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• vCenter Agent upgrade during the upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1

  I was hoping someone can answer a question for me please about the upgrade to vCenter Agent

  By choosing the vCenter Agent upgrade, automatic choice would require guests be restarted? I guess that the answer is no, but here your audit. I have attached a screenshot for you to see.

  What is best practice, automatic or manual. I have 1 datacenter, 3 groups. 1 cluster 5.0 other 2 clusters 4.1

  

  Auto choice would require guests be restarted?

  reset is not necessary...

  If you choose the manual option you must goto each host and then re - connect the host so that the agent, VPXA gets upgraded and connected to vCenter

• The vCenter Agent to 4.1 upgrade

  Good afternoon!

  I just built a 64-bit VM to host my server vCenter Server 4.1.  I install the vCenter server software and installation is indicating that it needs to update the vCenter Agent on all hosts.  If I choose Auto and allow installation to upgrade the agents (4.0), this will affect my VM production environment?  This should be done in a maintenance window or it will cause the end of production of VM?  Thank you for your help.

  No this will not affect production, the vCenter agent will pass on your ESX(I) hosts.  However, you can see the guests enter a State of disconnection/not responding during this time, which is normal.  I prefer the value my conservative DRS (5 stars) because sometimes during the upgrade many DRS events are generated as your inventory appears to be in a disconnected state.  Once all your guests and you can return to a State connected in vCenter you can enable DRS back to what it was before.

• Delete the vCenter Agent after eval

  I have been using a vSphere stand-alone version but has moved to a trial after obtaining an EqualLogic SAN.  I wanted to see how the EQ Snapshot Manager worked with vCenter and to determine what level of the license, I would need for vCenter.  I was told that the systems would be to stand alone after the eval but they do not have and I can't determine how to proceed.  The error message says I have to remove the vCenter agent to apply new stand-alone license but an article indicates that the host must be in a connected state to remove the agent.  Since the eval license expires the host is in a disconnected state.  Any ideas?

  Welcome to the forums.

  When you register to download ESXi, you should have received an email with your license number 'free. ' Simply apply the license in the vSphere Client configuration tab. If you do not find the license number you can retrieve it by downloading the ESXi Hypervisor (free version) again. Your license number will be displayed on the original download page.

• vCenter Agent will not start - ESXi 4

  Hi all

  New install ESXi 4 on a Dell 2850.  Try to get VMware Infrastructure to connect to the ESXi 4 server and no luck.  Looking at the configuration of services running on the ESXi 4 server in the security profiles, the VMware vCenter Agent service does not run.  Try to start the service and get an error of "error during the configuration of the host:  Tried to restart the server ESXi, no luck.  A virtual machine installed on it, seems to work otherwise.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you

  Marty

  Using Vmware Infrastructure Client 2.5.0 and VMware VirtualCenter 2.5.0

  So you are you using VC 2.5 and FORMER client.

  You need NEW VC and the NEW vSphere Client.

  André

• vCenter agent name inconsitency in vRA 7.0.1

  Hey all,.

  I've never used the configurationadmin (I've always done manually) before, and it fails for me that it cannot find the endpoint resource.

  That's what I install during installation (in the Wizard)

  

  This is what failed the configurationadmin configured before it (for me it is OK):

  

  and that's what the newspaper complains:

  

  Endpoint attached: "r4-xxxx" is not found. Endpoint should not be called 'r4 - xxx ". In the installer, I have configured as the name "vCenter. "r4 - xxx" is the name of a field FULL of my vcenter

  If I check it on the computer of the agent itself:

  =====

  C:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\vCAC\Agents\vCenter> get DynamicOps.Vrm.VRMencrypt.exe VRMAgent.exe.config

  managementEndpointName: r4 - vc01.site2.corpit.tm

  doDeletes: true

  =====

  It seems even the agent thinks that his name is vCenter and the FQDN of the vCenter is r4-xxxx

  I then deleted the endpoint and created by configadmin credentials. Then the config initial vsphere redemandee. This time, I used the FQDN of vCenter as the name of the agent and the host name. And it worked?

