Upgrading from ESXi5.0 to ESXi5.1 Host Profile Incompliance
When we are upgrading from ESXi5.0 to ESXi5.1 we get these 2 warnings in
the summary of eache upgraded host:
"Associated Host Profile contains NIC teaming reverse policy settings that
cannot be applied to the host" "Associated Host Profile contains NIC
failure criteria settings that cannot be applied to the host"
After reading "Upgrade to 5.1 VmWare Release Notes" I found this:
Network policy compliance failures continue for host profiles created from
ESXi 4.1 or ESXi 4.0 hosts applied to ESXi 5.1 hosts
After applying a host profile created from an ESXi 4.1 or ESXi 4.0 host to
an ESXi 5.1 host, the following host profile compliance failures might
continue:
For port group [PORT GROUP NAME] network policy property
spec.policy.nicTeaming.failureCriteria doesn't match
For port group [PORT GROUP NAME] network policy property
spec.policy.nicTeaming.reversePolicy doesn't match
The above network settings are not supported on ESXi 5.1 hosts and are no
longer configured when applying a host profile containing those settings.
Workaround: Two possible remedies are available:
After applying the host profile originally created from an ESXi
4.1 host to an ESXi 5.1 host, create a new host profile from the
ESXi 5.1 host and
attach that to that ESXi 5.1 host and other affected ESXi 5.1
hosts.
Modify the NIC Teaming policy in the host profile to the User
must explicitly choose the policy option option instead of the
Apply specified NIC teaming policy.
So I've tried to go through the first step to apply host profile created
from base 5.0 host to upgraded 5.1 machine, but then I am stuck here, when
I create another profile based on this 5.1 host, I do not get an option to
modify "Apply specified NIC teaming policy" to "User must explicitly
choose the policy option" it is just not there, at lest not in Network
configuration-> vSwitch -> vSwitch0 -> Network Policy Configuration -> NIC
Teaming. It is just not there. And if I would configure the host manually
and then create host profile from it, I still cannot find those option
outlined in workaround.
If anyone had similar issue please share your thoughts. Thanks.