vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 – Problemi su add-remove esx/esxi 4 host

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Ultimamente ci sono stati diversi problemi con vSphere 4 update1, ed i problemi si sono ripercossi anche sull’aggiornamento del vCenter Server.

VMware ha rilasciato un articolo riguardante proprio quest’ultimo componente, KB1016262, che sembra non riuscire ad installare l’agent sugli host esx/esxi 4.0 al momento della connessione.

Ecco nel dettaglio il sintomo:

If you try to add an ESXi 4.0 host to vCenter Server 4.0 or 4.0 Update 1, remove then re-add an ESXi 4.0 host back to vCenter Server 4.0 or 4.0 Update 1, or upgrade vCenter Server from 4.0 to 4.0 Update 1, you may experience these symptoms:

vCenter Server reports the following error:

Cannot install the vCenter agent service. Unknown Installer error

After the error, the ESXi host does not display in vCenter Server or stays disconnected.

All attempts to add or reconnect ESXi hosts to vCenter Server fail.

The /var/log/vmware/vpx-iupgrade.log file on the ESXi 4.0 host contains the error:

Acquiring lock /tmp/bootbank.lck

Copying vpxa.vgz to /bootbank/vpxa.vgz

Editing /bootbank/boot.cfg to add module vpxa.vgz

[90597] 2009-11-30 15:21:49: status = 0

[90597] 2009-11-30 15:21:49: exec /sbin/vmkramdisk vpxa.vgz

Failed to mount archive: Out of memory

Per ovviare a questo problema, VMware consiglia di installare la hotfix ESXi400-200912001 scaricandola dal portale di Download prima di eseguire l’aggiornamento a vServer 4 Update 1.




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