Upgrading VirtualCenter 2.5u2-> 2.5u3

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• Error upgrading to 5.5U2

  Try to upgrade to 5.5U2 train 5.5U1 and have several questions.

  First of all, when I click on the web client install button I get "file not found...". E:\\vSphere-WebClient\Vmware-WebClient.exe ".

  Second, when I manually navigate to this path and try to run the exe I get the error "this application cannot be run on your PC.

  Host operating system is Win2k12 R2 Datacenter. Has anyone else seen similar problems or had success update the WebClient service?

  Thank you

  Hello

  Since the two error messages that seems like corrupted install source / iso try to redownload vCenter 5.5 U2 iso image and run the Setup program again.

  In addition, it is better if you disable UAC on the server before installing just to be safe check if all the AppLocker rules are not applied:

  Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: AppLocker - ask Performance - Site home - TechNet Articles team

  For all the current problems, see the "Known issues" section in the Release Notes:

  vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2 Release Notes

  Also check the media installation with MD5 integrity:

  VMware KB: Verification of the integrity of the downloaded installer files

  VMware KB: Verification of the integrity of the media upgrades or installations ESX/ESXi host

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• Upgrading VirtualCenter 2.5.0

  I have a few questions about a possible upgrade of VirtualCenter and how to upgrade my specific version does not appear in the upgrade guide.

  The VirtualCenter server running 2.5.0 build 104215

  The hosts run ESXi (embedded) 120505 version 2.5.0

  The VirtualCenter database is running on Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  The VirtualCenter and SQL Server are run as virtual machines

  ESXi hosts using a shared on a SAN storage and helped HA/DRS

  The infrastructure is not yet in use of production and the plan is to move to vCenter Update3 and even update for Update3 ESXi hosts (no less, we can solve the Maintenance mode causing HA suspended the issue of 2%)

  My questions:

  (1) is the database needs to be upgraded?

  (2) is the data store must be upgraded?

  (3) will be the VC/SQL servers running in the cause of the problems VI?

  (4) it is interesting to use snapshots to roll back problems?

  Questions 1 to 3, the answer is no--for question 4, you can, but don't let them run long before committing them - this might help as well http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_upgrade_guide.pdf

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• Upgrading VirtualCenter

  I'm about to install Virtual Center 2.5 update 6 of Virtual Center 2.5 Update 2 and I was wondering if anyone knew whether a database upgrade.  I read the upgrade guide, but apparently not to focus (or forget, by the way) on the minor updates.

  Yes, there is a schema for U6 upgrade.  So, make sure that you get a full backup of your DB instance before you begin.

• be2net or elxnet to install after the update of firmware for ESXi 5.5U3 driver?

  Hi people

  All my HP Blade servers with the V4.01 Virtual Connect Flex-10 et Admin on board v4.40 , the current HP Blades all use the be2net driver as the following tables:

  

  
  

  During the process of upgrading guests ESXi for 5.5U3 of the 5.1U3, to look in: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/programs/hcl/ESX_Flex_config.pdf and this PDF file:http://vibsdepot.hp.com/hpq/recipes/HPE-VMware-Recipe.pdf #18 page is all that is on ESXi 5.5 on elxnet not be2net ?

  
  

  Do I need to install the driver manually after the firmware updated on yellow highlighted items after ESXi 5.5 update?

  Good question...

  In the past I've always done the firmware first, but I know that others don't has first ESXi and also does not work on a question.

  I simply cannot wait too long between the two steps. Use a window of maintenance for both.

• Upgrade plan of ESX2.5 of VI3.5

  Hello everyone,

  I am currently considering an upgrade of our current environment of the 2.53/2.54 of VI 3.5 (... with a possible move to 4.0..).  I know... "always to 2.53 help?" never enough time for projects.  Currently, we have (3) hosts ProLiant DL380G4s and DL585G1 (1) ProLiant host bound to a 3000 EVA.  I have four ProLiant DL380G5s available for a new installation of 3.5 and recently bought Equallogic iSCSI SAN to replace EVA.

  I intend now upgrading VirtualCenter (... moving to a new hardware..) and I'm not too concerned with the installation of 3.5, since it is new material.  My concern is with the migration of VM.  My original plan, pre-Equallogic, had to bring up one of the new ProLiants on the EVA (..) I have a CF card game..) with the new LUN presented and migrate VMS off one of former guests.  I then continue the migration by pulling down the old empty host and using CF cards for another new host, and so forth until all virtual machines have been migrated and all former hosts were declining.  However, given that I now have the Equallogics and want to switch everything to them, I wonder what is the best plan.  Should I go with what I had originally planned, and then tying the new hosts the EQS and migrate virtual machines to the new iSCSI LUN or even bother with the connection of the new guests to the EVA and just try to migrate from the old EVA-attached to EQ-attached hosts to new hosts?

