As the full extent of changes made in the environment during a failed converge can vary it is recommended to restore both the PSC and vCenter Server from a backup that was taken while both nodes were offline.
Once restored, the converge can be re-attempted.
Workaround:
To work around this issue, you can attempt to restore some of the changes made during the converge process by following the steps below:
- Run the following commands to revert the changes made during the converge:
echo "management" > /etc/vmware/install-defaults/deployment.node.type;
sed -i 's/embedded/external/g' /etc/issue;
echo "management" > /etc/vmware/deployment.node.type;
sed -i 's/embedded/external/g' /etc/applmgmt/appliance/appliance.conf;
- Reconnect to the vCenter Server via SSH and confirm that the output now shows:
Type: vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller
- Reattempt the converge of the PSC.