I have been trying to install vCenter 7.0 on our 7.0 esxi standalone server that we have. This is a new install of everything. I started with vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 and it installed fine with no issues. Since then I have been trying to install vCenter using the ui and it fails at 28% every time. I have verified that my DNS records are correct, as I read in another post that it might be causing an issue. I have checked all my network setups and there is nothing blocking the communication between the 2 subnets. Also to make sure everything network wise was working correctly and to try and upgrade instead of install fresh, I install vCenter 6.7 and it went off without a hitch. So I am at a loss as to why I can’t upgrade or install fresh vCenter 7.0. Here is some of the Network information and Logs from the failure.
Here is how we have the network setup.
vSphere Hypervisor – xxx.xxx.110.5
vCenter Server 6.7 – xxx.xxx.111.10
DNS records – xxx-vcenter.xxx.net
ESXI Networking
Host Management VLAN ID 111
Management Network VLAN ID 110
These are the network settings I have been trying to use when I update or install vsca 7.0
Logs of failure:
2020-08-10T16:55:24.564Z – debug: targetServer: xxx.xxx.110.5, sysName: xxx-vcenter.xxx.net, ipAddr: xxx.xxx.111.10
2020-08-10T16:55:24.564Z – debug: checking if xxx.xxx.111.10 exists in the network of vimConn: undefined
2020-08-10T16:55:24.564Z – debug: isIp: xxx.xxx.111.10: true
2020-08-10T16:55:24.564Z – debug: getVmWithIPFQDN: hostName xxx-vcenter.xxx.net is associated with [ ‘xxx.xxx.111.10’ ]
2020-08-10T16:55:24.615Z – error: No VM found with hostname xxx-vcenter.xxx.net
2020-08-10T16:55:24.615Z – debug: Error in getVmWithIPFQDN: No VM found with hostname xxx-vcenter.xxx.net
2020-08-10T16:55:24.615Z – info: Network Prechecks Succeeded
2020-08-10T16:55:24.644Z – debug: scope.networkPrefixLabel: Subnet mask or prefix length
2020-08-10T16:55:24.644Z – debug: Summary page: summaryTargetLabel: Target ESXi host
2020-08-10T16:55:26.235Z – debug: sucMsg: You have successfully deployed the vCenter Server.
2020-08-10T16:55:26.237Z – info: vcsaFilePath: D:vcsa
2020-08-10T16:55:26.237Z – debug: network prefix length: 24
2020-08-10T16:55:26.237Z – info: <PERFORMANCE>:DEPLOYMENT_SIZE:tiny
2020-08-10T16:55:26.237Z – debug: ovaFile retrieved: D:vcsaVMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-7.0.0.10100-15952498_OVF10.ova
2020-08-10T16:55:26.237Z – info: OVF Tool Options: –X:logFile=C:UsersADM~1.CRAAppDataLocalTempvcsaUiInstallerovftool-20200810-114853415-20200810-115526237.log –X:logLevel=trivia –machineOutput –I:morefArgs –targetSSLThumbprint=1C:32:FE:B4:2E:B2:8E:D0:8B:40:8E:0A:D5:33:98:22:08:BD:38:B6 –acceptAllEulas –powerOn –X:enableHiddenProperties –allowExtraConfig –X:injectOvfEnv –sourceType=OVA –name=FCR1 vCenter Server –deploymentOption=tiny –prop:guestinfo.cis.deployment.node.type=embedded –prop:guestinfo.cis.deployment.autoconfig=False –prop:guestinfo.cis.clientlocale=en –datastore=vim.Datastore:5f2d01e2-398d511c-5747-e4434b9c4b44 –net:Network 1=vim.Network:HaNetwork-Host Management –prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr.family=ipv4 –prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.mode=static –diskMode=thick –prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.pnid=xxx.xxx.111.10 –prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr=xxx.xxx.111.10 –prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.prefix=24 –prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.dns.servers=xxx.xxx.5.3,xxx.xxx.81.11 –prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.gateway=xxx.xxx.111.2 –prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.ports={“rhttpproxy.ext.port1″:”80″,”rhttpproxy.ext.port2″:”443”} –prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.root.passwd=CENSORED D:vcsaVMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-7.0.0.10100-15952498_OVF10.ova vi://root:CENSORED@192.168.110.5:443
2020-08-10T16:55:26.237Z – debug: ovftoolCmd retrieved: D:vcsaovftoolwin32ovftool.exe
2020-08-10T16:55:27.410Z – info: output:PROGRESS
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2020-08-10T16:56:16.531Z – info: ovfProcess child process exited with code 3221225477
2020-08-10T16:59:26.693Z – debug: Updated current session with lstActTm Mon Aug 10 2020 11:59:17 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
2020-08-10T17:04:26.688Z – debug: Updated current session with lstActTm Mon Aug 10 2020 12:04:17 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
2020-08-10T17:09:26.697Z – debug: Updated current session with lstActTm Mon Aug 10 2020 12:09:17 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
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2020-08-10T17:54:26.585Z – debug: Updated current session with lstActTm Mon Aug 10 2020 12:54:17 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
2020-08-10T17:56:26.124Z – debug: ovfDeployTimer executed, OVF_DEPLOYMENT_DONE: false
2020-08-10T17:56:26.125Z – error: ovfDeployTimer: ovf deployment failed after 3600000 ms passed in which no response from the server was received
2020-08-10T17:56:26.125Z – info: Terminate the ovfDeploy process
2020-08-10T17:56:26.127Z – info: Cancelling the ping timer for session mgmt