  Recommendations or traps to monitor are appreciated!

  Installing vCenter 2.5 on the new server and new database if you are not concerned about keeping all the data and the previous VirtualCenter configuration

  Install new ESX 3.5 hosts in the new vCenter

  Fix EqualLogic hosts and create data warehouses

  Configure the VMotion to be compatible with the old host ESX 2.x

  Disconnect the old VC and the new CR ESX host

  Upgrade VMotion VMs of former hosts of new guests and new data warehouses

  All VM do the latest version of virtual hardware and VMware Tools

  Decommissioning the old servers and storage

• 3.0.2 upgrade to 3.5

  I'm looking to upgrade to ESX 3.5 and from what I've read, this is the procedure that I follow:

  1. backup the database of Virtual Center.

  2. upgrade VirtualCenter 2.0.x to VirtualCenter 2.5.

  3. switch to level the VirtualCenter database.

  4. use VMotion to evacuate the virtual machines from the host ESX Server 3.0.x.

  5 file systems emergency ESX service console

  6 put the ESX 3.0.x to ESX Server 3.5 server level.

  7 use VMotion to bring back the host ESX Server virtual machines.

  8. upgrade VMware Tools to VMware Tools 3.5 3.0.

  9. Repeat steps 4 through step 8 for each ESX Server host.

  Then of course management doesn't let me update all 4 hosts that we have both. They want just 1 is host and then wait 4 weeks to make sure that everything is fine. HA and DRS is enabled for these 4 hosts and I have some questions tha I was not able to find answers to yet.

  1. can coexist us with 3.0.X and 3.5 safely for a few weeks after the VirtualCenter upgrade and a crowd?

  2. How could we go back to VirtualCenter 2.0 if we have problems?

  3. what patches need to be installed prior to upgrading? I ask this question because we are several patches behind. Do I need to worry about getting the current host to day? Or 3.5 upgrade will take care of that? Or should I not bother with an upgrade and do a clean install of 3.5? (Sorry this one had several questions in there.)

  Thanks much for any info!

  Hi Man,

  It's the checklist that you have to follow as you HA, VMotion and DRS configured:

  *

  To perform the upgrade

  *

  1 - update VirtualCenter 2.0.x to VirtualCenter 2.5.

  2 - upgrade the VirtualCenter database.

  3. place the ESX Server host in maintenance mode.

  4. wait for the software drains all the VMS ESX Server host computer.

  5 - upgrade the host ESX Server 3.0.2 for ESX Server 3.5.

  6 - Add the ESX Server upgraded to the DRS cluster.

  7 - Repeat step 3 through step 6 for each ESX Server host.

  one-topic of your question, as far as I am in VMware ESX technology, you can use the version 3.0.X and 3.5 version at the same time.

  b on the way in which you want to revert to the previous version, if something goes wrong: I don't really believe. So, don't forget your plan before you try to do something.

  See you soon

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• Enabling VCA with VirtualCenter VM

  I'll have some time to x - mas in power on all my virtual machines and need some ideas on my plan to activate CVS on my cluster.

  My environment:

  3 identical hosts - ProLiant DL585 G2

  ESX 3.5u2

  VirtualCenter 2.5u2 running in a virtual machine

  I can't migrate with virtual machines running. I get the "Incompatibility of CPUID" error when I try migrate running virtual machines in the EVC cluster enabled, so I will need to stop all my virtual machines to activate CVS. The following plan would work?

  1. Shutdown all computers, virtual and leave the VC running virtual machine.

  2. Set host1 in maintenance mode.

  3. Move outside the cluster host1.

  4. Exit mode maintenance on host1.

  5. VMotion VM VC on host1.

  6. Select CVS on the cluster containing host2 and host3.

  7. Clone VM VC - leave it turned off the power.

  8. Migrate powered off clone VC to host2.

  9. Shutdown VM VC.

  10. Plug VIC on host2.

  11. Turn it on cloned VM VC.

  12. Connect to VIC to cloned VM VC.

  13. Migrate original host2 VC VM power off.

  14. Cloned VC VM shutdown.

  15. Plug VIC on host2.

  16. Turn on the original VC VM.

  17. Connect to VIC to original VC VM.

  18. Set host1 in maintenance mode.

  19. Move host1 in the cluster.

  20. Exit mode maintenance on host1.

  21. Delete cloned VM VC.

  Hello

  It seems that it will work.  Not sure I would clone the virtual machine however. Here's what I'd do:

  Stop all virtual but VC computers.