  

  She finds the cluster and added as a resource. All successful

  

  That is not supposed to happen I think (the least not based on my past experience)

  kallischlauch

  Actually 6, you got a drop-down menu for the type of agent - like vSphere and the agent called the endpoint name...

  It was really confusing so in 7 the name has changed to reflect the correct designation...

  The name of the agent is now descriptive for example...

  Agent name: SiteA

  Endpoint: SiteA-vCenter

  Agent name: SiteB

  Endpoint: SiteB-vCenter

  Makes sense? At least that's how I explain it to myself.

• Cannot install the vCenter agent service. Cannot download agent.

  I have a little trouble with three of my ESX servers. I'm in vCenter Server 4.0.0 162856. I have three clusters that I am currently using. One is my cluster of blade test environment on our old equipment on our internal network (running ESX 3.5). One is our new cluster of blade on our internal network. The final (and) I have a problem) are the pole of blade on our external network. The new run ESX 4.0.

  When I tried to add new hosts to our new cluster of blade on the internal network, everything went relatively well. I am trying to simply add hosts to the cluster on the external network, but every time, I get the "cannot install the agent vCenter. service '. Error failed to download agent. I read on the web that this can happen sporadically and try to remove/put on your ESX servers. I tried with all three, and no download. I first thought that the hard drives of my hosts were too small because I am booting from SAN and dug 25 GB drives strictly to the operating system. So, I tried 50 GB hard drives, and that did not help.

  My guess is that it may be some sort of firewall issue and asked our network guys to unblock the ports 902, 905 and 8443. Still, this does not seem to help. I checked the file/etc/hosts and three servers, the vCenter server, and the server for the backup is defined in there. I also tried removing and time of the cluster. The only thing that does not work I don't know a ping servers that are defined in the hosts file works (but not other local servers) is vmkping, which gives a * not configured vmkernel stack * error.

  Someone at - it ideas? Do you think it's firewall or vmkernel associated? My understanding is that the vmkernel would begin after it is attached to a host, but I could be wrong on this matter.

  Thanks to all who help!

  There are also port 443

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  MCSA, MCTS, VCP, VMware vExpert 2009

  http://blog.vadmin.ru

• vCenter Agent does not update the host esx

  After the Victoria Cross to vCenter4, I got a message from vCenter saying the 'update cannot the specific host... ". »

  Is there anyway that I can check the version to ensure that it is the match with my vCenter and how do I update this please.

  Thank you

  You can connect to the host using ssh and run the command as root to obtain the vpxa version: "rpm - qa | grep vpxa.

  Sandeep-

• vCenter Agent pre-upgrade Checker host

  Am I correct in interpreting that this utility is NOT necessary if I'm planning to do a wipe and fresh install of ESXi5 on a VI3 environment?

  I * think * it looks like patches installed on host computers.

  .... Not to mention that the inability to upgrade esx3.x directly to esxi5.

  Thank you

  Hello

  Yes, it's true. You will only need this tool if you plan to upgrade an existing installation. If you perform a new installation, you can forget about this tool.

  Concerning

  Andi

• Upgrade to vCenter 5.0 to 5.5 - agent backward compatibility?

  I'm moving from 5.0 to 5.5.  As I did this is that I have a VM vCenter standalone.  I cloned it (run sysprep, etc.) and then upgraded the clone to not touch anything we have in production.

  When asked to upgrade the agents on the hosts, I chose that I have them will modernize manually at a later date.

  So first of all the question, are backward compatible with 5.0 agents?  Or once that I upgrade, only vCenter 5.5 will be able to connect?

  What is the best way to return to agent 5.0 if I have problems after upgrading to 5.5 agent?

  In my client web vCenter 5.5, I'll try to add the hosts when even just to see if there is a connectivity (understand an error message could say that much) but I don't see a way to add them manually.  It appears when I select hosts, he starts searching for them (and can't find anything that is what I expected).

