Remove and Re-install a vCenter server appliance

[Licenze Videoworks]

Hi, 
my vCenter server virtual appliance is stucked in the following state (It seems that disks and filesystem are corrupted):

Because of this stucked situation, i'm planning to delete and install a new VCSA. The faulty one is already licensed so CAN I REPLACE IT JUST REMOVING AND RE-INSTALLING A NEW ONE? HOW DO LICENSES HAVE TO BE MANAGED IN THIS CASE?

[Andrea Consalvi]

Hi,

Yeah, if your VCSA is stuck like that, reinstalling is probably the easiest way forward. Luckily, licensing isn’t tied to the specific installation—your vCenter license is linked to your VMware account, so you should be able to reuse the same key on the new deployment.

Before going all in on a reinstall, you might want to give a quick filesystem repair a shot. If you can get into single-user mode, try running:

fsck -y /dev/mapper/vg_root-lv_root 

Sometimes it’s enough to get things running again, at least temporarily.