This weekend I was upgrading my 3 host servers from ESXi 4.0 to 5.1 update 1 (I do have vmware essentials). The first two upgraded without problems. The last one failed. These servers all have the following specs:
Dell PowerEdge 2970
Quad Core Opteron 2374HE Processor 2.2GHz
64GB (8x8GB), 667MHz, Dual Ranked
PERC6i SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, Int, PCIe, 256MB cache, x6 Bkpl
Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 0 PERC 5/i Integrated, PERC 6/i Integrated
1TB 7.2K RPM Near-Line SAS 6Gbps 3.5in Hotplug Hard Drive
ESXi boots from a USB drive that is on the motherboard inside the server. The upgrade seemed to be fine until it got to the very end....the error message is as follows:
Operation Failed
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Error see log for more info
Either bootbank or locker aren't set cannot cache
I am not sure where to look at log files and not sure how to proceed. I have the other two host severs running in evaluation mode until I can get the third up and running and then upgrade my licenses. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
