Hi,
Wondering if anyone has any tips or advice with regards to migrating vcenter server to a new domain, either using the ADMT tools, or simply drop off one domain and re-add.
It is running 5.5 with the database on an SQL server on its current domain (Say domain A), there is a trust between the domains so all of the links are in place. When I tried to migrate it to the new domain (Say domain B) using the ADMT tools it wouldn't start the services and gave errors, so it was reverted back to the snapshot taken just before the attempt to migrate it. So its now all working fine again.
At the moment the database will be staying on domain A as there are other databases on the SQL server, it will possibly be migrated or replaced at a later date.
So are there any recommended steps to migrate the vcenter server to a new domain, and give it a new IP address? Is it best to build a new one and point it at the existing database or should this be a straight forward task? Or even build a new SQL box and restore the database to the new it and rebuild a new vcenter? Ideally id just like to migrate it if possible and get it working on a new domain with a new IP?
Any info would be appreciated
Thanks