Hi VMware community!
I am in a bit of a situation! I recently had a team install my new VCE Data Center, running vSphere 5.5, and along with the Data Center I bought Microsoft Server 2012 Data Center for each host. The integration team loaded my vCenter Server as part of the project using the media and keys I provided. The ISO media I provided had the option to install Standard GUI/Core or DataCenter GUI/Core. So they chose to install vCenter on Microsoft Server 2012 Standard, thinking I wouldn't need to use DataCenter, not realizing that I can NOT activate Server 2012 Standard with my Data Center License (that I told them to use). I didn't find this our until a vast amount of configurations had been done and now they want me to call Microsoft and have them work out a special license for me to use Standard under my Data Center umbrella....very annoying!
ANYWAYS....
The Problem: I have made two attempts at upgrading the vCenter Server from 2012 Standard to 2012 Data Center, sounds simple enough right? Every time the "VMware vSphere Web Client" {vspherewebclientsvc} Will not start and gives me a Microsoft Error when I try to manually start Error:1053 The service did not start in a timely fashion. The first time we rolled back and the vendor recommended a call Microsoft to have them fix it from the licensing level, which is the last thing I want to do. So I tried again but this time stopping all VMware services and SQL services. After Upgrading still the Same thing!! The server still works, just the vSphere Web Client will not work and cannot start the server. I am able to log in to the vCenter Server using the Legacy Client and SSO still works. I tried re-installing the vCenter Web Server and it prompts for SSO and I tried my admin@vsphere and I tried my root accounts but the SSO will not pick it up from the server re-install.
I can not find any articles that cover my situation of upgrading from 2012 STD to 2012 DataCenter and all the articles relating to the 1053 error are very generic to any service that will not start. Can anyone give me some direction?
Thanks!