Domains wont start with "Error attaching to broker: localhost:426!"

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

When issuing a ./brcontrol from any domain manager the same error message is thrown:

Error attaching to broker: localhost:426!

./brstart --daemon does not create a broker log file and the broker does not start.

Environment

Smarts - 10.1.x/24.3.x

Cause

There are 2 entries from the same IP address in the /etc/hosts file which are conflicting:

10.#.#.#     admins machine
10.#.#.#    <hostname>

Sometimes, port 426 is blocked by server admin, process will start on port however client connection is not possible. 

Resolution

Commenting out one of them will solve the issue.

#10.#.#.#     admins machine
10.#.#.#     <hostname>

To identify port block, do telnet and verify that port 426 is listening and available for connections.