Python.exe has stopped working during installation or upgrade to vCenter Server 6.0
If you happen to encounter the error “Python.exe has stopped working” during an upgrade or installation of vCenter Server you may have hit a known issue that VMware is working on resolving. To confirm you are hitting this known issue, reference the vminst.log and the upgradeRunner.log files. You should see the error messages below.
vminst.log (%temp%)
E: MonitorStatusFile: Process exited with a non-zero exit code; no status monitoring so assuming failure E: LaunchUpgradeRunnerCommon: Failed to run pre-upgrade phase: "Z:\PFiles\VMware\CIS\python\python.exe" "Z:\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\UpgradeRunner.py" --mode=requirements --configFile="C:\Users\administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\UpgradeRunnerInput.json" --logDir="C:\Users\administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\vcsUpgrade" --locale=en --outputFile="C:\Users\administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\UpgradeRunnerPreupgradeOutput.json"
upgradeRunner.log (vCenter_Support_Bundle\vcsUpgrade\)
ERROR __main__ Upgrade Runner has encountered an exception Traceback (most recent call last): File "Z:\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\UpgradeRunner.py", line 1285, in main components.repository = components.ComponentRepository(metadata, probedData) File "Z:\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\py\model\components.py", line 119, in __init__ self.components = _loadComponents(probingData, metadata) File "Z:\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\py\model\components.py", line 187, in _loadComponents srcTargets = _buildTargets(probingData['source-components'], srcComponents) File "Z:\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\py\model\components.py", line 251, in _buildTargets target = Target(host, platform) File "Z:\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\py\model\components.py", line 81, in __init__ self.isLocal = isLocalHost(self.address) File "Z:\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\libs\sdk\networking_utils.py", line 148, in isLocalHost localIps = GetLocalIPs() File "Z:\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\libs\sdk\_win_utils.py", line 267, in GetLocalIPs ipAddr = adNode.ipAddress AttributeError: 'LP_IP_ADDR_STRING' object has no attribute 'ipAddress'
This issue is caused by a NIC on your vCenter Server having more than one IP address. To check if this is the case, go to Network Connections -> Ethernet (Right Click – Properties) -> Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) (Right Click – Properties) -> Advanced
You will need to temporarily remove all but one IP address on the NIC, rerun the upgrade, and then you can add the IP address back once the installer is successful.
Source: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2110912
2 Comments
An additional note, you can’t use DHCP. I use static DHCP in my lab sometimes. My vCenter happened to be a VM that was using static DHCP. This stopped the upgrade with the same error.
@virtualgumbo
Good info, thanks!