Hello, all,

I have a 3-node vSphere Essentials cluster running v7.  All three nodes are running on a matched trio of Supermicro SYS-6029-WTR hosts.  Supermicro indicates these systems are VMware certified.  This weekend I started down the path of upgrading to vSphere Essentials 8.  The vCenter server was no problem, smooth as glass.

When I boot any of the servers with the ISO and do an upgrade, I get to the point of starting the upgrade and get the box that reads "Scanning System... Gathering additional system information. This may take a few minutes.", and then the installer crahes.

The error is "An unexpected error occurred.  See logs for details.  AttributeError: "NoneType" object has no attribute 'path'. 

And I'm hung.

There is a screenshot attached.  I can't seem to find any log files either.  And, I'll point out that a few months back when trying to roll in a newer version of 7, I'd gotten the same error but eventually gave up.

I'm hoping someone might have some insights or a solution, please?  I've tried the googler and can't find anything relating to ESXi and this error.

Thanks,

-brian