VMware Host Cannot Connect from vSphere Client
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Writing this up for @Osvaldo ... working on trying to update a vSphere client machine (ESXi host) that needs a patch for version 6.0.0. Want to go to 6.7, but it won't even try that until we apply this patch. Patch keeps updating to 47% complete and then crashing on us. So we get nowhere.
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@scottalanmiller said in VMware Host Cannot Connect from vSphere Client:
Writing this up for @Osvaldo ... working on trying to update a vSphere client machine (ESXi host) that needs a patch for version 6.0.0. Want to go to 6.7, but it won't even try that until we apply this patch. Patch keeps updating to 47% complete and then crashing on us. So we get nowhere.
How was esxi originally installed, to SD? If so you could install to a new sd and imprt the storage
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@scottalanmiller said in VMware Host Cannot Connect from vSphere Client:
Writing this up for @Osvaldo ... working on trying to update a vSphere client machine (ESXi host) that needs a patch for version 6.0.0. Want to go to 6.7, but it won't even try that until we apply this patch. Patch keeps updating to 47% complete and then crashing on us. So we get nowhere.
Could also be an issue if a vendor-specific ISO was used to initially install ESXi. I ran into a similar problem with Dell; I had to get the Dell ISO from their downloads for the specific server model/service tag.
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@wrx7m said in VMware Host Cannot Connect from vSphere Client:
@scottalanmiller said in VMware Host Cannot Connect from vSphere Client:
Writing this up for @Osvaldo ... working on trying to update a vSphere client machine (ESXi host) that needs a patch for version 6.0.0. Want to go to 6.7, but it won't even try that until we apply this patch. Patch keeps updating to 47% complete and then crashing on us. So we get nowhere.
Could also be an issue if a vendor-specific ISO was used to initially install ESXi. I ran into a similar problem with Dell; I had to get the Dell ISO from their downloads for the specific server model/service tag.
Here is a link to Dell's site regarding their specific version of ESXi-
https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln288152/how-to-download-the-dell-customized-esxi-embedded-iso-image?lang=en -
Another thing to consider is the HCL. The server or other hardware might have been dropped from the HCL after a certain version and that could be causing an issue.
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@wrx7m said in VMware Host Cannot Connect from vSphere Client:
@scottalanmiller said in VMware Host Cannot Connect from vSphere Client:
Writing this up for @Osvaldo ... working on trying to update a vSphere client machine (ESXi host) that needs a patch for version 6.0.0. Want to go to 6.7, but it won't even try that until we apply this patch. Patch keeps updating to 47% complete and then crashing on us. So we get nowhere.
Could also be an issue if a vendor-specific ISO was used to initially install ESXi. I ran into a similar problem with Dell; I had to get the Dell ISO from their downloads for the specific server model/service tag.
It's a Dell here, that's a very real possibility.
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@scottalanmiller said in VMware Host Cannot Connect from vSphere Client:
@wrx7m said in VMware Host Cannot Connect from vSphere Client:
@scottalanmiller said in VMware Host Cannot Connect from vSphere Client:
Writing this up for @Osvaldo ... working on trying to update a vSphere client machine (ESXi host) that needs a patch for version 6.0.0. Want to go to 6.7, but it won't even try that until we apply this patch. Patch keeps updating to 47% complete and then crashing on us. So we get nowhere.
Could also be an issue if a vendor-specific ISO was used to initially install ESXi. I ran into a similar problem with Dell; I had to get the Dell ISO from their downloads for the specific server model/service tag.
It's a Dell here, that's a very real possibility.
Any luck?
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@wrx7m thanks!!!
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@DustinB3403 it is in SD, and trying to import and I will post the results
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Any updates?
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@wrx7m said in VMware Host Cannot Connect from vSphere Client:
Could also be an issue if a vendor-specific ISO was used to initially install ESXi. I ran into a similar problem with Dell; I had to get the Dell ISO from their downloads for the specific server model/service tag.
For 6.0 this is fine (you'll use this to get ASNC drivers). You can also add the dell VIB depot to get them this way also.
For 6.7 Dell has (thankfully) stopped shipping ASYNC drivers and moved 100% to inbox. It's all for 3rd party management VIBs. Honestly I've seen 3rd party VIBs be a culprit for updates before. I'd make sure you are updating the BIOS/FIrmware also when updating ESXi (People forget this sometimes).
