All vcsa services failed to start

Products

• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

1.The vCenter failed to join the Windows AD domain via IWA mode using both the vSphere client and the domainjoin-cli.

2.Following the guidance in KB322849, enable SMB2 in vCenter by adding the following registry value:

/opt/likewise/bin/lwregshell add_value '[HKEY_THIS_MACHINE\Services\lwio\Parameters\Drivers\rdr]' Smb2Enabled REG_DWORD 1

3.After executing the restart command (/opt/likewise/bin/lwsm restart lwio), all vCenter services failed to start due to vmafdd service failed to start

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Resolution

1. vCenter Server will no longer support joining Active Directory domains via Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA). To maintain Active Directory authentication, need to transition to modern identity providers by configuring LDAPS to connect to your AD domain.

 

2. Before executing any lwregshell commands, must take snapshot of vCenter VM , or power-off snapshots for all vCenter instances within the ELM cluster. Should any service issues occur, revert to these snapshots immediately.

 

3. KB322849 applies only to vSphere versions prior to 7.0. Do not implement this KB on vCenter 8.0.