I have a 6.0 vCenter appliance and a few esxi 6.0 hosts, and I started an upgrade to a new vcsa. Update Manager was running on a Windows 2012 server, but I managed to hose it because I misinterpreted some instructions about migrating during the upgrade. I made a snapshot of my vcsa but not the windows vm with Update Mgr.
Is it possible to do my vcenter upgrade without migrating the windows update manager and start with a fresh update manager on the new appliance? I don't care about the old update manager information, and I've probably wiped it out anyway.
Thanks.
Hi zenking,
You can un-register the Update Manager extension from vCenter and you will be upgrade the VCSA 6.0 to 6.5 or 6.7 which has embedded Update Manager available.
Follow the steps below to remove VUM extension.
In a web browser, navigate to http://vCenter_Server_name_or_IP/mob
Where vCenter_Server_name_or_IP/mob is the name of your vCenter Server or its IP address.
Click Content
Click ExtensionManager
Click UnregisterExtension. A new window appears.
Paste com.vmware.vcIntegrity and click Invoke Method. This removes the plug-in and results in void.
Close the window.
Once done, go ahead and upgrade the existing VCSA.
Do let me know if you have any further queries.
Regards,
Nirmal Nair
Hi,
Upgrade process for an external Windows Update Manager 6.0 server to VCSA 6.7
ARomeo
Thanks, Alessandro, but that looks like the admin had a Windows vcenter server. I have the linux based vCenter server appliance, so only update manager is running on Windows.
Hi zenking,
You can un-register the Update Manager extension from vCenter and you will be upgrade the VCSA 6.0 to 6.5 or 6.7 which has embedded Update Manager available.
Follow the steps below to remove VUM extension.
In a web browser, navigate to http://vCenter_Server_name_or_IP/mob
Where vCenter_Server_name_or_IP/mob is the name of your vCenter Server or its IP address.
Click Content
Click ExtensionManager
Click UnregisterExtension. A new window appears.
Paste com.vmware.vcIntegrity and click Invoke Method. This removes the plug-in and results in void.
Close the window.
Once done, go ahead and upgrade the existing VCSA.
Do let me know if you have any further queries.
Regards,
Nirmal Nair
Thanks, Nirmal. That appears to have done the trick.
Good to know that it worked, zenking
Have a good day.
Regards,
Nirmal Nair