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Hi Bob, Thx, I actually found a yellow bricks post about this, basically re-enable, disable and then the next enable will be clear and that worked.  I did run into other issues with deployment. I just opened SR  20163689810 , if you have access and want to peruse my case if nothing else for educating yourself. -thx, GB

sudeshnas​  Thanks for digging into this.  I'll see what GSS says via ticket.  I'll update this thread with info to guide others towards a KB or solution. Again thanks for the help and time with this. -GB

Hi sudeshnas​ The script worked and found 31 mismatches. I ran the fix which let me run the upgrade but failed @ error#2, 89%.  Here is the error Error WCP service installation failed : Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/vmware-wcp/firstboot/wcp-firstboot.py", line 50, in proxy return func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/vmware-wcp/firstboot/wcp-firstboot.py", line 71, in configure wcpconfigure.configure_service() File "/usr/lib/vmware-wcp/py-modules/wcpconfigure.py", line 442, in configure_service create_storage_identity() File "/usr/lib/vmware-wcp/py-modules/wcpconfigure.py", line 438, in create_storage_identity SsoUser(_STORAGE_USER).create_storage_user_and_assign() File "/usr/lib/vmware-wcp/py-modules/wcpconfigure.py", line 330, in create_storage_user_and_assign self._create_storage_user() File "/usr/lib/vmware-wcp/py-modules/wcpconfigure.py", line 298, in _create_storage_user password = svcacctmgmt_client.create_svc_account(self._user_name) File "/usr/lib/vmware-wcp/py-modules/svcacctmgmt.py", line 90, in create_svc_account raise er File "/usr/lib/vmware-wcp/py-modules/svcacctmgmt.py", line 84, in create_svc_account svcacct_pwd_out = svcacct_client.create(create_spec) File "/usr/lib/vmware-wcp/py-modules/vapi-bindings/com/vmware/vcenter/svcaccountmgmt_client.py", line 368, in create 'create_spec': create_spec, File "/usr/lib/vmware-vapi/lib/python/vapi_runtime-2.100.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/vmware/vapi/bindings/stub.py", line 345, in _invoke return self._api_interface.native_invoke(ctx, _method_name, kwargs) File "/usr/lib/vmware-vapi/lib/python/vapi_runtime-2.100.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/vmware/vapi/bindings/stub.py", line 298, in native_invoke self._rest_converter_mode) com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InternalServerError: {messages : [LocalizableMessage(id='com.vmware.vapi.authorization.permission.error', default_message='Could not validate permission information for operation com.vmware.vcenter.svcaccountmgmt.service_account.create invocation.', args=['com.vmware.vcenter.svcaccountmgmt.service_account.create'], params=None, localized=None)], data : None, error_type : None} Resolution This is an unrecoverable error, please retry install. If you encounter this error again, please search for these symptoms in the VMware Knowledge Base for any known issues and possible resolutions. If none can be found, collect a support bundle and open a support request. I do have SR 20142056507 open, but just getting started if you would like to review any logs. Thank you for the help with this.

Hi sudeshnas​ When I ran the command you provided it only returned back to a prompt with no output.  Not sure if that is good or bad. I ran through cert replacement, option 8 again, even though I have done already. Updated 5 service(s) Status : 60% Completed [Reset vpxd-extension Cert...] 2020-07-22T15:14:46.910Z  Updating certificate for "com.vmware.imagebuilder" extension Reset status : 100% Completed [Reset completed successfully] --obviously this is good. but upgrade still fails

so I am testing the process with my syslog server.  I deleted 100GB worth of older logs.  ran sdelete 2.0.2 (which was slow) then ran vmkfstools -K myvmdk  This did not seem to free up any free space with the view in vcenter.  I am seeing the storage usage on the summary tab of the vm within vcenter.  I even tried a storage vmotion after the above, with no change. Thoughts?  (FYI, vmkfstools was about 3x faster than sdelete, but as the link ChrisFD2 mentions, 2.0.x seems to be much slower than 1.6)

Thanks ChrisFD, I am not sure if the drive was fully used at some point.  I did find this posting basically saying the same thing you are https://community.hitachivantara.com/docs/DOC-1006003 I am running the sdelete now and it is taking a LOOONG time. Any guess on the vmkfstools timing? As long as the sdelete, just a few quick min, or could be hours?  I know you don't know my env so your answer would be a guess at this point, but any info would be appreciated. Thanks for replying, GB