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Hi,
if your ESXi host is on a version <= 7.0.2 an update using the Lifecycle Manager fails with an error.
vCenter
host returned esxupdate code -1
and on the host
~ # cat /var/log/esxupdate.log | grep ERROR
ERROR: esximage.Errors.InstallationError: This upgrade transaction would skip ESXi Base Image VIB(s) VMW_bootbank_i40en_1.11.1.31-1vmw.703.0.0.49537716, which could cause failures post upgrade
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if you want to check the state of the TPM chip use the esxcli command line interface:
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Error description: You have downloaded a virtual machine from a vSphere instance via ovf export and it won’t start due to:
Bluscreen: SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED
Hi,
I will show you how you can update a VCSA Appliance from command line rather then from webfrontend.
I assume you have configured a proxy server when you do not have a direct internet connection.
Login to the appliance at the console or by ssh.
First of all check the state of the lookup service by lsdoctor
Run the lsdoctor tool to recognized some certificate issues. Certificate issues are often the problem when an update fails.
Command> shell root@vCenter [ ~/lsdoctor-master ]# python lsdoctor.py -l 2021-12-13T12:52:04 INFO generateReport: Listing lookup service problems found in SSO domain... 2021-12-13T12:52:04 INFO generateReport: No issues detected in the lookup service entries
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each user who migrated their Windows based vCenter Servers to the Linux based VCSA Appliance have the save problem. How can I copy files (for example certificates) to and from the VCSA.
The vSphere VCSA appliance have a builtin ssh daemon. Unfortunately it doesn’t support sftp/scp. If try to connect an
Error: Cannot initialize sftp protocol. occurs.
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