My vCenter environment is 5.0, and was initially set up using SQL Server 2008 R2 Express as the database. We have hit the size limit of 10 GB for the Express version, so I want to upgrade the database from 2008 R2 express to 2008 R2 standard.
Before doing the upgrade, I stopped the vCenter Server service, then launched the SQL Server installer. I did an "Edition Upgrade", to take it from express to standard. This completes successfully in about 2 minutes, then I went and restarted the vCenter server service.
However, after restarting the service, vSphere is unable to communicate with the VIM_VCDB. For example, in vSphere if I click on a VM, and click the Performance tab, it tells me it is unable to display the web page. It seems to be unable to communicate with the VIM_VCDB. I haven't changed any database names, or the ODBC settings, so not sure what is causing the issue.
If I go to ODBC Data Source Administrator and Test Data Source, the test completes successfully.
I have read all the documentation I can find, and tried a few different things, but not found anything that resolves the issue. I ended up having to revert to the snapshot backup I took prior to the database edition upgrade.
Anyone have any ideas on what the issue might be, or what I need to do to resolve it?
Shane
