Comments on: A Strange and Terrible Saga: Fear & Loathing – Upgrading from vSphere4.0 to vSphere4 U1 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2009/11/27/a-strange-and-terrible-saga-fear-loathing-upgrading-from-vsphere40-to-vsphere4-u1/ Beyond the Manual, with Mike Laverick (VCI, VCP, CCI, CCEA, MCT, MCSE) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:25:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 48 | VMvisor http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2009/11/27/a-strange-and-terrible-saga-fear-loathing-upgrading-from-vsphere40-to-vsphere4-u1/comment-page-1/#comment-42149 Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 48 | VMvisor Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:00:47 +0000 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=1897#comment-42149 [...] Laverick – A Strange and Terrible Saga: Fear & Loathing – Upgrading from vSphere4.0 to vSphere4 U1Well, it’s the time already – a new update to VMware’s flagship virtualization platform [...] [...] Laverick – A Strange and Terrible Saga: Fear & Loathing – Upgrading from vSphere4.0 to vSphere4 U1Well, it’s the time already – a new update to VMware’s flagship virtualization platform [...]

]]> By: Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2009/11/27/a-strange-and-terrible-saga-fear-loathing-upgrading-from-vsphere40-to-vsphere4-u1/comment-page-1/#comment-41779 Mike Laverick Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:04:51 +0000 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=1897#comment-41779 The way I did the repair is probably different - so I had different experiences. You see i've been a naughty naughty boy. I've managed to "frig" a Windows Authentication with SQL2005 installation, even though its not offical supported. So I logged in as my SRM DB account (which has local admin rights, although the account is in AD) and did the upgrade using those credentials.... The way I did the repair is probably different – so I had different experiences. You see i’ve been a naughty naughty boy. I’ve managed to “frig” a Windows Authentication with SQL2005 installation, even though its not offical supported. So I logged in as my SRM DB account (which has local admin rights, although the account is in AD) and did the upgrade using those credentials….

]]> By: Tim Oudin http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2009/11/27/a-strange-and-terrible-saga-fear-loathing-upgrading-from-vsphere40-to-vsphere4-u1/comment-page-1/#comment-41746 Tim Oudin Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:32 +0000 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=1897#comment-41746 Just a side note on the SRM repair feature; I'm finding that running repair from the \Programs and Features\ on Server 2008 as a local Administrator is not sufficient. The snapin fails to fully load. The workaround is to execute the original installable via right click \run as administrator\. I've started keeping the most recent install file on local disk for all vCenter/SRM/VUM servers. BTW, you served as a great reminder of the repair feature. Saved my at 7PM on a Friday night from what I feared would be a rebuild! :) Just a side note on the SRM repair feature; I’m finding that running repair from the \Programs and Features\ on Server 2008 as a local Administrator is not sufficient. The snapin fails to fully load. The workaround is to execute the original installable via right click \run as administrator\. I’ve started keeping the most recent install file on local disk for all vCenter/SRM/VUM servers.

BTW, you served as a great reminder of the repair feature. Saved my at 7PM on a Friday night from what I feared would be a rebuild! :)

]]> By: Alastair Cooke http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2009/11/27/a-strange-and-terrible-saga-fear-loathing-upgrading-from-vsphere40-to-vsphere4-u1/comment-page-1/#comment-41512 Alastair Cooke Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:04:38 +0000 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=1897#comment-41512 I had three ESXi boxes, two were fine & the third was "disconnected" and couldn't be reconnected. I ended up rebuilding the host, being ESXi it was easy. All threee passed the upgrade check that comes with U1. It's probably a good idea to install the vCLI on your PC before the upgrade and use the "vicfg-cfgbackup" command to back up the configuration of any ESXi boxes. My two ESXi boxes had the HP build of ESXi 4.0.0 and upgraded without issue to 4.0.0U1. I had three ESXi boxes, two were fine & the third was “disconnected” and couldn’t be reconnected. I ended up rebuilding the host, being ESXi it was easy. All threee passed the upgrade check that comes with U1.
It’s probably a good idea to install the vCLI on your PC before the upgrade and use the “vicfg-cfgbackup” command to back up the configuration of any ESXi boxes.

My two ESXi boxes had the HP build of ESXi 4.0.0 and upgraded without issue to 4.0.0U1.

]]> By: Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2009/11/27/a-strange-and-terrible-saga-fear-loathing-upgrading-from-vsphere40-to-vsphere4-u1/comment-page-1/#comment-41490 Mike Laverick Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:24:20 +0000 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=1897#comment-41490 Thanks for the ping back, Vladan. It's good to know that I'm not alone in this experience - but then again - I wish it was just me - this going to be a major PITA for ESXi users... Thanks for the ping back, Vladan. It’s good to know that I’m not alone in this experience – but then again – I wish it was just me – this going to be a major PITA for ESXi users…

]]> By: Vladan http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2009/11/27/a-strange-and-terrible-saga-fear-loathing-upgrading-from-vsphere40-to-vsphere4-u1/comment-page-1/#comment-41489 Vladan Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:21:55 +0000 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=1897#comment-41489 Hi Mike, Even with only one ESXi host in my "datacenter" the host disconnects from the datacenter. My vCenter is in a VM.. I thought that it could complete your lenghty (but awesome) experience .... -:) Vladan Hi Mike,

Even with only one ESXi host in my “datacenter” the host disconnects from the datacenter. My vCenter is in a VM..

I thought that it could complete your lenghty (but awesome) experience …. -:)

Vladan

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