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vCenter fails at the ' SWITCHOVER ' Stage. From the SDDC GUI, we see the following. Followed with a message vCenter upgrade failed at stage SWITCHOVER 18/11/25, 3:44 PM vCenter upgrade cancellation failed. 18/11/25, 3:44 PM Warning : Files that cannot be used with Lifecycle Manager will not be copied from the source. These files include VM guest OS patch baselines, host upgrade baselines and files, and ESXi 6.5 and lower version host patches baselines. Resolution : Please review VMware Lifecycle Manager Documentation for details On the vCenter, In the /var/log/vmware/vpxd.log and the /var/log/vmware/vlcm we see the following error: info vlcm [locerrors/vapierrors.go:45] [opID=691c5ff0] Error type: map[Data:null ErrorType:"ERROR" Messages: [{"Id":"vcenter.deployment.migration_upgrade.unable_to_start_services_error","DefaultMessage": "Unable to start all services during the upgrade","Args":[],"Params":null,"Localized":"Unable to start all services during the upgrade"},{"Id":"com.vmware.vcenter.vlcm.general_resolution","DefaultMessage":
RDU requires double the capacity temporarily because both the source and target vCenter appliances run simultaneously. If the ESXi hosts or cluster do not have enough CPU, memory, or storage, the deployment of the target appliance will fail. When upgrading the vCenter, sometimes by selecting the 'vCenter Reduced Downtime Update', it does not allow the switchover to happen that quickly. It does not give enough time for the services to start, causing the vCenter upgrade to fail at this stage.
Login back into the SDDC and retry the upgrade using the 2nd option 'vCenter Regular Upgrade'. If the vCenter upgrade continues to fail, contact support .
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