Env:
Single server with all services installed: vCenter, SSO.......
vCenter 5.1.0.335
Windows 2012
SQL 2008 R2
No changes, no Win updates
Initial issue reported:
Users not able to Log in to vSphere client, "A general system error occured: Authorize Exception"
I thought this may have been down to SSO failure so tried logging in to the Web client with the admin@System-Domain account this failed with "The vSphere client cannot connect to the vCenter Single Sign On server."
Steps taken:
I restarted the vCenter Single Sign On service - no change
The restarted the VirualCenter Server - this service fails to restart, hangs half way and stops
Check the the db was up and running my testing the ODBC connections
Checked the vpxd log file - I have attached
"Failed to connect to LDAP entry ....... (The object already exists)
This is the entry that comtains the CN=VIMAPI & CN=VIMWEBSVC
I named this out from ASDI edit restarted the Server - No luck so set entry back to original name
I've unjoined and rejoined server to domain
Still the issue persists and I'm stuck
Has anyone else come across this, if so what was the root cause and fix
I would prefer not to go down the road of repair install as I don't see this as fixing the issue, more like restoring services.