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Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.1)
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Chapter 5 Upgrades
Problems with the VEM Upgrade
Problems with the VEM Upgrade
The following are symptoms, possible causes, and solutions for problems with VEM software upgrade.
Table 5-2
Problems with the VEM Upgrade
Symptom
Possible Causes
Solution
After starting a VEM upgrade
from the VSM console, the
VMware Upgrade Manager
(VUM) skips upgrading the
hosts with the new VEM.
One or more of the following
are enabled on the host
cluster.
•
VMware high
availability (HA)
•
VMware fault tolerance
(FT)
•
Vmware Distributed
Power Management
(DPM)
1.
Verify the upgrade failure.
show vmware vem upgrade status
2.
From vCenter Server, disable HA, FT, and DPM for the
cluster.
3.
Restart the VEM software upgrade using the instructions
in the
Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade
Guide
.
VEM upgrade fails.
An incorrect VUM version is
in use.
1.
Identify the VUM version required for the upgrade using
the
Cisco Nexus 1000V Compatibility Information
.
2.
Upgrade to the correct VUM version.
3.
Restart the software upgrade using the instructions in
the
Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide
.
After upgrading, the host is
not added to the VSM.
An incorrect VEM software
version is installed on the
host.
1.
Identify the VEM software version required for the
upgrade using the
Cisco Nexus 1000V Compatibility
Information
.
2.
Proceed with the upgrade using the correct VEM
software version and the instructions in the
Cisco Nexus
1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide
.
A message on the ESX/ESXi
command line shell and
VMkernel logs notifies you
that the loading and
unloading of modules failed.
The modules were not placed
in maintenance mode (all
VMs VMotioned over) before
starting the upgrade.
1.
Place the host in maintenance mode.
2.
Proceed with the upgrade using the instructions in the
Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide
.
The host does not have
enough memory to load new
modules.
A host requires a minimum of
2 GB of physical RAM. If it
also hosts a Cisco Nexus
1000V VSM VM, it needs a
minimum of 4 GB of physical
RAM. If it also hosts the
vCenter Server VM,
additional memory might be
needed.
1.
Verify that the host has sufficient memory to load the
new modules.
For more information about allocating RAM and CPU,
see the
Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade
Guide
.
2.
Proceed with the upgrade using the instructions in the
Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide
.
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