Error: "LCMVROPSYSTEM25063" when installing Aria Operations from Aria Suite Lifecycle

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

When installing Aria Operations using Aria Suite Lifecycle, the installation fails during Stage 5 - primary node install with an error code LCMVROPSYSTEM25063.

Error Code: LCMVROPSYSTEM25063
Error while checking the first boot status of VMware Aria Operations node. Check VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle logs for more information and retry the request
Error while checking the first boot status of VMware Aria Operations node #.#.#.#

com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.plugin.common.vrops.exceptions.PingException: Error while checking the first boot status of VMware Aria Operations node.
	at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.plugin.core.vrops.tasks.FirstbootStatusCheckTask.execute(FirstbootStatusCheckTask.java:141)
	at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.automata.core.TaskThread.run(TaskThread.java:62)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

Environment

Aria Operations 8.18.x

Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18.x

Cause

The password set for the Aria Operations environment during creation does not meet the required password complexity rules for the primary node initialization. This can be verified by checking the password policy settings in the relevant Aria Suite Lifecycle configuration.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, ensure the password selected for the Aria Operations environment meets all of the following complexity requirements:

1. Minimum of 8 characters.
2. Minimum of 1 uppercase letter.
3. Minimum of 1 lowercase letter.
4. Minimum of 1 number.
5. Minimum of 1 Special character from this list: !@#$%^&*+=
6. The password must be different from the last 5 historical passwords.
7. The password must not match the username or contain the keyword password.