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First steps in upgrade from 5.5 to 6.5

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Hi all,

 

Current plan to upgrade is:

 

ADDED---- I need to upgrade my current vcenter server first to 6.5 yeah?

 

New ESXi host to add to my current 4 in production.

Build this as 6.5 host

Create a vm on this host to act as my embedded PSC appliance with vCenter server also installed on this VM

 

Migrate VM's from host 1 to the new 6.5 esxi host.

Upgrade host 1 to 6.5

Migrate the vms back onto the newly upgraded host.

 

Do this for each old 5.5 host.

 

I have a DR site which is also 5.5 and will be migrated to 6.5 but I think I can do this after the production upgrade.

 

Is there anything you would change here?

 

 

 

Thanks for any replies!


vSphere /vCenter & SRM 6.5 upgrade

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We are planning a vSphere & SRM 6.5.1 upgrade.  Our current setup is :-

 

Production site

vSphere / vCenter for Windows 5.5 update 3b (with a separate SQL server)

vSphere Replication appliance v5.8.1.1

SRM 5.8.1 with HDS SRA both installed on vCenter Windows server

 

 

DR site

vSphere / vCenter for Windows 5.5 update 3b (with a separate SQL server)

vSphere Replication appliance v5.8.1.1

SRM 5.8.1 with HDS SRA both installed on vCenter Windows server

 

Here is our rough plan for each site:-

 

  • vSphere/vCenter: intended aim is to upgrade the vSphere/vCenter 5.5 servers to a 6.5.1 VCSA appliance which we believe should be straight forward
  • vSphere Replicaiton: PROD: upgrade 5.8.1.1 to 5.8.1.3 then 5.8.1.3 to 6.1.2 then 6.1.2 to 6.5.1 DR: upgrade 5.8.1.1 to 5.8.1.3 then 5.8.1.3 to 6.1.2 then 6.1.2 to 6.5.1
  • SRM: according to the VMware product matrix upgrade path the SRM upgrade order is 5.8.1 to 6.0.1 then 6.0.1 to 6.1.2 then 6.1.2 to 6.5.1 ? Does this rely on the vCenter version being the same version of the SRM version upon each upgrade or can the upgrades just be done consecutively?

 

Is the above achievable or is there alternate method for doing this?

 

Any assistance with this would help greatly!

vpxd service dosn't start on vcsa 6.5

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Hello, I'm new here so forgive me if I may miss something.

We had a running vcsa 6.5 installation and i wanted to change the vmware certificates with our root signed certificates. I used the command line tool /usr/lib/vmware-vmca/bin/certificate-manager

At the end of this process the services didn't come up again and nothing happend for half an hour. So I restarted the whole server. the server came up again but essential services like

vmware-vpxd, vsphere-client, vsphere-ui,... didn't start.

The vpxd.log says something like:

 

warning vpxd[7EFE40AE8700] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Closing Response processing in unexpected state: 3

2017-10-13T11:47:16.878Z info vpxd[7EFE4F490800] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxCrypt] Failed to read X509 cert; err: 151441516

 

Looks to me like an certificate issue. So I ran the certificate-manager again with option "8" to exchange all certificates to default. But same problem, at the end services don't start.

Don't know what to to. I read many posts about error 503 but nothing seems to fit for my problem. It's not a duplicate in the db nor is it an IP6 Problem...

Would be glad if someone could help me out.

vsphere-client, vsphere-ui service dosn't start on vcsa 6.5

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Hello,

I'm new to this forum so please don't mind if I may miss something. I wanted to reset all certificates for vcsa 6.5 but after this operation several services don't come up again:

vmcam, vmware-imagebuilder, vmware-mbcs, vmware-netdumper, vmware-perfcharts, vmware-vcha, vsphere-client, vsphere-ui

The most important for me are vsphere-client, vsphere-ui. I have found the log folders under /var/log/vmware/ but i don't know which logfiles are logging the service startup.

