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Upgrading vCenter server from 6.0 to 6.5 pre-installation fails with "Pgpass.conf file cannot be found"
pgpass.conf file is missing in below location C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\postgresql\pgpass.conf
To resolve this issue we need to create the missing pgpass.conf file using below steps: Go to the below location and add the contents. Location: "C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\postgresql\pgpass.conf"Create a new text file with name pgpass.confAdd the below content and save pgpass.conf file localhost:5432:postgres:postgres:new_password127.0.0.1:5432:postgres:postgres:new_passwordlocalhost:5432:VCDB:postgres:new_password127.0.0.1:5432:VCDB:postgres:new_password Login to the VCDB and update the password using with the new password created in the previous step, /opt/vmware/vpostgres/9.0/bin/psql -d VCDB -U postgresALTER USER postgres PASSWORD 'new_password'; Note: You need postgres account password to create this file, if not aware of the password you can refer vcdb.properties if that does not work, you can be reset the password using KB article.
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