vpxd service fails to start with error : Diagnostic server root (/etc/vmware-vpx/docRoot/diagnostics) does not exist!
Article ID: 338167
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Products
Issue/Introduction
- Unable to start services on vCenter.
vpxd.log :
020-05-27T21:53:51.239-06:00 info vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] LoadResources path (/etc/vmware-vpx/locale/) locale (fr) removeable (false) resMap (00007f673c036a20) extKeys (0000000000000000)
2020-05-27T21:53:51.296-06:00 info vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] LoadResources path (/etc/vmware-vpx/extensions/VirtualCenter/locale/) locale (fr) removeable (false) resMap (00007f673c036a20) extKeys (0000000000000000)
2020-05-27T21:53:51.427-06:00 warning vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=VpxProfiler] Init [AlarmMoManager::Init()] took 989 ms
2020-05-27T21:53:51.431-06:00 warning vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxUtil] [VpxVmomi] Found previous domain socket /var/run/vmware/vpxd-webserver-pipe. Removing...
2020-05-27T21:53:51.431-06:00 info vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpSvc.HTTPService] Using default for nonChunkingAgents
2020-05-27T21:53:51.431-06:00 info vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpSvc.HTTPService] Using default for agentsNeedingContentLength
2020-05-27T21:53:51.431-06:00 info vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpSvc.HTTPService] Max buffered response size is 104857600 bytes
2020-05-27T21:53:51.443-06:00 warning vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=MoExtensionMgr] Public key file or VECS info is not found or is not valid for extension com.vmware.vim.stats.report
2020-05-27T21:53:51.444-06:00 warning vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=MoExtensionMgr] Public key file or VECS info is not found or is not valid for extension com.vmware.vim.vcha
2020-05-27T21:53:51.461-06:00 warning vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=MoExtensionMgr] Public key file or VECS info is not found or is not valid for extension hostdiag
2020-05-27T21:53:51.547-06:00 error vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=MoDiagnosticMgr] [DiagnosticManagerMo] Diagnostic server root (/etc/vmware-vpx/docRoot/diagnostics) does not exist!
2020-05-27T21:53:51.547-06:00 error vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=Main] Init failed. SystemError: N5Vmomi5Fault11SystemError9ExceptionE(Fault cause: vmodl.fault.SystemError
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2020-05-27T21:53:51.548-06:00 warning vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=VpxProfiler] ServerApp::Init [TotalTime] took 4966 ms
2020-05-27T21:53:51.548-06:00 error vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Failed to intialize VMware VirtualCenter. Shutting down
2020-05-27T21:53:51.548-06:00 info vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=SupportMgr] Wrote uptime information
2020-05-27T21:55:47.138-06:00 info vpxd[04347] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Forcing shutdown of VMware VirtualCenter now
Environment
Cause
Resolution
To solve this issue:
root@vcentersrv1 [ /etc/vmware-vpx/docRoot ]# ls -ltrh
total 136K
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 42K Apr 16 09:30 What-is-a-VCserver.png
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2.1K Apr 16 09:30 quickstart.pdf
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 793 Apr 16 09:30 print.css
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4.2K Apr 16 09:30 index.html
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 16K Apr 16 09:30 header-logo.png
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2.6K Apr 16 09:30 default.css
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 20:34 de
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 20:34 client
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 20:34 scripts
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 20:34 ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 20:34 ja
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 20:34 fr
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 20:34 es
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 20:34 en
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 20:34 zh-TW
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 20:34 zh-CN
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 20:34 vsphere-client
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 20:34 sdk
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K May 27 20:36 vSphere-HA-depot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K May 27 21:59 certs
1. Create diagnostics folder by:
mkdir /etc/vmware-vpx/docRoot/diagnostics
2. Start all the services.
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