After deploying vCSA vm (in workstation 12), and before the first power on, I added those lines to the .vmx :
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guestinfo.cis.vmdir.password = "mypass!"
guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr.family = "ipv4"
guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr = "192.168.1.112"
guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.prefix = "24"
guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.mode = "static"
guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.dns.servers = "192.168.1.111"
guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.gateway = "192.168.1.1"
guestinfo.cis.appliance.root.passwd = "mypass!
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Then, I power on the machine. And I see this :
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Please visit the following URL to configure this appliance:
http://localhost:
Download support bundle from:
http://localhost:/appliance/support-bundle
Storage initialization failed
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Based on the tutorial I'm following (he used vCenter 6, not 6.5), I should see this :
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Download support bundle from :
https://vcsa.nuglab.local:443/appliance/support-bundle
https://192.168.1.112/ (STATIC)
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My DNS is on. I can resolve vcsa.nuglab.local to 192.168.1.112.