When i look at the Web-UI i get following error:

503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x00007f4ca80e1b20] _serverNamespace = /ui action = Allow _port = 5090)

 

Please help me, i'dont know how to solve this problem and I don't want to rebuild the vcsa...

Thanks for your help.

Vsphere 6.5 HA Cluster

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I need to configure HA Cluster between two hosts having

1. one shared Datastore

2. Same management network

3. different network for VMs

 

 

I have below queries from above:

1. Is one shared Datastore is enough or i have to create another one for heartbeat and what should be the minimum size?

 

2. I have created Vswitch0 with subnet 192.168.10.0 for both hosts as management network

 

3. both hosts have created with Vswitch1 with different network subnets like 10.1.1.0 & 10.1.10.0 for Virtual Machines,

in this case how fail-over will successful when machine with different subnet starts on other host?

 

How to configure the HA Cluster between two hosts with above scenario?

 

Regards,

Windows 2000 vmxnet3

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We are on:

vsphere client 5.5.0, build 2067769

VMware vcenter server 5.5.0, build 4180647

 

We have a mixed bag of operating systems and seeing if I can upgrade current vnics to vmxnet3 with updated vmtools installed?

VMFS 6 and vSphere Essentials to Standard

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Hello,

 

I have a few general questions.  I couldn't find a direct answer to either so I was hoping you all might have the answers.

 

We currently use vSphere Essentials Kit and I would like to start using vMotion / Storage vMotion and HA.
I see these options are offered by vSphere Standard.  Is it possible to upgrade vSphere Essentials kit to Standard?  Will our current vCenter server still work?

 

 

Upgrading to ESXi 6.5 from 5.5. Since we don't currently have vMotion, can I use Veeam to take a backup of a VMFS 5 VM and restore it to VMFS 6 and it will work?

 

Thanks,

DELL CUSTOMIZED IMAGE FOR ESXi 6.0 3620759

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Hello Folks,

 

We have three DELL blade servers with ESXi  STD 6.0 3620759 Build Number

 

Now we are adding the fourth host but i could not find the DELL custom image with same ESXi  STD 6.0 3620759.

 

Can you please advise how to get the same ISO, Also please confirm whether we can run the HA cluster with ESXi 6.0 STD with different build numbers.

 

Thanks


Hypervisor crash after last update(Build 6765664)

vCenter 6.0 Upgrade to 6.5

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I'm receiving the following error when I attempt to upgrade from vCenter 6.0 Update 2 to the vCenter 6.5. This is an appliance to appliance upgrade. I receive an error in Step 2 of the migration ("Set up target vCenter Server and start services". It get's to 62% with the error "A problem occurred while - Starting VMware vCenter Server...".

 

Anyone know how to resolve this one?

 

The message is as follows:

VMware VirtualCenter failed firstboot.

Database in-place upgrade failed. Please see vcdb_inplace.err and vcdb_inplace.out for details.

Resolution

 

Please refer to vSphere documentation to troubleshoot or Please contact VMware Support.

 

 

Here's the copy of the vcdb_inplace.err log:

Error while executing ./Upgrade-v2015-to-v2016/postgresql/upgrade_PostgreSQL.sql:2374, reason: Cannot execute statement(rc=-1).

DO $$

DECLARE r RECORD;

DECLARE sql_stmt VARCHAR;

 

BEGIN

    ALTER TABLE VPX_USAGE_STAT SET WITHOUT CLUSTER;

EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN

NULL;

END$$;

 

 

 

 

DO $$

DECLARE l_sn_vdevice_backing_seq int;

DECLARE l_vdevice_backing_seq int;

DECLARE sql_stmt VARCHAR;

 

BEGIN

    SELECT COALESCE(MAX(backing_id), 0)

       INTO l_sn_vdevice_backing_seq

    FROM VPX_SN_VDEVICE_BACKING_REL;

 

    SELECT COALESCE(MAX(backing_id), 0)

       INTO l_vdevice_backing_seq

    FROM VPX_VDEVICE_BACKING_REL;

