vCenter 9 Stage 2 deployment failing at starting vpxd service, when using Allocation Scheme in Stage 1 for MAC Address Allocations
Article ID: 443798
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Issue/Introduction
When going through a deployment of a vCenter 9.x in Stage 1 > Step 7 > Configure networking settings > Allocation Scheme (Optional) and values are populated, you may experience vpxd service failing to start during Stage 2
Stage 2 Error: An error occurred while starting service 'vpxd'
Environment
vCenter 9.0.x
vCenter 9.1.x
Cause
The cause of the vxpd service failing to start during Stage 2 process can be due to the error " MAC prefix parameters are invalid: range [ xxxxxxxx, xxxxxxx] overlaps with VMware reserved MAC ranges " that is observed in the /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log
xxxx-xx-xx-Txx:xx:xx,xxx29Z INFO vpxd 23584 [vc@4413 sub="MoOptionMgr"] No change to vpxd.npivWwnGeneration.portWwnNumber
xxxx-xx-xx-Txx:xx:xx,xxx52Z ERROR vpxd 23584 [vc@4413 sub="InvtId"] MAC prefix parameters are invalid: range [xxxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxx] overlaps with VMware reserved MAC ranges
xxxx-xx-xx-Txx:xx:xx,xxx52Z ERROR vpxd 23584 [vc@4413 sub="InvtId"] Failed to get MAC alloc scheme parameters from vpxd.cfg
xxxx-xx-xx-Txx:xx:xx,xxx52Z WARNING vpxd 23584 [vc@4413 sub="VpxProfiler"] Init [VpxdInvtId::Init()] took 23 ms
xxxx-xx-xx-Txx:xx:xx,xxx52Z ERROR vpxd 23584 [vc@4413 sub="Main"] Init failed. SystemError: N5Vmomi5Fault11SystemError9ExceptionE(Fault cause: vmodl.fault.SystemError
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--> [context]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXXxxxx [/context]
xxxx-xx-xx-Txx:xx:xx,xxx53Z ERROR vpxd 23584 [vc@4413 sub="Default"] Failed to intialize VMware VirtualCenter. Shutting down
xxxx-xx-xx-Txx:xx:xx,xxx53Z INFO vpxd 23584 [vc@4413 sub="SupportMgr"] Wrote uptime information
xxxx-xx-xx-Txx:xx:xx,xxx54Z INFO vpxd 23584 [vc@4413 sub="Default"] Forcing shutdown of VMware VirtualCenter now
This happens when the MAC Address Prefix and Prefix Length are overlapping when manually populated incorrectly in Stage 1 > Step 7 > Configure networking settings > Allocation Scheme (Optional)
Resolution
1. If you accidently populated the Stage 1 > Step 7 > Configure networking settings > Allocation Scheme (Optional) > MAC Address Prefix and Prefix Length, and Stage 2 deployment is failing, you would need to re-deploy the vCenter and leave those values empty during Stage 1.
2. If you are leveraging this configuration and incorrectly populated the Stage 1 > Step 7 > Configure networking settings > Allocation Scheme (Optional) > MAC Address Prefix and Prefix Length, and Stage 2 deployment is failing due to Error: An error occurred while starting service 'vpxd'
Then the MAC address prefix and length populated were incorrect or overlapping.
To configure a range, use the link below to help explain the process and view the default values that are used for populating for Prefix and length.
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