Hi everyone,
We recently had to recover the VCenter Appliance from a vmdk, as well as the Platform Services Controller, but whenever I try to stop and start the VPXD service, it comes up with the following error output. Any ideas?
INFO:root:Service: vmware-vpxd, Action: start
Service: vmware-vpxd, Action: start
2018-08-07T18:30:21.431Z Running command: ['/sbin/chkconfig', u'vmware-vpxd']
2018-08-07T18:30:21.507Z Done running command
2018-08-07T18:30:21.507Z Running command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-vpxd', 'status']
2018-08-07T18:30:22.126Z Done running command
2018-08-07T18:30:22.126Z Running command: ['/sbin/chkconfig', '--force', u'vmware-vpxd', 'on']
2018-08-07T18:30:22.187Z Done running command
2018-08-07T18:30:22.187Z Running command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-vpxd', 'start']
2018-08-07T18:40:35.855Z Done running command
2018-08-07T18:40:35.855Z Invoked command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-vpxd', 'start']
2018-08-07T18:40:35.855Z RC = 1
Stdout = vmware-vpxd: VC SSL Certificate does not exist, it will be generated by vpxd
Waiting for the embedded database to start up: success
Executing pre-startup scripts...
vmware-vpxd: Starting vpxd by administrative request.
success
vmware-vpxd: Waiting for vpxd to start listening for requests on 8089
Waiting for vpxd to initialize: ..........................................................Tue Aug 7 18:40:13 UTC 2018 Captured live core: /var/core/live_core.vpxd.16169.08-07-2018-18-40-13
[INFO] writing vpxd process dump retry:2 Time(Y-M-D H:M:S):2018-08-07 18:40:11
.Tue Aug 7 18:40:25 UTC 2018 Captured live core: /var/core/live_core.vpxd.16169.08-07-2018-18-40-25
[INFO] writing vpxd process dump retry:1 Time(Y-M-D H:M:S):2018-08-07 18:40:23
.failed
failed
vmware-vpxd: vpxd failed to initialize in time.
vpxd is already starting up. Aborting the request.
Stderr =
2018-08-07T18:40:35.856Z {
"resolution": null,
"detail": [
{
"args": [
"Command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-vpxd', 'start']\nStderr: "
],
"id": "install.ciscommon.command.errinvoke",
"localized": "An error occurred while invoking external command : 'Command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-vpxd', 'start']\nStderr: '",
"translatable": "An error occurred while invoking external command : '%(0)s'"
}
],
"componentKey": null,
"problemId": null
}
ERROR:root:Unable to start service vmware-vpxd, Exception: {
"resolution": null,
"detail": [
{
"args": [
"vmware-vpxd"
],
"id": "install.ciscommon.service.failstart",
"localized": "An error occurred while starting service 'vmware-vpxd'",
"translatable": "An error occurred while starting service '%(0)s'"
}
],
"componentKey": null,
"problemId": null
}
Unable to start service vmware-vpxd, Exception: {
"resolution": null,
"detail": [
{
"args": [
"vmware-vpxd"
],
"id": "install.ciscommon.service.failstart",
"localized": "An error occurred while starting service 'vmware-vpxd'",
"translatable": "An error occurred while starting service '%(0)s'"
}
],
"componentKey": null,
"problemId": null