Data Migration to 4.1 problem

[pyosifov]

Hi guys,

I've read and did almost everything in these articles and still haven't resolved my problem with Data Migration tool.

Everything seems to go smoothly, but after the restore completes I end up in a situation where two things have occured.

First - restored configuration is not actually restored - empty.

Second - my vCenter is proud to announce that its Evaluation license has expired. By the way this is great to know (means that at least the evaluation period and start have been migrated).

I happen to notice that when I run the backup.bat I don't actually see that it backs up the license keys. I watched the official youtube movie from VMware and I can definitely see that license information should be backed up.

Any suggestions?

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

Maybe the KB article "Using the Data Migration Tool to upgrade from vCenter Server 4.0 to vCenter Server 4.1 fails" helps.

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1024380

André

[pyosifov]

Thanks Adnre. I will try it and get back to you for results. How did I miss that article?

[pyosifov]

Nice one! It did the trick. Btw just if anyne gets in the same situation as I did - if you are using NFR licenses you will not see them backed up or restored.

Thanks Ander.

[a_p_]

You are welcome.

For everyone who is interested:

It's always good to have the have an overview of the latest KB articles, especially (but not only) for new versions. VMware has a great site with is really worth having it in the favorites. http://blogs.vmware.com/kbdigest/

André