VCF 9.1 — Page 4

If you’re moving vCenter Server from 8.0 U3x to 9.1.0.0 (typically as part of a VCF 9.1 deployment or a VVF 9.1 upgrade) the run can fail partway through with: Error attempting Upgrade Database Schema Please check vcintegrity migration logs for details. This is one of those failures that looks scary in the UI but has a clean, well-understood root cause: a handful of orphaned rows in the vcIntegrity database that trip a new foreign-key constraint introduced in 9.1. Below is the whole story; what the error means, how to read the logs, why it happens, and how to clear it so the upgrade completes. It’s the same shape of problem I wrote about in fixing PostgreSQL on Fleet Management 9.0.1: a schema change colliding with pre-existing data. ...

If you’ve been working with VCF Operations 9.1, you may have noticed that on the Build > Lifecycle > VCF Management > Components page, manually-added components such as VCF Operations for Networks, Log Management, Real-Time Metrics or VCF Automation no longer have a “Delete” option available in the UI. In VCF Operations 9.0, this was possible on the Fleet Management > Lifecycle > Components page by clicking the three vertical dots next to a component and selecting Delete. That option is gone in 9.1. ...