Remove previously imported remote appliance key

[bwittrock]

Aloha,

So I started the process of upgrading an vCenter appliance from 5.0.x to 5.5 using VMware KB article http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=205844....

However, along the way I really hosed things up and had to blow away the 5.5 appliance VM.  So I redeployed the 5.5 vCenter Appliance VM and am now at the point of re-entering the remote appliance key, but I am now unable to do so as the old vCenter appliance already had a remote key imported.  Is there a way to clear out this remote key and paste in a new one?

Let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks!

[bwittrock · Accepted solution]

Okay.  I have been digging around for hours on this and finally (on the older appliance) I went to the Upgrade tab -> Prepare and hit Cancel under Actions on the right hand side. That cancelled the upgrade.  Too easy!!!

I was digging around the embedded database, looking for config files, etc. and the answer was always very simple.

Thanks for everyone who looked. Hope this helps somebody else someday.

Brock