Morning,
I want to replace my current vCenter server (vCentre 4.1 Update2) with new hardware and was wondering about the best way to decommission the current machine.
The new vCenter server will be running ESXi 5.0 Update2, and configured with the same name and IP address. I have no need to retain performance statistics or anything else from the existing server so I have no need to backup and restore the database. I want to start completely fresh.
Therefore, my question is do I simply power down the existing vCenter or should I disconnect or even remove the hosts prior to shutting down? My gut feeling is that a simple power down should suffice however I do not want to run into problems when trying to add them to the new vCenter server.
Thanks in advance