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Unable to configure HA after upgrading from ESX 4.0 Update 1 to Update 2 (1024426)

Unable to configure HA on ESX hosts after upgrading from ESX 4.0 Update 1 to Update 2
In the /var/log/vmware/hostd.log file, you see the error:

Looking up object with name = "haTask--vim.AgentManager.prepareToUpgrade-294970" failed.
GetPropertyProvider failed for haTask--vim.AgentManager.prepareToUpgrade-294970
In the Event viewer of vCenter Server, you see the error:

Cannot install the vCenter agent service. Cannot upload agent.

This issue occurs if the tmp/vmware-root/ha-agentmgr directory does not exists or does not have the required files.

To resolve this issue:

Log in to the ESX host as the root user.
Run this command to verify if the tmp/vmware-root/ha-agentmgr directory and its contents are available:

# ls -l tmp/vmware-root/ha-agentmgr

You must get an output similar to:

total 13245
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bma mkpasswd 13559713 Sep 8 23:10 upgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 bma mkpasswd 64 Sep 8 23:10 upgrade.sig
If not, run this command and delete the vmware-root folder:

rm -R /tmp/vmware-root
Reconfigure HA. This loads the upgraded VPXA files.

Note: You can reconfigure HA on each host or perform a cluster-wide HA reconfiguration.

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