Hi all,
I'm having this issue on two Virtual Center servers now (Update 2). When Windows 2003 boots, and just after presenting the login screen, I get a message:
"At least one service or driver failed during system startup. Use event viewer to examine the event log for details"
Reviewing the list of automatic, but not started services in the Services window, I see that VMWare VirtualCenter Server is not started. Right clicking and selecting Start results in it starting successfully.
Reviewing the Event Viewer -> System section, I see an error "The VMware VirtualCenter Server service terminated with service-specific error 2 (0x2)."
The VirtualCenter service is configured to run as 'Local System Account' (default setting by the install). I have tried configuring the 'Log On' setting to the local administrator and password (this Windows install is not joined to the domain). I still get the service failing on startup.
I am using VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 (VMware-VIMSetup-2.5.0-104263.zip) together with the default SQL Express 2005 database. The VC server itself is running as a VM. I can't find any one else having the same problems, but I've got it happening on two servers now! :smileyhappy:
Can anyone provide advice on debugging this?
Thanks,
Chris Bennett (cgb)