  I want to just make sure that what seems to behave correctly because there is no agent 5.5 host out there.

  Thank you much for the help.

  vCenter Server 5.5 supports the hosts of version 4.x and later... There is no need restoration agent and you can still run the vCenter Agent pre-upgrade Checker host before upgrading the server vCenter Server.

• What are the native agents available in the ESXI if I plugged with vCenter!

  Hello

  Please let me know what are the available agents in ESXI, if it is connected to vCenter?

  HA - FDM

  Management - VPX

  Hi Hari,

  'management' of services agents on ESXi are under /etc/init.d that they are installed with the host software:

  pass, ntpd, sfcbd, slpd, wsman, vobd

  The agents that comes exclusively from vCenter Server are:

  vCenter agent:

  "vpxa" - the software that collects, communicates and executes the actions received from vCenter Server. The Server vCenter agent is installed the first time that any host is added to the inventory of vCenter Server

  Checking status: State of /etc/init.d/vpxa

  HA agent:

  "vmware-fdm" (FDM/Fault Domain Manager)

  The older pre 5.0 welcomes its AAM agent

  Kind regards

  P.

• Error in vCenter Preupgrade Agent-check tool - cannot verify the signature of the installer

  Hello

  during the preparation for the upgrade to vCenter Server 4.0 to 4.1 U1, I run the Preupgrade Agent-check tool vCenter. Postdated check step I get the following error:

  [VCAgentU:Error: P: 5] 2011-03-18 12:03:39.992 RMI error Vmomi.AgentManager.Upgrade - 13
  < type = "Vmomi.Fault.AgentInstallFailed error" >
  < message > cannot install the vCenter agent service. Cannot verify the signature of the installer < / Message >
  < DetailedMessage > cannot install the vCenter agent service. Cannot verify the signature of the installer
  < / DetailedMessage >
  < / error >

  What means error thies and what steps should I fix?

  Kind regards

  Sascha

  Hi Sasha,.

  I saw this question in a few places. I always look at what is the cause and I try to grab a Wireshark dump during execution of the agent pre-upgrade check tool.

  From what I see, there are two files being pushed down to/tmp/vmware-root/ha-agentmgr, but their content does not seem to be correct.

  What version of ESX/ESXi do you have? (Build number would be good to know)

• vRA 7: status of the Agent VRM HTTP 401: unauthorized

  Hi guys,.

  I googled a lot now and have not found anything useful for me.

  I have configured the vRA and now I had a problem with my vCenter Agent. I checked my credentials from a hundred times, did a reinstall of the IaaS server and checked every single property in my IIS.

  But still get the connection error:

  Connection error in [https://iaas/sdk], details of the error: the request failed with HTTP 401 status: unauthorized

  
  A few facts to my configuration:

  vRA device and IaaS Server are in the same subnet, all necessary ports open. I use a systemaccount AD (connection as batch, log into the Service, a local administrator on the IaaS)

  Here the lates entry in the agent log:

  [11.03.2016 08:09:17] "[Debug]: Thread-Id = '9' - context =" "token =" "Ping from report

  [11.03.2016 08:09:17] "[Error]: Thread-Id = '9' - context =" "token =" "<? XML version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-16"? >

  < Boolean > false < / Boolean >

  Connection error in [https://iaas/sdk], error details:

  System.Net.WebException: The request failed with HTTP 401 status: not allowed.

  at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse (SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)

  at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke (String methodName, Object [] parameters)

  at VMware.vSphere.VimService.RetrieveServiceContent (ManagedObjectReference _this)

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.vSphere.VSphereSession.Connect (String username, String password)

  [11.03.2016 08:09:17] "[Debug]: Thread-Id = '9' - context =" "token =" "this exception was taken:

  System.Net.WebException: The request failed with HTTP 401 status: not allowed.

