{"id":661,"date":"2015-03-24T15:41:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T15:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/?p=661"},"modified":"2015-03-24T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T15:41:22","slug":"vcenter-appliance-update-buttons-greyed-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wordp\/vcenter-appliance-update-buttons-greyed-out\/","title":{"rendered":"vCenter Appliance Update Buttons Greyed Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although the following process in itself will not enable those buttons directly again, it will allow you to perform an update of the appliance from a command line&#8230; which should enable those buttons again after the update is completed. \u00a0This method should also only be performed for a minor update to the appliance&#8230; I&#8217;ll write a slightly different post on the process to upgrade to a major release:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the minor release that you wish to upgrade to, as an ISO<\/li>\n<li>Mount the ISO to the console of the vCenter Appliance<\/li>\n<li>Log onto the web interface of the vCenter Appliance: \u00a0 https:\/\/webaddress:5480\/<\/li>\n<li>Switch to the &#8216;Update&#8217; tab and then click the &#8216;Settings&#8217; button<\/li>\n<li>Make sure that the &#8216;Use CDROM Updates&#8217; option is selected and click &#8216;Save Settings&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Using Putty, connect to the vCenter Appliance (using the root username and password previously used for the web interface)<\/li>\n<li>Type:\n<pre>\/opt\/vmware\/bin\/vamicli update --check<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>You should now see an update similar to below:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vcenterupdate1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-662\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vcenterupdate1.jpg\" alt=\"vcenterupdate1\" width=\"605\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Next type:\n<pre>\/opt\/vmware\/bin\/vamicli update --install latest --accepteula<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>This will now present you with a screen similar to below:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vcenterupdate2jpg.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-663\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vcenterupdate2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"vcenterupdate2jpg\" width=\"641\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This update will actually now take approximately 20 minutes to complete, the appliance will then reboot and you should then be presented with the new version.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that you should log back onto the appliance and perform a reboot of it before the new version takes effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the following process in itself will not enable those buttons directly again, it will allow you to perform an update of the appliance from a command line&#8230; 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