How to change Vcenter address in Horizon vdi 6.
1, I upgraded my vCenter from VC 6.0 to VCSA 6.5
2, IP address from 6.0 has changed to DNS hostname.
Help me please . Vcenter is running
If the certificate & VC Username has changed, then previously mentioned steps will alone not help you to edit the vcenter address. Please take a backup of ADAM DB before you perform this.
Make a note of below values after you have connected to OU=Properties,OU=VirtualCenter
In the View Administrator portal, refresh the dashboard to confirm the name change you made.
In View Configuration > Servers > vCenter Server, add an entry for the proper vCenter Server and Composer Server and accept the certificates when prompted.
Remove the new vCenter Server entry from the View Administrator webpage.
Undo the changes you made at the beginning of the process, including adding the UNIQUEID=XX value back into pae-NameValuePair and rename pae-VCURL.
Reboot all Connection Servers.
Some body hellp me pls
I'm confused by your post - is something not working as a result of the upgrade?
When you say "upgrade", did you do an in-place upgrade, or deploy a completely new VC? If you deployed a new VC, you can't just edit the existing entry on your Connection Server (not supported). In that instance, you have to remove all the old pools first, and then add the new VC in the View GUI as a completely new object, and then redeploy.
For an in-place upgrade, you shouldn't need to do anything at all.
I upgraded vcenter from 6.0 to 6.5, I had to use DNS instead of IP address.
I upgraded vcenter from 6.0 to 6.5, I had to use DNS instead of IP address.
There is not a easy way to update it (There are many places that require an update). Can you stick with the IP address or is something not working? If not you have two options.
Best answer right here is @BenFB's #1 - Call support. They may have a process, but if they don't, they certainly can help you clean up. What they will probably ask is if you have backups or snapshots of your infrastructure systems. If not too much time has past, it might be fastest to restore/revert and do everything over again. Taking out the vCenter information prior to upgrading it. If you revert, leave everything powered off until the restores are complete and follow VMware's power-on sequence. vCenter, Composer, Connection servers (1 at a time), finally Security Servers (UAGs).
I do have a feeling that support can help you remove it and it's going to be through the ADAM database, and then you can add your new one back in. But you will most likely need to recreate all your linked/instant clone pools since the backing VM's information is most likely going to have changed. View probably can't clean you're old VM's up because they were tied to your original vCenter. You will probably need to use the viewdbchk and IcUnprotect commands from a connection server to remove any residual VM's (if they are linked/instant clones).
Please help me answer few questions, i can guide you in replacing the IP with URL:
Connect to ADAM DB from one of the connection servers,
DC=vdi,dc=vmware,dc=int
Then browse to OU=Properties --> OU=VirtualCenter
Go to the properties of VCenter entry & look for attribute pae-VCURL it should be https://10.3.6.51:443/sdk
Take a backup of your ADAM DB & replace this value with the actual URL.
In the View Administrator portal, refresh the dashboard to confirm the URL change you made.
then verify the vcenter connectivity by performing any VC operations.
- View Composer is installed independently
- The VCenter certificate has changed
- VCUsername & VCPassword has changed
Thanks Kishoreg5674, I will try again later tonight. When there are no connected clients. I will then report the results back to you.
My system has about 200 clients, Can clearing all pools affect the clients that are using it? I can do this at night. when the client is not connected.
Thanks for the answer I will study it.
If the certificate & VC Username has changed, then previously mentioned steps will alone not help you to edit the vcenter address. Please take a backup of ADAM DB before you perform this.
Make a note of below values after you have connected to OU=Properties,OU=VirtualCenter
In the View Administrator portal, refresh the dashboard to confirm the name change you made.
In View Configuration > Servers > vCenter Server, add an entry for the proper vCenter Server and Composer Server and accept the certificates when prompted.
Remove the new vCenter Server entry from the View Administrator webpage.
Undo the changes you made at the beginning of the process, including adding the UNIQUEID=XX value back into pae-NameValuePair and rename pae-VCURL.
Reboot all Connection Servers.
Thank Kishoreg5674 ,
Hello! This is very helpful. Thank you so much. I do have a follow-on question. Do you know why these values would clear every time I save them? I add the cert thumb print and the thumbprint algorithm (DER_BASE64_PEM) and it stays for about a minute, but then when I got back into ADSI, the values are empty. Desperately need help. Thank you again!!
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