Symptoms:
ERROR transport.guestops Failed to download from https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:443/guestFile?id=63&token=<generated token ID>: [Error 111] Connection refused
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/vmware/cis_upgrade_runner/libs/sdk/transport/guestops.py", line 1329, in downloadFileContent
req = urllib2.urlopen(downloadUrl)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 154, in urlopen
return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 429, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 447, in _open
'_open', req)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1241, in https_open
context=self._context)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1198, in do_open
raise URLError(err)
URLError: <urlopen error [Error 111] Connection refused>
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 7.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.x
VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.x
To resolve this issue, ensure that the ESXi host where the source vCenter Server Appliance running is accessible over the network from the machine where the upgrade is initiated.
Confirm that there is no firewall inside the environment blocking the communication between the new deployed appliance and the source host where the source appliance lives