Read VMware’s common issues section in vSphere’s Release Notes document. Double check that you have correctly entered the host name and the IP address of vCenter as well as the reverse lookup record. VCenter 6.0 appliance is very sensitive with the host entries on your DNS server. Don’t forget to manually enter the DNS entries of vCenter ip
So, remember to setup the VLAN correctly.Ĭ. The installation script will stop abruptly. It seems that this error appears because the vCenter appliance cannot contact the configured DNS service.Īnother interesting implication is that if you have configured the ip of your NTP server for time synchronization instead of ESXi host time synchronization. Otherwise the vCenter will be disconnected from the network and you will end up with a “Failed to start services. If you are using VLANs on your switches, make sure that you have already set it right on your host VM Network. Don’t forget to set the VLAN Id on your VM Network So mount the iso file and go into vcsa folderĮxecute the file with “run as administrator”.ī.
Don’t forget to install the client integration pluginįirst of all, the appliance comes in iso format not in ova. But I will underline a few problems that I encountered during the installation of the appliance.Ī. I will not go through an installation guide since there are plenty of these published on the Internet.
Buy one Microsoft windows server license less next time. It seems that there is no reason to avoid the installation of vCenter appliance again. I felt going through the host versus through vCenter that is fixing to be upgraded would help prevent any issues.Įnsure you have a snapshot of the VCSA VM and the ISO mounted.VMware’s vCenter server appliance 6.0 has the same scalability numbers as the windows installable server.
Note: FP means Full Product Update Patch and TP means Security and Third Party. To download go to the VMware Product Patches -> change the drop down to VC and download the The first step is to download the Update 2 ISO.
How to Upgrade if you are on VCSA 6.0.0: Download VCSA 6 Update 2: If you are watching the VCSA console it will boot to version 6.! Welcome to Update 2! While on this screen it will automatically take you to the login portal once finished.
Open the normal Web Client and wait for it to finish. I felt the reboot took a tad longer to complete.
The upgrade took roughly 10-15 minutes.Ī reboot is required once the upgrade finishes. Click Install Updates -> Install all updates:Ĭheck the box to accept the EULA then click Install:Ī progress window will appear. The Available Updates section should populate with version 6. If your VCSA does not have a internet connection you can download a Update 2 ISO and mount it to use the Check CDROM option. To download go to the VMware Product Patches -> change the drop down to VC and download the Go to Update -> then click on the drop down menu named Check Updates then Check URL: Login with your root username and password. If you already have your VCSA updated to 6.0 Update 1 then the upgrade is super simple! Log into the appliance Management User Interface by opening a web browser and entering the following: How to Upgrade if you are on VCSA 6 Update 1 or 1b: To upgrade the PSC scroll down and use the second update method.
If you deployed an external PSC separately from vCenter then this post will still work for you! The upgrade procedure is the exact same on both the vCenter and PSC just upgrade the PSC first before vCenter. In my environment I have the Platform Services Controller embedded with the VCSA. When scrolling down I made each upgrade type a super large header so you shouldn’t miss it! There are two sets of instructions, one if you already upgraded your VCSA to Update 1 and the other is if you are still running the initial 6.0.0 release. To read about all the new features Update 2 adds check out my post VMware vSphere 6.0 Update 2 is available! In this post i’ll go through how to upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance 6 to Update 2.