In certain environments, the local user service accounts created will need to be changed to run as a service account to proceed further.
To run as a service account:
Note: Take a back up before proceeding.
1. Run the below command to change users on the upgraded system.
C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\vmon\vmon-cli --update <svcname> -R [email protected]
2. Verify that vMON is aware of the username by updating the registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware VirtualCenter\AccountInfo
3. If the username is not present, run following command to allow vMON to identify the user
%VMWARE_CIS_HOME%/vmon/vmon.exe -P [email protected]
4. Start all services with this command.
C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\bin\service-control --start --all
Note: