Network portgroup selection shows empty result while performing RDU upgrade through vCenter Server UI
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Network portgroup selection shows empty result while performing RDU upgrade through vCenter Server UI

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Article ID: 311964

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Products

VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

  • Network Portgroup selection dropdown shows an empty list while performing the RDU (reduced downtime upgrade) upgrade of the VC to the versions prior to vCenter Server 8.0 U2b.

  • The issue happens when there is no network named "VM Network" in the inventory.

  • VLCM Service crash at same time with below errors in the log file /var/log/vmware/vlcm/vlcm.log

    /var/log/vmware/vlcm/vlcm.log:

    <date & time> info vlcm [client/vc.go:39] [opID=<opid UUID>] No connection provided, connecting to the local VC
    <date & time> info vlcm [client/vc.go:73] [opID=<opid UUID>] Connection to the container is successful
    <date & time> info vlcm [draft/draft.go:931] [opID=<opid UUID>] GetNetwork: VC workflow
    <date & time> error vlcm [cmd/main.go:147] panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

    goroutine 88 [running]:
    main.vlcmPanicHandler.ServeHTTP.func1()
            GOROOT/src/runtime/panic.go:914 +0x21f
    server/upgrade/draft.(*draftUpgrade).FetchNetwork
    server/vapi/vcenter/lcm/deployment.(*UpgradeDraftApiInterface).getNetwork

Cause

 

 

Resolution

This issue is resolved in vCenter Server 8.0 U2b and 8.0 U3.