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

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Article ID: 387402

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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:

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.