Symptoms:
- Upgrading/Migrating vCenter Server from 6.0 to 6.5 fails.
- You see the error:
Error: Source vcenter server schema validation found an issue
Resolution:Read the vcdb_req_err log file and address the issues found
- In the migration-assistant.log file, you see entries similar to:
2017-04-03 17:51:49.168Z| migration-assistant-4944578| I: ParseErrorsWarningsFromPreUpgradeOutput: No mismatch to process.
2017-04-03 17:51:49.168Z| migration-assistant-4944578| I: ParseErrorsWarningsFromPreUpgradeOutput: Parsed 1 error messages.
2017-04-03 17:51:49.168Z| migration-assistant-4944578| I: ParseErrorsWarningsFromPreUpgradeOutput: Error messages: Error: Source vCenter Server schema validation found an issue.
Resolution: Read the vcdb_req.err log file and address the issues found.
2017-04-03 17:51:49.168Z| migration-assistant-4944578| I: ParseErrorsWarningsFromPreUpgradeOutput: Parsed 1 warning messages.
2017-04-03 17:51:49.168Z| migration-assistant-4944578| I: ParseErrorsWarningsFromPreUpgradeOutput: Warning messages: Warning: This vCenter Server has extensions registered that cannot be upgraded to or may not work with the new vCenter Server.
- In the vminst.log file, you see entries similar to:
4:26.581+08:00| vcsInstUtil-5178943| I: ParsePreUpgradeOutput: Processing pre-upgrade for component [com.vmware.eam]
2017-04-13 10:04:26.581+08:00| vcsInstUtil-5178943| I: ParsePreUpgradeOutput: Export disk req: [0 MB], Import disk req: [0 MB].
2017-04-13 10:04:26.581+08:00| vcsInstUtil-5178943| I: ParsePreUpgradeOutput: Processing pre-upgrade for component [upgrade_framework]
2017-04-13 10:04:26.581+08:00| vcsInstUtil-5178943| I: ParsePreUpgradeOutput: Export disk req: [0 MB], Import disk req: [0 MB].
2017-04-13 10:04:26.581+08:00| vcsInstUtil-5178943| I: ParsePreUpgradeOutput: IC host: 127.0.0.1.
2017-04-13 10:04:26.581+08:00| vcsInstUtil-5178943| I: ParsePreUpgradeOutput: IC port: 7444.
2017-04-13 10:04:26.581+08:00| vcsInstUtil-5178943| I: ParsePreUpgradeOutput: IC URL: /sso-adminserver/sdk/vsphere.local.
2017-04-13 10:04:26.581+08:00| vcsInstUtil-5178943| I: ProcessInstallArguments: processing installArguments for upgrade_framework
2017-04-13 10:04:26.581+08:00| vcsInstUtil-5178943| I: ProcessInstallArguments: vmdir.ldu-guid = 25d5b5a0-f963-11e6-a7ce-e4115bde7480
2017-04-13 10:04:26.581+08:00| vcsInstUtil-5178943| I: ProcessInstallArguments: vmdir.site-guid = 24a720b0-f963-11e6-a598-e4115bde7480
2017-04-13 10:04:26.698+08:00| vcsInstUtil-5178943| I: PitCA_MessageBox: Displaying message: "Error: Source vCenter Server schema validation found an issue.
Resolution: Read the vcdb_req.err log file and address the issues found."
- In the vcdb_req.err file, you see entries similar to:
1 [42000](50000) [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]ERROR ! Extra indexes: VPX_STAT_COUNTER.VPX_STAT_COUNTER_M1;
Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.