 

    IF l_sn_vdevice_backing_seq >= l_vdevice_backing_seq THEN

       l_sn_vdevice_backing_seq = l_sn_vdevice_backing_seq + 200;

       sql_stmt = 'ALTER SEQUENCE VPX_VDEVICE_BACKING_REL_SEQ RESTART WITH '

          || l_sn_vdevice_backing_seq || ';';

       EXECUTE sql_stmt;

    END IF;

END$$;

^^^^^^^^^^

 

 

1 [42501](7) ERROR: must be owner of relation vpx_vdevice_backing_rel_seq;

Error while executing the query

ERROR: Cannot execute statement(rc=-1).

DO $$

DECLARE r RECORD;

DECLARE sql_stmt VARCHAR;

 

BEGIN

    ALTER TABLE VPX_USAGE_STAT SET WITHOUT CLUSTER;

EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN

NULL;

END$$;

 

 

 

 

DO $$

DECLARE l_sn_vdevice_backing_seq int;

DECLARE l_vdevice_backing_seq int;

DECLARE sql_stmt VARCHAR;

 

BEGIN

    SELECT COALESCE(MAX(backing_id), 0)

       INTO l_sn_vdevice_backing_seq

    FROM VPX_SN_VDEVICE_BACKING_REL;

 

    SELECT COALESCE(MAX(backing_id), 0)

       INTO l_vdevice_backing_seq

    FROM VPX_VDEVICE_BACKING_REL;

 

    IF l_sn_vdevice_backing_seq >= l_vdevice_backing_seq THEN

       l_sn_vdevice_backing_seq = l_sn_vdevice_backing_seq + 200;

       sql_stmt = 'ALTER SEQUENCE VPX_VDEVICE_BACKING_REL_SEQ RESTART WITH '

          || l_sn_vdevice_backing_seq || ';';

       EXECUTE sql_stmt;

    END IF;

END$$;

^^^^^^^^^^

 

 

1 [42501](7) ERROR: must be owner of relation vpx_vdevice_backing_rel_seq;

Error while executing the query

 

The log for the output is much larger, but not sure if that's necessary to post.

i rename virtual machine, is it affected if i delete the files from old name?

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I Rename the virtual machine and i notice that it created a new folder . data store if i delete the old name  folder it will effect to VM?

CPU Ready issue

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We have several servers all vms, all windows server win svr 2012 r2, 12 core, 65gb of mem.

vsphere version.png

Why do I have only 1 cpu in use? Is this an application or IIS issue where it needs to be configured to use all cpu's?

cpureadyissue.png

vSphere 6.7 Beta Yet?

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Is anyone aware of there being a community beta available for 6.7 yet?

Lost ability to boot from ISO - ESXi 6.0

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Hi Guys

 

Strange issue i'm having I have been able to create a bunch of VM's though for some reason now when I go to boot from datastore ISO the VM doesnt seem to be able to detect the CD-ROM properly.

 

I can see the cd rom drive when I go into the bios though there is no + next to it indicating something is connected. Yes the connected box is ticked, and this has worked before though I can figure out why it has now stopped.

Ugrade/Migration vCenter 6.0 U3 to vCenter 6.5 U1 with external PSC fails

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Hello to everyone from Germany,

 

i have a Customer with the following environment.

 

1x Windows vCenter 6.0 U3 with one external PSC Appliance 6.0 (No windows PSC)

 

The Customer want to mirgrate/upgrade to the following configuration.

 

1x vCenter 6.5 U1 Appliance with external PSC 6.5 Appliance

 

I get the following error when starting the the vCenter Migration Assitant on the Windows vCenter 6.0 U3

 

 

After this warning I wanted to Upgrade the PSC 6.0 Appliance via Gui to PSC 6.5 Appliance.

This also fails with this Message.

 

 

This error is described in the KB

 

Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance from 6.0 to 6.5 results in an error: "Unable to detect appliance type" (2150683) | VM…

 

The root PW is not expired.

 

Anyone an Idea to solve this?

 

My plan for tomorrow:

Deploy a new PSC 6.5 and connect/register it with the actual vCenter 6.5 Windows Server.

After this, starting the vCenter Migration Assistant and the Migration/Upgrade via GUI.

Hopefully it will work.

 

Kind regards

 

Christian


vMotion

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Hello

 

I have a vSphere cluster that contain ESXi 5.5.0 and ESXi 6.5 hosts and managed by vCenter server 6.5

i would like to upgrade the ESXi 5.5.0 to 6.5. but before the upgrade i would like to migrate the Virtual machines residing on the ESXi 5.5.0 to the ESXi 6.5 hosts

i am wondering if this is feasible and what should i take into consideration.

 

 

Thank you

Couple of vSphere 6.5 upgrade queries..

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Hi Guys,

 

I have a couple of queries I'm hoping you can help me with regarding upgrading a vSphere 6.0 environment to 6.5 .  Currently we run over two sites with x2 PSC's, x2vCSA, xWindows VUM boxes (note we do not run load balancers in the mix currently.  We are planning on pretty much mirroring this same config with the upgraded environment, mainly so we can retain our SRM capability.

 

My questions are ...

 

-     Should we get the budget later can we implement the load balancers at a later point for proper vCenter HA.

 

-     On our secondary site we wont be able to upgrade the hosts from 6.0 to 6.5 until we have vendor support, ETA 4 months apparently.  Is running a 6.5 vCenter appliance and PSC on a 6.0 host a       supported configuration?

 

-     Rumor has it that the next release of vSphere will be a 6.7, don't suppose anyone would care to speculate as to when the next release would be.  I don't really want to go to the effort of upgrading       the entire environment to 6.5 only to discover I'm immediately behind the curve. 

Vsphere HA Failover Failed with few issues

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Cluster configured between two Hosts with below Specs:

1. HP DL 380 G8 (2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 0 @ 2.00GHz, 32 Logical processor, 52 GB RAM)

2. Dell PowerEdge R730 (Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz, 8 Logical processor, 64 GB RAM)

 

Configured Redundant Networks, Data store Heartbeat , HA Only

 

Machines don't start on other host if one host goes down.

Searched about admission control, tried all the available options including Disabling.

 

Kindly see the attachments and reply me about possible causes.

Run-time info Attached

All issues attached

 

 

both host up and runningHA.JPG

BothHost_UP_runtime.JPG

One host down:

 

1Host_Down_Runtime.JPG

Need to join existing vCenter infrastructure into Active Directory

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Hi to all,

 

I try to explain this infrastructure disaster recovery environment vCenter 5.5 U3:

 

1 VM SSO

1 VM WebClient

1 VM vCenter & Inventory

1 VM Database

1 VM Site Recovery Manger

 

all VM are working in workgroup and they resolve hostname with hosts file. I need to join all VM in a domain active directory and I think I will have some problem with self-signed certificate.

 

I don't find any guide about this, someone have experience about this?

 

Regards

ESXi 6 install screen glitches

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Hi,

 

I can't install vmware vSphere on my Supermicro X10SLL-F, because the video output is glitched (see attachment). Even without a monitor and just using the IPMI remote console, the output is still glitched. I tried installing via a USB flash drive and tried unetbootin, rufus as well as Create a USB Flash Drive to Store the ESXi Installation Script or Upgrade Script

 

My boot.cfg is attached, I even tried automating the install via ks.cfg, but this didn't seem to work and since I can't see the error/screen output, it's a bit hard to get the error. boot.cfg options for auto install: kernelopt=ks=usb:/ks.cfg with ks.cfg in the usb root directory, see attached.

 

set gfxpayload=keep is no solution either.

 

I found some posts about this problem here in the forum, but no solution. Does anyone have an idea or solution for this?

 

Cheers and thanks!

Paul

 

PS: installing CentOS or Debian doesn't recreate the problem.

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