Symptoms:
- vCenter converge process fail during VMAFD firstboot
- Running firstboot stage 1 of 4 failed
- In /var/log/firstboot/vmafd-firstboot.py_stdout.log, you see entries similar to:
2019-05-07T07:31:50.515Z Running command: ['/opt/likewise/bin/lwsm', 'status', 'vmdns']
2019-05-07T07:31:50.522Z Error: LW_ERROR_NO_SUCH_SERVICE (41204) No service with the specified name exists
2019-05-07T07:31:50.523Z VMAFD Boot failed
- In /var/log/firstboot/vmafd-firstboot.py_stderr.log, you see entries similar to:
2019-05-07T07:31:50.524Z Exception: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/firstboot/vmafd-firstboot.py", line 177, in main
controller.firstboot()
File "/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/firstboot/vmafd-firstboot.py", line 51, in firstboot
self.start()
File "/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/firstboot/vmafd-firstboot.py", line 67, in start
service.start()
File "/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/firstboot/identityinstall/vmdnsInstall.py", line 50, in start
self.utils.start_service(self.__VMDNS_SERVICE_NAME, self.__VMDNS_COMPONENT_NAME)
File "/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/firstboot/identityinstall/LinuxUtils.py", line 131, in start_service
raise ServiceStartException(serviceName)
cis.exceptions.ServiceStartException: {
"componentKey": null,
"problemId": null,
"detail": [
{
"localized": "An error occurred while starting service 'VMwareDNSService'",
"args": [
"VMwareDNSService"
],
"id": "install.ciscommon.service.failstart",
"translatable": "An error occurred while starting service '%(0)s'"
}
],
"resolution": null
}
Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.