  Stop host2 and Host3

  During feeding on the update of the BIOS to host2/host3 allow AMD - V and the NX/XD Bit

  Make a new Cluster.

  Join the host2 to the cluster

  Select CVS on the CLuster

  Join the host3 to the cluster

  Shutdown VC VM on host1

  migrate VM VC to new cluster

  Power on VM VC

  Make sure that everything in the works of cluster

  Power off Host1

  Updated BIOS for host1 to enable AMD - V and the NX/XD Bit

  Join Host1 to new Cluster

  Recreate Pools of resources

  Reorganize the VMs

  VMs boot

  There should be no need to clone the machine virtual of VC.

  Best regards

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• New server vCenter4

  We currently have VirtualCenter2.5 on a physical server.   We will begin our upgrade to vSphere4.  The first step is to upgrade or install vCenter4.   However, our servers are all on the lease and the VirtualCenter server is off lease.  We receive a new server and I decided well enough just to install a new copy of vCenter on that instead you re-create the server VirtualCenter2.5 and upgrade.

  Let's save our VirtualCenter database as well as the license server file.

  Because we have the VirtualCenter2.5 server and our server replacement for a few days, my thought is to install vCenter on the new server, attach the file to the database and the license server.  Then, I think I need to recreate my environment again on the vCenter server to include presenting CF LUN again.  is that correct?  Or is there a better way to do it?

  you won't lose any of your features.  Don't forget the features are based on licenses.  I guess that you only had / have business license with VI3, licensing will be the same in vSphere4.

  With regard to your DBA, tell them just to make a backup of the complete BD and you will call them, if you need their help

  P.S. see this snipit of vSphere Upgrade Guide

  On the upgrade database Wizard

  The upgrade database Wizard updates the schema of the VirtualCenter database. The upgrade of database

  run the Wizard after completing installation of vCenter Server Wizard.

  When you perform an upgrade to vCenter Server, you must use a VirtualCenter 2.x database that is supported

  upgrade by vCenter Server 4.0.

  The upgrade database wizard runs once you click on install in the setup of the vCenter server. The database

  Assistant upgrade upgrades the database schema to make it compatible with vCenter Server 4.0. The schema

  defines the tables, the fields in each table, and the relationships between the tables and fields.

  If you upgrade VirtualCenter 2.5, the database upgrade wizard runs in the background. If you are

  upgrading from VirtualCenter 2.0.x the upgrade database wizard appears, and you must complete the wizard.

  The upgrade database Wizard does not level a version not supported in database (for example, Oracle 9i)

  in a database that is taken in charge.

• Settings not retained during VirtualCenter vCenter upgrade DPM?

  Hello

  I just upgraded my VirtualCenter 2.5U3 (using SQL 2005 Express edition) and I noticed that

  ILO/IPMI settings are not preserved during the upgrade.

  After you install the vSphere Client, the corresponding data fields are empty.

  Is it possible to get them without having to re-enter it and do the confirmatory test?

  Bernard

  These parameters are new in vSphere.

  I didn't see in version 3.5 (supporting only recovery mode WOL).

  André

• How upgrade ESXi 3.5 U3 to ESXi 3.5 U4 without VirtualCenter?

  The upgrade guide published by VMware is 100 pages and seems to assume you have VirtualCenter. How ESXi improved, U4 without the use of VirtualCenter?

  Nick,

  I understand your frustration. VMware tends to complicate things a bit, but once you learn to read and (lots of reading) you'll have as its all not so bad. But without going to the topic far, VMware provides everything you need to update your server ESXi/servers very easily. The method that Tony posted above is the way to do it and is fully supported IS the SAME method that I recommended. I have almost 200 guests that I update with the infrastructure update utility. When you install the VI Client on your machine from management, it asks you if you want to install the Update Manager Service, you MUST place a check box this box for the installed application. If you do not have it, re - install your infrastructure client and make sure that you have selected him. When you do, run the app, select the server from your list that you want to update, it checks for updates and if you want, appkly them. You must reboot the host AFTER updates are applied, but after hours. The walk through above is entirely correct.

  I hope this explains more, but you should have installed program, which is installed when you install the client infrastructure.

• VirtualCenter 2.5 U2 can be upgraded to VCenter4 then on a host ESX3.5 U2?

  I intend to upgrade our current VCenter 2.5 U2 for Vsphere 4 VC. I guess the new VSphere 4 VC can run on ESX 3.5 U2?

