How to change IP's for vCenter, ESXi, and vSAN.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

The need has arisen to change all IP's for your environment, and you want the best way to go about that.

Resolution

1. Change vCenter's IP(Best Practices for changing the IP address of vCenter server)
2. Update vCenter Cert (Regenerate vSphere 6.x, 7.x, and 8.0 certificates using self-signed VMCA)
3. Change ESXi IP's (Changing the ESXi server management IP address)
4. Update ESXi certs (Regenerate vSphere 6.x, 7.x, and 8.0 certificates using self-signed VMCA)
5. Change vSAN IP's (How to Non-Disruptively Change the VLAN/IP for vSAN VMk in a Production Environment)

Additional Information

Verify  vmkernel adapters have also been updated when making changes.