Hi Guys,
I am in the middle of an upgrade of vSphere 5.1 to vSphere 5.1 Update 1. I have vCenter protected by HB and SQL on a separate machine (also protected by HB) I am also running Syslog, Update manager and Authentication Proxy on vCenter.
I have successfully upgraded HB on all 4 nodes (2 x vCenter & 2 x SQL) and started the upgrade of vCenter and components on the secondary server as per •vCenter Server Heartbeat 6.5 Update 1 Installation on Windows Server 2008 When the Secondary Server is Virtual (PDF) http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vcenter-server-heartbeat-65-u1-installation-windows-2008-virtual-guide.pdf
I have got to step 3.c
3 Change the server role to Primary/active:
a Launch the vCenter Server Heartbeat Configure Server wizard and click the Machine tab. Change the server role for the current (Primary) server to Active and click Finish.
b Using the Service Control Manager, start the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat service.
c Using the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console, verify that all status icons on the Server: Summary page are green indicating that the Start process has completed and all protected services are started.
d Using the Service Control Manager, stop the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat service.
As the vCenter service does not start I am stuck at this point. As far as I am concerned the error is perfectly logical. I have updated vCenter using the secondary server and then I am trying to connect (as per guide) with another version which fails.
If I continue with the services stop and launch the SSO installer it tries to perform an uninstall!
Am I missing something in this upgrade?
Regards
Ciaran