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The older version of cis-upgrade-runner cannot be removed when upgrade vCenter Server 6.0

January 10, 2018 by Wu Zheng

When you upgrade or patch vCenter Server 6.0 for Windows, you may see following symptoms: “The older version of cis-upgrade-runner cannot be removed. Contact your technical support group.” Or error code 1063: “Installation of component VMware CIS upgrade runner failed with error code ‘1063’” That means the vCenter Server installer cannot find MSI files of … Read more

Migrate vCenter Server 5.5 Windows to 6.0 Virtual Appliance

December 23, 2016 by Wu Zheng

Virtual appliance is future of how VMware delivery their product to customers. It’s pain to migrate from vCenter Server Windows version to virtual appliance. The only way was build up new virtual appliance and move everything out of Windows vCenter Server. The challenge is you lost data if you have integrated vCenter Server with other VMware … Read more