Symptoms:
- A convergence of the PSC fails.
- vCenter Server services fail to start.
- The /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log file contains no new entries.
- In the /var/log/vmware/vmon/vmon.log file, you see entries similar to:
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> notice vmon Client info Uid=0,Gid=0,Pid=22509,Comm=(vmon-cli),PPid=22494,Comm=(service-control),PPid=2345,Comm=(bash),PPid=2301,Comm=(vherdrunner),PPid=1668,Comm=(sshd),PPid=1357
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> notice vmon Received start request for vpxd
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> notice vmon <vpxd-prestart> Constructed command: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/py/vpxd-prestart.py
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon <vpxd> Service pre-start command's stderr: <YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> Invoked command: ['/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli', 'get-machine-id', '--server-name', 'localhost']
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon <vpxd> Service pre-start command's stderr: <YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> RC = 1
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon Stdout =
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon Stderr = Error 90021: The system is not joined to a domain
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon <vpxd> Service pre-start command's stderr: Traceback (most recent call last):
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon File "/usr/lib/vmware-vpx/py/vpxd-prestart.py", line 59, in <module>
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon patch_vpxd_prop()
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon File "/usr/lib/vmware-vpx/py/vpxd_update.py", line 188, in patch_vpxd_prop
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon ls_patch = LSPatch()
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon File "/usr/lib/vmware-vpx/py/vpxd_update.py", line 68, in __init__
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon self.sol_id = "{}-{}".format(self.soluser, vmafd_machine_id())
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/vecs.py", line 47, in vmafd_machine_id
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon raise ex
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/vecs.py", line 41, in vmafd_machine_id
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon result = invoke_command(cmd, encoding=sys.getdefaultencoding())
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/utils.py", line 369, in invoke_command
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon (cmd, stderr))
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon cis.exceptions.InvokeCommandException: {
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon "detail": [
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon {
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon "id": "install.ciscommon.command.errinvoke",
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon "localized": "An error occurred while invoking external command : 'Command: ['/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli', 'get-machine-id', '--server-name', 'localhost']\nStderr: Error 90021: The system is not joined to a domain\n'",
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon "args": [
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon "Command: ['/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli', 'get-machine-id', '--server-name', 'localhost']\nStderr: Error 90021: The system is not joined to a domain\n"
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon ],
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon "translatable": "An error occurred while invoking external command : '%(0)s'"
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<TIME> warning vmon },
- In the /var/log/vmware/vmdird/vmdird-syslog.log file, you see entries similar to:
<YY-MM-DD>T<TIME> err vmdird t@140166960015104: VmDirSRPGetIdentityData ([email protected]) failed, (9611)
<YY-MM-DD>T<TIME> err vmdird t@140166960015104: VmDirSRPGetIdentityData ([email protected]) failed, (9611)
<YY-MM-DD>T<TIME> err vmdird t@140166960015104: SASLSessionStart: sasl error (-20)(SASL(-13): user not found: no secret in database)
- The command /opt/likewise/bin/lwregshell list_values "[HKEY_THIS_MACHINE\Services\vmafd\Parameters]" | grep DomainState returns the output:
+ "DomainState" REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0)