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Command-line vCenter Upgrade fails with incorrect path to VCDatabaseUpgrade.exe
I have been working on a powershell script to upgrade vCenter servers (sample below). I can upgrade the SSO and Inventory Service with no problems, but vCenter fails on the database upgrade step....
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I did some digging in the vmvcsr.log file and noticed that it was changing the SetupDir and SETUPEXEDIR to Z:\vCenter-Server instead of Z:\vCenter-Server\ I added the SETUPEXEDIR= and SetupSource=...
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Thanks for this thread McKenning. I was reading your first post earlier today and gave it some thought, but I was unable to tell what was wrong. Now, I learned something new from YOU!
View ArticleNIC´s simulator
Hi guysI saw in a video that is possible to simulate in Vmware to have until 10 NIC`s only with a physical NIC. Of course this is for training /lab purpose. Any idea where can I find it?Thanks a lot to...
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There are a lot of videos available, and I'm sure you will find the one you are looking for by searching the Internet for Nested ESXi lab.If you want to build a lab based on VMware Workstation, take a...
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Thanks André.The LAB is already mount, based on 2 laptops with ESXi. Now I saw in a video that there is a way to add more "virtual NIC´S" to the ESXi that vmware recognice as phisical, and this is...
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Unless there's something magic that I'm not aware of, you will only be able to use the existing physical NICs as uplinks if ESXi is installed natively on the laptops. I'm pretty sure the video was...
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter without losing the performance data
Hi,I'm planning to perform an in-place upgrade of our vCenter from 5.1 Build 1123961 to vCenter 5.5. Requirement is to retain the existing performance data of VMs, Hosts. As per the table on page 6 of...
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Hi, correct, when doing an inplace upgrade you will keep your database, which contains your historic performance data.
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Yes, make sure you have a full backup of vCenter Server and its database before proceeding.
View ArticleRe: Using Update Manager to upgrade ESX 5.1 to 5.5 - ERROR Conflicting VIBS
Thank you whatmyki! This has worked for me on G6 and Gen8's but I'm having an issue with G7's. Not all the NIC's are showing up. I've tried upgrading the Emulex firmware with no luck. Any ideas? Tim F.
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André, could it be that OP refers to SR-IOV? @OP: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc%2FGUID-CC021803-30EA-444D-BCBE-618E0D836B9F.html
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Re: Upgrade HP vSphere 5.5 to 5.5 U1 – Error Conflicting VIBS
i also have this issue with VMware-ESXi-5.5.0-Update1-1746018-HP-5.74.27-Jun2014.iso
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Same for me. Hope HP can do something for that.
View ArticleVcenter SSL Certificate valid from property wrong configured
Hi, a few days ago I installed the vCenter, not caring about the date and time. After installation everything worked fine, but after changing the date and time, i can't start the vcenter. I figured...
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You will have to regenerate the certificate again, you can use the Certificate Automation Tool -...
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Re: Upgrade HP vSphere 5.5 to 5.5 U1 – Error Conflicting VIBS
Same problem here.I was running HP customized 5.1 U2 and wanted to upgrade to 5.5 U1A.I was forced to upgrade to 5.5 U1 ( not A ) because of this problem. Everyone says that it's because some kind of...
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Hi Welcome to communities. Did you checked your system BIOS time ? this certificate from CA or local certificate ?
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Re: Vcenter SSL Certificate valid from property wrong configured
Hi, thanks It's a local certificate. Vcenter is installed on a vm. This vm takes time from esx. I had to configure date 18.10.2014 to be able to login to vcenter. Now I'm trying to update the...
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Actually the problem is NOT the net-bnx2 package, but the net-cnic package it depends on. Or to be more precise, it looks like a problem during the ESXi update procedure to interpret version numbers...
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