  at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse (SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)

  at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke (String methodName, Object [] parameters)

  at VMware.vSphere.VimService.RetrieveServiceContent (ManagedObjectReference _this)

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.vSphere.VSphereSession.Connect (String username, String password)

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.vSphere.VSphereHypervisorServiceProvider.GetComputeResources (ManagementEndpoint managementEndpoint)

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.vSphere.VSphereAgentService.GetHostClusterList)

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.Core.VRMCoreAgent.SendPingReport)

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.Core.CoreAgentBase.SendPingReportLoop (Object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)

  [11.03.2016 08:09:17] "[Error]: Thread-Id = '9' - context =" "token =" "<? XML version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-16"? >

  < Boolean > false < / Boolean >

  This exception has been taken:

  System.Net.WebException: The request failed with HTTP 401 status: not allowed.

  at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse (SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)

  at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke (String methodName, Object [] parameters)

  at VMware.vSphere.VimService.RetrieveServiceContent (ManagedObjectReference _this)

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.vSphere.VSphereSession.Connect (String username, String password)

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.vSphere.VSphereHypervisorServiceProvider.GetComputeResources (ManagementEndpoint managementEndpoint)

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.vSphere.VSphereAgentService.GetHostClusterList)

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.Core.VRMCoreAgent.SendPingReport)

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.Core.CoreAgentBase.SendPingReportLoop (Object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)

  I hope someone can give me some advice.

  Thanks in advance

  Susie

  You should the vCenter endpoint address not the address of the VRA machine.

  http://www.virtxpert.com/add-vCenter-endpoint-vrealize-automation-series-part-8/

• Deliver the new addition VCenter

  I have a new VCenter to add to vRealize 6.2.1. I add the endpoint with success, I create a new group of fabric, but I do not see any cluster managed by the Vcenter.

  The service account has full administrator on the Vcenter rights, I tried another account (also with rights)

  I waited several days in the case of an out of stock

  Another something thing to note is that I have old heap still present in the vRealize that have been deleted a long time ago in existing VCenters, I have still two clusters reported for one who has been renamed, the one with the old name and one with the new name.

  Inventory of the Temapltes seems to work very well on existing Vcenters.

  Any ideas?

  Just to understand where you are at. You have 1 end point of vCenter already created using the proxy agent that you originally installed. Is the name on the vCenter agent proxy? Then, you need to add an another vCenter. It's one of so that you do not see the inventory. So, you have installed another proxy agent and called it... vCenter2? When initial installed did you do a distributed installation or the installation of the components of the IAAS?

  vRA will not get rid of the clusters, he saw even if they are deleted or renamed. Take a look at this KB deletion of an endpoint in vRealize Automation fails with the error: this endpoint is used by the compute resources # and # storage paths and cannot delete a procedure to remove inactive hosts of vRA.

• 5.5 ESXi hosts disconnection of the vCenter 5.5.0b

  Good evening.  I recently deployed some new hosts HP BL465c G8 running the HP OEM install ESXi 5.5 (not the one just released 02/18) and the two hosts have been disconnect from vCenter four times in the past week.  I can sometimes connect to the host via ILO and restart the vCenter agent, but more often without having to start the host hard.  In addition, one of the VMFS5 content of the data store disappeared and the virtual machines residing on this data store have declined because the hosts could not find the configuration of the virtual machine files. Strangely enough, the data store showed spaced used and I could see all the directories within the CLI, but not vCenter client or Web-based Client.  I have two tickets to windows with VMware from HP support team, but I wanted to know if someone had a similar problem.  I'm tempted to rebuild with the latest OEM installation or rebuild as 5.1 or 5.0 if version 5.5 is not fully cooked.  Thank you.

  Scott

  The issue proved to be the OEM HP install and specifically the pilot v1.1.7 for HBA QMH2572 adapters that it contains.  We have rebuilt our 5.5 ESXi hosts using installation OEM HP published 02/14 (contains recommendations
  v1.1.12 pilot) and that solved the problem of stability.

  Scott