vcenter upgrade – Virtual Chris

SRM 6 Upgrade: Not Connected to SRM Server

I upgraded my vCenter to 6.0u1b so I needed to upgrade my SRM 5.8 servers to 6.1. My first attempt to upgrade the 6.1 installer lambasted me for trying to go from 5.8 to 6.1, I needed to upgrade to 6.0 first. After upgrading to 6.0, I did not see the Site Recovery Manager icon… Read More »

vCenter Upgrade: Slow “Extracting Registration Tool”

I was attempting to upgrade a vCenter from 5.5u2D to 5.5u3. We noticed that the installer would take a long time in the phase “Extracting Registration Tool”, and when I mean long I’m talking anywhere from 10-30 minutes. By going to %TEMP% and then viewing the vminst.log, I could see that the last thing done… Read More »