vSphere HA failed to enable on host without hostname and DNS configuration.
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Issue/Introduction
- vSphere HA failed to enable with below error message.
Cannot complete the configuration of the vSphere HA agent on the host. "Applying HA VIBs on the cluster encountered a failure". Failed installing HA component on the host: host-id An error occurred while downloading depot metadata from http://<esxi-hostname>.com.cn:9084/vum/repository/hostupdate/_micro-depot_vendor-vmw_metadata—33_index_.xml.
- From ESXi host, following events are observed in
/var/log/lifecycle.log
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ Er(11) lifecycle[######]: imagemanagerctl:90 vmware.esximage.Errors.DepotConnectError: ([MetadataDownloadError('http://<esxi-hostname>.com.cn:9084/vum/repository/hostupdate/__micro-depot__vendor-vmw__metadata-165__index__.xml', '', "Could not download from depot at http://<esxi-hostname>.com.cn:9084/vum/repository/hostupdate/__micro-depot__vendor-vmw__metadata-165__index__.xml, skipping (('http://<esxi-hostname>.com.cn:9084/vum/repository/hostupdate/__micro-depot__vendor-vmw__metadata-165__index__.xml', '', '<urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>'))"), MetadataDownloadError('http://<esxi-hostname>.com.cn:9084/vum/repository/hostupdate/__micro-depot__vendor-LVO__metadata-161__index__.xml', '', "Could not download from depot at http://<esxi-hostname>.com.cn:9084/vum/repository/hostupdate/__micro-depot__vendor-LVO__metadata-161__index__.xml, skipping (('http://<esxi-hostname>.com.cn:9084/vum/repository/hostupdate/__micro-depot__vendor-LVO__metadata-161__index__.xml', '', '<urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>'))")
Environment
- VMware vCenter Server 8.x
- VMware vCenter Server 7.x
Cause
Hostname and DNS aren't configured.
Resolution
Configure hostname and DNS at DCUI:
- Login to the DCUI console of the Host using the root credentials.
- Go to Configure Management Network.
- Then to the DNS Configuration and update the correct FQDN.
- And reboot the Host.
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