Multiple vCenter services fails to start

Products

• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

• After powering on the vCenter server, several services does not start
• The below command shows the output where multiple services are in stopped state as shown below:
  # service-control status --all  

Running:
 lwsmd observability vmafdd vmcad vmdird vmware-pod vmware-postgres-archiver vmware-rhttpproxy vmware-vdtc vmware-vmon vmware-vpostgres vtsdb
Stopped:
applmgmt lookupsvc observability-vapi pschealth vc-ws1a-broker vlcm vmcam vmonapi vmware-analytics vmware-certificateauthority vmware-certificatemanagement vmware-cis-license vmware-content-library vmware-eam vmware-envoy vmware-envoy-hgw vmware-envoy-sidecar vmware-hvc vmware-imagebuilder vmware-infraprofile vmware-netdumper vmware-perfcharts vmware-rbd-watchdog vmware-sca vmware-sps vmware-statsmonitor 
vmware-stsd vmware-topologysvc vmware-trustmanagement vmware-updatemgr vmware-vapi-endpoint vmware-vcha vmware-vpxd vmware-vpxd-svcs vmware-vsan-health vmware-vsm vsphere-ui vstats wcp


• The output of dmesg command has below entries:
  
  [26.673194] EXT4-fs (sda3): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: noacl
[26.774571] FAT-fs (sda2): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.

Environment

• vCenter Server 8.x

Cause

This is caused by corrupted filesystem on the vCenter Server Appliance

Resolution

Follow the steps in the Knowledge Base (KB) below to resolve the issue

"[FAILED] Failed to start File System Check on /dev/vg_root_0/lv_root0" error on Photon OS based virtual appliances