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So in my lab I have been trying to get the silent upgrade to work but I keep getting Error 2726. I've done some research but I can't figure out that is causing it. Do anyone have any suggestion... See more...
So in my lab I have been trying to get the silent upgrade to work but I keep getting Error 2726. I've done some research but I can't figure out that is causing it. Do anyone have any suggestions? Property(S): SOURCEDIR = D:\Single Sign-On\ Property(S): SourcedirProduct = {1258BA88-DECB-4033-8016-12E6463D11AD} Property(S): ProductToBeRegistered = 1 MSI (c) (34:98) [07:16:29:953]: Back from server. Return value: 1603 MSI (c) (34:98) [07:16:29:953]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied.  Counter after decrement: -1 MSI (c) (34:98) [07:16:29:953]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Deleting SECONDSEQUENCE property. Its current value is '1'. Action ended 7:16:29: ExecuteAction. Return value 3. MSI (c) (34:98) [07:16:29:953]: Doing action: FatalError Action 7:16:29: FatalError. Action start 7:16:29: FatalError. DEBUG: Error 2726:  Action not found: FatalError The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2726. The arguments are: FatalError, , Action ended 7:16:29: FatalError. Return value 0. Action ended 7:16:29: INSTALL. Return value 3. MSI (c) (34:98) [07:16:29:953]: Destroying RemoteAPI object. MSI (c) (34:E4) [07:16:29:953]: Custom Action Manager thread ending. Property(C): UpgradeCode = {84920751-2BCC-4924-A34B-31D4BAAD586C} I am trying to install with the following syntax: start "SSO" /wait "d:\Single Sign-On\VMware-SSO-Server.msi" /qr /l*v "C:\scripts\SSO_Install.log" SSO_HTTPS_PORT=**** UPGRADEDEPLOYMODE=FIRSTDOMAIN ADMINPASSWORD=******* SSO_SITE=Lab JDBC_DBTYPE=Mssql JDBC_DBNAME=****_HOSTNAME_OR_IP=********* JDBC_HOST_PORT=***** JDBC_USERNAME=****** JDBC_PASSWORD=******* SKIP_DB_USER_CREATION=1 DBA_JDBC_USERNAME=******* DBA_JDBC_PASSWORD=******
Is the only want to uninstall VMware Update Manager to remove patches?
Sorry for bumping such an old thread. Is the syntax for let Update Manager to decide how many do to in parallel? i.e. Enable Parallel Remediation for hosts selected in clusters       - opt... See more...
Sorry for bumping such an old thread. Is the syntax for let Update Manager to decide how many do to in parallel? i.e. Enable Parallel Remediation for hosts selected in clusters       - option Automatically determine the max number of concurrent remediated hosts in a cluster
It turns out another group had created another administrator account and removed administrator access from the root account. /etc/vmware/hostd/authorization.xml shows that the root user has lo... See more...
It turns out another group had created another administrator account and removed administrator access from the root account. /etc/vmware/hostd/authorization.xml shows that the root user has lost the 'Administrator' role: <ACEData id="10"> <ACEDataEntity>ha-folder-root</ACEDataEntity> <ACEDataId>10</ACEDataId> <ACEDataIsGroup>false</ACEDataIsGroup> <ACEDataPropagate>true</ACEDataPropagate> <ACEDataRoleId>-5</ACEDataRoleId> <ACEDataUser>root</ACEDataUser>   </ACEData>   When ACEDataRoleId is set to '-1' this indicates Administrator. In your case, the Role has been set to -5 which is not a defined role and likely hardened to do nothing.
I checked via "vim-cmd hostsvc/advopt/view ScratchConfig.ConfiguredScratchLocation" and the scratch path is correct. I also checked /etc/vmware/locker.conf and the path also matches. In the ... See more...
I checked via "vim-cmd hostsvc/advopt/view ScratchConfig.ConfiguredScratchLocation" and the scratch path is correct. I also checked /etc/vmware/locker.conf and the path also matches. In the shell was able to cut and paste the path and cd to the path to confirm its all correct with the files in it. Its driving me nuts why I keep getting 'ERROR', test 'SPACE_AVAIL_ISO', expected '349773754', found '0' Please help if you have any suggestions, thanks.
Yup, thanks for your response. I have tried the steps in that article, the folders are created and everything but in the end I still get Cannot Create ramdisk error.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Or what else I can check? (Also confirmed lockdown mode is not enabled) Thanks again in advance any advice is appreciated.
I am trying to use Update Manager to upgrade ESXi 5.1 to ESXi5.5. I am getting the error "Cannot create a ramdisk of the size 333mb to store the upgrade image." The ESXi has plenty of disk/ram l... See more...
I am trying to use Update Manager to upgrade ESXi 5.1 to ESXi5.5. I am getting the error "Cannot create a ramdisk of the size 333mb to store the upgrade image." The ESXi has plenty of disk/ram left. I have researched and found an issue where the scratchconfig was pointing at a non-existent device. I set the scratchconfig and rebooted. After the reboot in the new folder I did see the various var,core,logs etc folders, however  I still get this Cannot create ramdisk error when trying to upgrade. I tried from various articles /vmfs/volumes/datastore uuid/.locker-host and /vmfs/volumes/datastore uuid/scratch, both with the same result. I confirmed I can write in these new folders. Everytime the log still says  ERROR', test 'SPACE_AVAIL_ISO', expected '349773754', found '0' despite the scracthconfig. What I am doing wrong?
So I re-installing vCenter in a lab and I get this message during a simple install. It seem to install the SSO and inventory service fine. It looks like it nearly finishes the vCenter on the en... See more...
So I re-installing vCenter in a lab and I get this message during a simple install. It seem to install the SSO and inventory service fine. It looks like it nearly finishes the vCenter on the enabling core dumps and I get this message. I having looked it up and it mainly says there might be an rights issue. I have used the administrator account with full rights. I have uninstalled removed the old directories and rebooted, scanned the OS for corruption and still get this error. Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks so much for your fast reply. I guess my question is without my lab I cannot tell how grandeur are the host profiles and answer files are. I believe there is will be a ton of random r... See more...
Thanks so much for your fast reply. I guess my question is without my lab I cannot tell how grandeur are the host profiles and answer files are. I believe there is will be a ton of random requirements, do they allow for customizable additions? (or every possibly configurable option)
So I am still in the process of getting hardware for a lab environment and have combed over the documentation a lot, but I can not seem to get a clear picture in my head. I understand Auto Dep... See more...
So I am still in the process of getting hardware for a lab environment and have combed over the documentation a lot, but I can not seem to get a clear picture in my head. I understand Auto Deploy can use Host Profiles to setup configuration. Does Auto Deploy (or Host Profiles) allow any any post configuration options similar to a kickstart file or powercli commands? For example something like after the ESXi installation is complete perform something like: # Set the vCenter Password Expiration Value to 10 Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $defaultVIServer -Name "VirtualCenter.VimPasswordExpirationInDays" | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value 10 Thanks in advance, I am still getting up to speed on the newer features on vSphere.