MDS on VMware - R81.20 install failed from blink image

[Daniel_Cimpeanu]

Hi Gents,

I'm trying to upgrade an MDS that's been running R81.10 quite fine on VMware,  and I went through the fresh install option; the R81.20 blink image I've loaded through CPUSE is however giving me some install errors:

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Executed command failed. Changes are discarded.

Wed May 8 17:41:38 2024 *N* [Main]: Reverting stage - Multi-Domain Server Configuration
Wed May 8 17:41:38 2024 *N* [Main]: Stage cleanup Mount MGMT runtime folders
Wed May 8 17:41:38 2024 *N* [Main]: Reverting stage - Create Snapshot
Wed May 8 17:41:38 2024 *N* [Main]: Reverting stage - Create Partition
Wed May 8 17:41:59 2024 *E* [Main]:
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An error has occurred in stage [Create Partition]:

Error code 63 - Could not create new partition on machine.

Details:
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Failed to umount main directory: /mnt/fcd
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Wed May 8 17:41:59 2024 *N* [Main]: Total Blink engine execution time: 0 hours 5 minutes 26 seconds
Wed May 8 17:41:59 2024 *E* [Main]: Installation failed with exception [Additional info: Exception while reverting: Could not create new partition on machine. Details: Failed to umount main directory: /mnt/fcd]

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Do you guys have any advice on proceeding further, before I load an ISO and boot into it with a fresh install afterwards? I was hoping that a blink image would spare me the JHF install and subsequent reboot, but I ended up with considerably more downtime on the MDS instead 😕 

Thanks,

Daniel

[PhoneBoy · Accepted solution]

Strongly consider going the fresh install route here since the R81.20 installer now correctly aligns disk partitions to a 1mb boundary.
This should improve performance substantially, particularly on VMs.
See: https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Management/Gaia-partition-misalignment/m-p/160677#M32878 

[Daniel_Cimpeanu]

I went with a fresh install indeed, all is working fine now. I was surprised that the blink install failed though, I wasn't aware of the discussion you're referencing - thanks for the link, I'm learning something every day 🙂

Daniel

[Chris_Atkinson]

Glad it's working, this approach would also be necessary in case sk180769 was an issue.

[Amir_Senn · Accepted solution]

Have you tried non-blink package?

[Daniel_Cimpeanu]

Hi Amir,

Yes I did, and it went all smoothly. Thanks! 

/Daniel