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  • 1.  vCSA vm not started right

    Posted Mar 16, 2017 12:42 PM

    After deploying vCSA vm (in workstation 12), and before the first power on, I added those lines to the .vmx :

    ***

    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!

    ***

    Then, I power on the machine. And I see this :

    ***

    Please visit the following URL to configure this appliance:

    http://localhost:

    Download support bundle from:

    http://localhost:/appliance/support-bundle

    Storage initialization failed

    ***

    Based on the tutorial I'm following (he used vCenter 6, not 6.5), I should see this :

    ***

    Download support bundle from :

    https://vcsa.nuglab.local:443/appliance/support-bundle

    https://192.168.1.112/ (STATIC)

    ***

    My DNS is on. I can resolve vcsa.nuglab.local to 192.168.1.112.



  • 2.  RE: vCSA vm not started right
    Best Answer

    Posted Mar 16, 2017 03:49 PM

    I think that with vCSA 6.5, the .vmx needed the "guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.pnid"  (Primary Network Identifier).

    It works with these settings :

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    guestinfo.cis.deployment.node.type = "embedded"

    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr.family = "ipv4"

    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.mode = "static"

    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.pnid = "vcsa.nuglab.local"

    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr = "192.168.1.112"

    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.prefix = "24"

    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.gateway = "192.168.1.1"

    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.dns.servers = "192.168.1.111"

    guestinfo.cis.appliance.root.passwd = "mypass!"

    guestinfo.cis.appliance.ssh.enabled = "True"

    guestinfo.cis.deployment.autoconfig = "False"

    ***

    Then, since in 6.5 the config is a 2 stage process, I go here for stage 2 :

    https://192.168.1.116:5480

    I could also have add the stage 2 options inside the .vmx.



  • 3.  RE: vCSA vm not started right

    Posted Nov 22, 2022 07:54 AM

    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!

     

     

     

    HI good afternoon , where should i paste or configure above queries ,can you please let me know