{"id":1227,"date":"2026-05-05T12:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2026-10-31T02:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:08:14","slug":"prechecks-of-your-worst-vcenter-to-be-imported-into-vcf9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/?p=1227","title":{"rendered":"Prechecks of your worst vCenter to be imported into VCF9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ever wondered what prechecks are running when importing a vCenter into VCF9? Always wondered what might  be a showstopper for an import? Guess you&#8217;re on the right blog \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine you have the following vSphere Environment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Multiple Standalone Hosts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dual Hosts in Clusters from Robo locations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multiple Datacenters with diverse configurations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>vmk0 on a standard vSwitch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aria Components that need to be migrated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How does something look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"397\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik.png 397w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apart from the fact that the legacy-esx-01 is red because Automation is hogging the vCPU it is kind of an interesting scenario especially as such robo sites or robo vCenters might come up more often, especially when there is a need to converge everything into a new WLD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of right now, the Hosts legacy-esx-03 till 06 are simply configured with their management IP. No Datastore, no VDS, no shared Storage, no local Storage, no NTP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what will VCF Operations 9 say if i&#8217;m gonna import such a WLD? Lets see \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go into VCF9 Opersions Inventory View, select your WLD where you wish to import that vCenter and click &#8220;Add Workload Domain &#8211;&gt; Import vCenter&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-1-1024x298.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-1-1024x298.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-1-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-1-768x223.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-1.png 1091w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow the wizard trough each step:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-2-1024x716.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-2-1024x716.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-2-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-2-768x537.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-2.png 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-3-1024x722.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-3-1024x722.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-3-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-3-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-3.png 1138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-4-1024x705.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-4-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-4-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-4-768x529.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grafik-4.png 1138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And after checking the Thumbprint the first validation is going to happen with the following results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"357\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1241\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wld-import-precheck-scaled-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wld-import-precheck-scaled-1.png 357w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wld-import-precheck-scaled-1-42x300.png 42w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wld-import-precheck-scaled-1-143x1024.png 143w, https:\/\/blog.lis.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wld-import-precheck-scaled-1-214x1536.png 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is simply a small post to show which prechecks are done against a vCenter and the Hosts. Maybe that is helpful for somebody \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered what prechecks are running when importing a vCenter into VCF9? Always wondered what might be a showstopper for an import? Guess you&#8217;re on the right blog \ud83d\ude42 Imagine you have the following vSphere Environment: How does something look like? 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