"Source ESX Agent Manager is not responsive" error during migration assistance at precheck phase
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"Source ESX Agent Manager is not responsive" error during migration assistance at precheck phase

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Article ID: 345505

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Products

VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
  • Running Prechecks reported the following errors: Error: Source ESX Agent Manager is not responsive!
  • Checking the service-status EAM showed running.
  • You will see similar error message in CollectRequirements_com.vmware.eam_xx.log file as mentioned below:
CollectRequirements_com.vmware.eam_xx.log
20-02-18T15:50:35.106Z INFO eam EsxAgentManager service already started and running.
2020-02-18T15:50:35.107Z INFO vc_connector Parse rhttpproxy config file E:\Busdata\VMware\vCenterServer\vCenterServer\cfg\vmware-rhttpproxy\config.xml
2020-02-18T15:50:35.107Z INFO vc_connector Proxy http port is configured to: 80
2020-02-18T15:50:35.108Z INFO vc_connector Proxy https port is configured to: 443
2020-02-18T15:50:35.108Z INFO eam Going to access: http://localhost:80/eam/imx/esx_vm_16x.png
2020-02-18T15:50:37.121Z WARNING eam vmware-eam service is not fully started, waiting till get up and running. Sleeping for5seconds. Error: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [class Vmacore::Http::LocalServiceSpec:0000000001D800D0] _serverNamespace = /eam _isRedirect = false _port = 15005)

wrapper.log
STATUS | wrapper  | 2020/02/19 09:08:42 | JVM appears hung: Timed out waiting for signal from JVM.  Restarting JVM.
ERROR  | wrapper  | 2020/02/19 09:09:47 | Shutdown failed: Timed out waiting for signal from JVM.
STATUS | wrapper  | 2020/02/19 09:09:47 | Dumping JVM state.
ERROR  | wrapper  | 2020/02/19 09:09:51 | JVM did not exit on request, termination requested.

 


Environment

VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 6.5.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 6.7.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.x

Cause

JVM Crashed

Resolution

To resolve this issue, please follow the below steps:
  1. Navigate to the service-layout.mfx file in the below location
    • Location: C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\cfg\service-layout.mfx (Path can be different)
  2. Check the eam_firstboot entry for StacksizeKB the data is available, if its missing then proceed further.
  3. You need to add the missing value which is 256 for StacksizeKB entry.
Before Changes:
#firstboot_namecloudvm_nameciswin_name    customMBtinyMBlargeMBMaxPermMBStacksizeKBtinyGCThreadslargeGCThreads
eam_firstboot  vmware-eam  EsxAgentManager096512256 12

After Changes:
#firstboot_namecloudvm_nameciswin_name    customMBtinyMBlargeMBMaxPermMBStacksizeKBtinyGCThreadslargeGCThreads
eam_firstboot  vmware-eam  EsxAgentManager09651225625612
  1. Retry the Migration process.