Boot stuck on [SKIP] Ordering cycle found, skipping Login Prompts

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

During boot of appliances based on PhotonOS, you may see the following message, and the boot appears struck on this message:

[SKIP] Ordering Cycle found, skipping Login Prompts

Environment

Aria Operations 8.x

Cause

This can be seen when a forced filesystem check is run on the filesystem. There is no screen output for this process, which means that the boot process may appear stuck. 

A forced filesystem check will occur on the first boot after 180 days when no filesystem check has been performed. 

Resolution

Wait for the process to complete. Keep in mind that a filesystem check may take hours to complete, depending on the size of the filesystem, and the datastore latency/performance.

Alternatively, you can perform manual filesystem check on the appliance filesystems:

• Aria Operations manual filesystem check

Additional Information

It's not possible to tell how long the filesystem check will take, as this depends on the size of the filesystem, the performance and latency of the filesystem.