Hi everyone,
I have this problem on hand.
I have successfully upgraded my vCenter from 4,0 Update 1 to 4.1 Update 1. I missed out the part where the VCO will be silently installed as well.
Anyway, with 2 VCO versions listed in the Add/Remove Program, I have removed them. I tried re-installing using the vCO\vCenterOrchestrator.exe but failed numerous times.
During the troubleshooting I had:
- Manually removed the VCO Configuration Service;
- Manually removed the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware\Orchestrator; as per the Release Notes (Installation Issues)
- Manually removed the folder \,installation path\VMware\Infrastructure\Orchestrator
But still I get the error that there's already a VCO installed.
Any suggestions would be great.
Hi,
C:\Program Files\Zero G Registry\.com.zerog.registry.xml
Delete this file, or move it to safe location, in case some other product may need it.
Generally, it contains install/uninstall information for InstallAnywhere, which is used by vCO installation process.
Regards,
Ivan
Hi Jinnie,
I had deleted the folder and the installation still fails.
What I noticed is that after running the installation exe, the folders C:\Program Files\VMware\Orchestrator & C:\Program Files\Zero G Registry gets created again.
There are only 2 registry keys left, which are I am unable to delete:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_VMOCONFIGURATION\0000
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Enum\Root\LEGACY_VMOCONFIGURATION\0000
Where else could the previous installation be logged?
I can't think of any right now.....
I'd focus around the zerog registry file. Delete, restart, try to install.
Some time ago I needed to have 2 vCO installations on the same PC and this was the only thing that was needed to make a second installation. It was on linux, though, but the basic idea should be the same.
Also check the user home directory for such a file - c:\documents and settings\your-user-name
Hi Jinnie,
I searched through the server and found a c:\tmp\vmware_orchestrator_installer_output.txt.
Deleted this file and the installer ran fine!
So the conclusion: Ensure all files & registry keys related to Orchestrator is removed before re-installation.
Thanks for the reponses.