Upgrading the Single Sign-On component

To perform an upgrade of the Single Sign-On (SSO) server component, you will need the vCenter Installation DVD's ISO image mounted to the Windows virtual machine hosting the SSO server.

Tip

This section of the chapter only applies if you have an existing vCenter 5.1 environment, and the SSO server is segregated onto a different machine.

How to do it...

The following procedure will guide you through the steps required in upgrading the SSO server from Version 5.1 to 5.5:

  1. When the vCenter installation DVD's welcome screen appears, select vCenter Single Sign-On under the Custom Install category and click on Install to start the setup:
  2. The first screen of the installation wizard workflow will indicate that it has detected ...

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