I have recently encountered the following error on several Lenovo VX systems, which prevents vLCM from initiating the upgrade from ESXi 7 to ESXi 8:
Error: Version iavmd-3.0.0.1038 of the manually added Component Intel VMD driver with VROC support is an unsupported downgrade from version iavmd-3.5.1.1002 on the host.
Replace the Component in the image with one of the same or higher version.
If you encounter the error mentioned above while using VMware vLCM in conjunction with the “HPE OneView for vCenter Plugin,” there is a high likelihood that you can resolve the issue by executing a specific command directly on the ESXi host. To do this, you will need to access the ESXi shell or SSH into the host:
sut -set mode=AutoDeploy
This command sets the mode to “Auto Deploy,” which is essential for ensuring proper functionality with VMware vLCM and the HPE OneView integration.
To verify the current mode of your ESXi host, you can retrieve this information by executing the following command:
sut -exportconfig