{"id":188,"date":"2015-11-25T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geekmungus.co.uk\/?p=188"},"modified":"2022-11-05T10:53:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T10:53:19","slug":"error-booting-vmware-vcenter-server-appliance-6-0u1-after-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekmungus.co.uk\/?p=188","title":{"rendered":"Error Booting VMWare vCenter Server Appliance 6.0u1 after Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VCSA appliance deployment has changed to be a Microsoft Windows only affair. Unless you perform a few steps first you could end up with the issues below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROBLEM:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the deployment of the VCSA appliance you get the following error messages displayed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Failed to set the time via NTP. Details: Internal Error. Code 1<\/li><li>Failed to set hostname.<\/li><li>Verify that provided ntp servers are valid.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you continue the installation upon booting the VCSA appliance you&#8217;ll see the following error on the console screen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;failed to start services. Firstboot Error&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RESOLUTION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To resolve these issues before the installation of the VCSA you should do the following during the wizard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Must only set one DNS server at deployment, you can add more later once the VCSA has been deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Must only set one NTP server at deployment, you can add more later once the VCSA has been deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. You must have created the DNS record for the VCSA appliance (forward and reverse) before you start the installation and check that the DNS servers can resolve these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. If you are deploying to a vDS (virtual distributed switch) you need to ensure it is a &#8220;ephemeral port group&#8221;, after the installation you can move it to a static or dynamic port group if you need to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(I found that this was not the case, as long as the above requirements were met, you did not need to attach the VCSA appliance to a ephemeral port group during the build and it would start correctly at the end.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Once built successfully, go to this URL: https:\/\/hostname.domain.com:5480\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add the additional DNS and NTP server settings and configure the Proxy settings (if required).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check all the services are running correctly and are started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The VCSA appliance deployment has changed to be a Microsoft Windows only affair. Unless you perform a few steps first you could end up with the issues below. PROBLEM: During the deployment of the VCSA appliance you get the following error messages displayed: Failed to set the time via NTP. Details: Internal Error. 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