Hi All,
I'll start off by saying Hello everyone!
I have a major issue currently with vCenter Upgrade v5.1 to 6.5 (Windows Server).
I will list the steps and issues taken with the what is remaining!
1. On a low level production environment, we have a server 2008 r2 physical box with vcenter 5.1 installed. This needed to be upgraded to version 6.5 so all esxi hosts could be upgraded to 6.5 as well.
a. First, i downloaded vcenter server v6.0.
b. backed up sql jobs and databases of vcenter 5.x
c. ran the autorun as administrator and it went through the pre reqs fine and said to start upgrade after entering the sso password.
d. started uninstalling vcenter 5.x automatically and when it came to installing vcenter 6 - it failed with the below pictures
e. I searched for a while but could not resolve and most importantly there was no vcenter on the physical server anymore!
f. decided to install vcenter server 6.5
h. started the install - autorun - and it came up showing options to setup as a new intsall so i selected this and it asked for new site name and sso password - entered the details as before
i. vcenter 6.5 installed all the way through and said successful.
j. when loading the url to access the new vcenter (https://vcenter1.domain.co.uk) - it said page could not be displayed - this url was the same as vcenter 5.1
k. i tried the IP address and it would not work - i then tried https://localhost - this loaded but when clicking the flash link - it would go to the original url above and do some sso and fail - blank page
l. installed the vsphere client but could not access - came up with sso errors in the logs
m. the error pointed to SSO - certificate - again after hours trying to resolve - no luck
n. I then ended up following kb articles manually removing all vcenter data from the server (uninstalling all parts from control panel) but i left the sql instances installed.
o. there was no option to remove the SSO
p. i removed all program files / program data folders / registry links that were required to be removed - rebooted server.
I have now removed all folders / instances off the server but i really could do with installing v6.5 server vcenter but how to proceed?
When i installed vcenter 6.5 - although it wasn't working, i tried to manually deregister the server using the following commands but there was no visibal evidence that sso was installed on the server (file directories were not the same - no sso folders - no sso components)
cmsso-util unregister --node-pnid Platform_Services_Controller_System_Name --username administrator@your_domain_name --passwd vCenter_Single_Sign_On_password
cmsso-util unregister --node-pnid vCenter_Server_System_Name --username administrator@your_domain_name --passwd vCenter_Single_Sign_On_password
I was getting errors that it was failing to remove.
I believe i have to recreate the SSO certificates using the cert manager tool but when i try to reset the certificates, it does not accept the SSO password that i used to setup vcenter 6.5 with username administrator@vsphere.local - very strange.
Currently i have
1. Backup of the vcenter 5.1 sql database that i require to import in the new vcenter 6.5
2. removed all vcenter off the physical server including registry links and program data / program files folders
3. rebooted server
4. logged onto our other vcenter (vcsa) but there is no other nodes linking to this https://vcenter1.domain.co.uk vcenter appliance
Going Forwad
1. how do i proceed in succesfully installing vcenter server 6.5 with the same URL as the original vcenter https://vcenter1.domain.co.uk ?
2. how do i force / manually remove the SSO from the server?
I thought of installing server2016 on a hyper v > installing vcenter6.5 server on the hyper v machine and then accessing bash and again running the commands - will this resolve the issue?
All help would be really appreciated.
Thank You
