Hello everyone,
I'm in quite a situation.
Let me start from the beginning:
We have an enviroment with a vCenter 5.1 install on a Windows Server 2008 R2.
We're using an external SQL database for vcenter and an SQL Express for the Update Manager.
Everything is installed on this one machine.
I was asked to upgrade everything to vCenter 6.0U2.
I started by mounting the ISO and the Installer checked the prereqs.
Soon there was an error message concerning the SSL certificates. The error message is described here:
Upgrading from vSphere 5.x to 6.0 fails (2110943) | VMware KB
So I tried to replace the SSL certificates. I have managed to replaced the vCenter certificate with one issued by our Microsoft CA.
Then I tried to change the SSO certificate. The process demands the SSO master Password.
I had to learn that there's a difference between the SSO master Password and the admin@system-domain Password.
I only had the latter and couldn't change the SSL certificate.
There are ways to recover the admin@system-domain password, but that doesn't affect the master password.
Then I stumpled upon this document:
https://www.penguinpunk.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/vsphere_55_lost_sso_password_v0.1.pdf
So I tried all that only to fail at the step to reregister the Inventory Service to the new SSO instance (is-change-sso.bat)
VMware Support is lost at this point and recommends a new install of vcenter.
I have a simple question:
Can I set up a new Windows Server 2008 R2, install SSO, Web Client and Inventory Service 5.1 and then install vCenter Server 5.1 with the existing database?
I would keep the SSL certificate for vCenter as it's already good and issued by our CA.
I don't want to fuck up our production enviroment.
Can anyone give me a guide for this?
I read something about an ADAM database that has to be migrated as well, but I don't have a clue what that is.
Or can I just do a fresh install of vCenter 6.0 using the old database and upgrade during Installation?
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