  That can - check page 2 of the compatibility guide

  https://www.VMware.com/PDF/vSphere4/R40/vsp_compatibility_matrix.PDF

• upgrade from ESX 2.5.2 VirtualCenter 1.3 to ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5

  What you call experts! I have 3 new ESX 3.5 servers and a new configuration of Lefthand SAN.  I have 3 old 2.5.2 running in VC 1.3 ESX host.  I need to upgrade to 2.5 VC.  It is better to simply create a new VC Server?  I also get all the VMs on ESX 2.5.2 new environmental VMFS2 servers.  What is the best way to do it?  2.5.2 VMotion Server server 3.5 upgrade virtual hardware then VMtools?  For that I must add the 2.5.2 VC 2.5 Server servers can add 2.5.2 servers in a new VC 2.5 with my ESX 3.5 hosts?  I'm looking for minimum downtime.  I have only 20 virtual machines.  So, to summarize what is my best upgrade/migration path?   I understand that I can not upgrade my virtual server from 1.3 to 2.5 in place and it seems to be the best just create a new one?

  Thanks to all of you who take the time to help me with this.

  Virtual center of Setup program on a new virtual machine in the new environment.

  Present records ESX 2.5 to the new 3.5 servers. As they are VMFS2 they will be displayed read-only for guests of 3.5.

  For each virtual machine that you want to migrate, you create a new virtual machine in version 3.5 but are not all discs.

  Stop the vm 2.5. SSH into your 3.5 host and copy the diskfiles 2.5 LUN on a LUN that belongs to your 3.5 environment.

  vmkfstools-i /vmfs/volumes/old_LUN/examplevm/examplevm.vmdk/vmfs/volumes/new_LUN/examplevm/examplevm.vmdk

  The disc is now copied to the new location and you must change the vmdk file.

  VI /vmfs/volumes/new_LUN/examplevm/examplevm.vmdk

  change of buslogic to free and save. You will now be able to set the drive on the virtual machine that you created with you customer VI.

  After disc is attached right clik on the virtual machine and choose upgrade virtual hardware. Turn on the virtual machine, save your ipconfig and upgrading vmware tools restart and set the IP.

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• Get "unable to install the VirtualCenter Agent service" on ESX 2.5.4 after the upgrade of the VC to 2.5 update3

  I have improved my Virtual Center 2.5 to 2.5 update 3. After doing this, I have 2 of my ESX v2.5.4 servers which will not reconnect.

  I get the error message "Unable to install the VirtualCenter Agent service". I also see "the connection failed due to a bad user name or password" showing upwards in the list of tasks of VC. I don't know that I type in the good user/pass as I turn around tight and SSH on the server using the same user/pass.

  I tried to do "service vmware-vpxa restart" on the hosts. What log file I look in upon the host server to find the real problem, and is there any other suggestions on a quick fix to try before the word is supported?

  Thank you.

  Here is a good link that will help you in the installation of officers

  http://VMware-land.com/Vmware_Tips.html#ESX6

• Upgrading ESX 3.5U1 to 3.5U3 by using Update Manager

  I'm almost finished upgrading all our servers ESX 3.02 to 3.5 update 1 more a few patches.

  This was done by booting from the CD to update 1 3.5 to perform the upgrade.

  I had a basleine created in the update manager that includes all fixes releaed in June 2008 or earlier. This base was also used on all of our ESX servers.

  I now want to use the Update Manager to upgrade all servers to 3.5.0 update 3 and the latest patches.

  If I have a base line that includes all the updates that are never out, can I just clean up the hosts on this base? The upgrade process will be "smart" enough to just install update 3 and latest patches or will be installed all the patches in sequence include the update 2 which I suppose is not necessary if the update 3 is also being installed?

  Should I create a baseline containing the 3 updated and any update since then. Update 3 includes other updates also published November 6?

  Note that I'm under 104215 virtual Center version but will be upgrading to update 3 before upgrading the hosts.

  Our Update Manager database was created when the Update Manager is out and includes all updates, including ESX Server 3.5.0 Update 2 updated with the question of the "ticking time bomb".

  Any advice will be appreciated.

  Craig

  Hello

  I'm never live from 3.0.1 to U1 and U3. Always fresh, I installed 3.5 and then improved from there. However your approach should work perfectly as well. I wouldn't get to frustrated with VUM as him starts and stops and the issue of sanitation occur due to the circles of interesting dependence and bugs squarely in the process of upgrading some of the improvements. I often force ESX in Maintenance mode to install the updates. It depends usually if VMware HA is enabled, or VMS must be evacuated. I tend to evacuate all virtual machines running by hand, then perform upgrades.

  Best regards

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