I did P2V of vCenter Server 4.0 running on Windows 2003 Server. After it comes up, when I try to bring it up with vSphere Client it gives me this error:
vSphere client could not connect to "server name FQDN". A connection failure occured (unable to connect to the remote server).
I'm sure somebody must have ran into this issue before. Is it better to do a clean install of vCenter on a VM instead of P2V?
TIA
Alex
Did you reconfigure the network settings after the P2V? Is the vCenter Server service up and running?
André
Yes, but I forgot to check that service, DOH!!!. I started it & now it's coming up.
But now I have another problem. I want to upgrade it to 4.1 & it tells me this processor type is supported. How do I make the virtual CPU 64-bit now?
Alex
vCenter OS: Is it a Windows 2003 32bit?
if your answer is yes, THEN there is no way to make it happend.
Yes but the devil is in the details!!! Specifically the database migration part.
I have no idea how to do that. Are there any docs to help with that?
Thanks
Alex
Hi Alex,
vCenter 4.1 requires a 64-bit OS (XP SP2, 2003SP1, 2008, 2008R2 are supported). Also, to run a 64-bit, your host needs to have CPUs with Intel-VT support. Also make sure that VT is enabled in the system BIOS.
Also check out the following KB article:
Hope this helps.
how many hosts?
how many VMs?
are you using DRS, HA, FT, etc.?
do you want to keep perf data, schedules, customized roles, etc.?
I would just go ahead and setup everything from the beginning, manually. It would be much easier!
I have done this a couple of times BUT I only have 6 HOST and like 45 VMs
I agree with Magnet. If your environment is small enough, it's a lot easier to rebuild vCenter fresh. 90% of the data in the DB is just statistics. If you have base DRS and HA, etc config. Rebuid! I've done this numerous times as well.