Hello..,
we've just finish upgrading our ESX2.5.3 to ESX3.5.0-82663, the upgrade went smooth.
first, we went to 3.5.0-64607 then goes to build 82663.
then we upgrade datastore from vmfs2 to vmfs3, and upgrade vistual hardware of all the VMs.
there are 15 VMs inside the host, 14 of them upgraded successfully, a mix of XP, W2K3, and W2K of all flavors (standard, advanced, enterprise)
there is this one Windows 2000 Advanced, when we upgrade virtual hardware, takes forever to finish, then report "operation time out, too long to finish"
the active task is empty, try again to upgrade virtual hardware, but report "Operation failed since another task is in progress."
then cannot do anything to the VM, cannot power on. cannot edit settings.. same message appear, "operation failed since another task is in progress".
tried to bring down the host, restart all over again, still the same result.
how to complete the "upgrade virtual hardware" of that VM?
another question, regarding VMware tools installation.
in the other ESX3.5.0 we have, when we "install/upgrade VMware tools" the interactive or automatic tools upgrade option appears.
but in this upgraded host (from ESX2.5.3) that option doesn't appear, it shows the old warning message box "you cannot install vmware tools package until the guest OS is running".
tried doing it manually after login to guest, still no luck. the vmware tools installation/upgrade never showup.
and this happens to all VMs inside this upgraded host..
please help..?
I'm really out of idea..
thanx!
