCenter Upgrade vCenter Server...
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Objective 4.1: Perform ESXi Host and Virtual Machine upgrades

Here we are again, starting Objective 4.1. The following points will be covered: Identify upgrade requirements for ESXi hosts Upgrade a vSphere Distributed Switch Upgrade Virtual Machine hardware Upgrade an ESXi host using vCenter Update Manager Stage...
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Objective 3.5 Setup and Configure Storage I/O Control

Moving on to our last sub point in the Storage Objectives, we are going to cover Storage I/O Control. We will cover the following: Enable/Disable Storage I/O Control Configure/Manage Storage I/O Control Monitor Storage I/O Control Enable /...
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Objective 3.4 Perform Advanced VMFS and NFS Configurations and Upgrades

Continuing along our Storage Objectives, we now are going to cover VMFS and NFS datastores and our mastery of them. We will cover in this objective: Identify VMFS and NFS Datastore properties Identify VMFS5 capabilities Create/Rename/Delete/Unmount a...
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Objective 3.3 Configure Storage Multi-pathing and Failover

Once again we return to cover another objective. It has been hectic lately, with delivering my first ICM 6 class and also delivering a vBrownBag the same week on one of the future objectives. Now we are back though and trying to get in the swing of things again. Here...
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