Installation stuck on Cluster initialization
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Installation stuck on Cluster initialization

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Article ID: 395432

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Products

VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

The cluster fails to initialize after deployment and initial configuration.

Environment

VMware Aria Operations 8.x

Resolution

  1. Take snapshots of all nodes. Refer How to take a Snapshot of VMware Aria Operations
  2. SSH to all the nodes using the root credentials.
  3. Stop casa on all the nodes by running the command:  
    service vmware-casa stop
    .
  4. Open casa.db.script in text edit by using the command:  
    vi /storage/db/casa/webapp/hsqldb/casa.db.script
  5. Change the value for "installation_state" from "Null' to "DONE" on all the nodes. 
  6. The value for "online_state_reason" should be blank, it should look like this: "online_state_reason": ""
  7. Save and close the file. 
    wq!
  8. Start casa on all the nodes by running the command: 
     service vmware-casa start
  9. Click 'Bring cluster online' from the admin UI page.
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