Hi all,
For over a week now, I've been trying to deploy vCSA-6.7 from the .OVA file with VMware Workstation Pro 15 on my debian laptop. Lenovo t460s w/20GB of RAM and 500GB SSD. Not the fastest machine but enough to run a mini virtualized vSphere lab.
Current network setup:
1. VMware workstation /dev/vmnet1: Host only network, no DCHP needed, in it a DNS server, ESXi host and a vCSA appliance that I'll import to this network.
2. DNS installed as one of the VMs (debian/bind9) running in VMware Workstation
- I can nslookup the FQDN of the vCSA from the ESXi 6.7 VM that is also on the same subnet.
- I can reverse nslookup the IP, which resolves in the FQDN of the target vCSA machine.
3. I followed https://masteringvmware.com/how-to-install-vcsa-6-7-in-vmware-workstation-step-by-step/ and adapted the settings for my local config private domain.
4. After the OVA import the VM automatically launches and I instantly kill it to get it in the correct the network adapter settings so that it is in the same subnet as the DNS server and ESXi host (/dev/vmnet1 host only private network)
5. I SSH to the DNS server (same subnet, again) and tail /var/log/syslog to look for (r)DNS queries the vCSA setup procedure I would expecteand to do at some point in time and ping the IP address of the vCSA that should appear at some point in time but ... nothing. No ICMP reply, no DNS queries.
6. The last useful thing the 'physical' console of the vCSA appliance shows is several times stopping/starting DCUI (not an eternal loop but ~7 times)
7. blinking cursor on black screen.
8. It's been sitting still now for over an hour of virtually (pun intended) no CPU usage on the host.
What am I overlooking here?