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Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

30. Jun 16, 2009 12:30 PM in response to: Jayesh s
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sunvmman
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Jun 26, 2008

i too am having the same issue and tried your steps below and the problem has not been solved yet.

Any other ideas....


Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

31. Jun 16, 2009 2:16 PM in response to: rbos3
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Jayesh s
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Aug 8, 2008
Hi,

Make sure that NETWORK SERVICE has read privileges on the root of the vCenter install drive.

If you try the above steps, that should generate the log files I indicated under <drive>/Windows/Debug - those might help us debug this better.

Jayesh

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

32. Jun 18, 2009 6:59 AM in response to: Jayesh s
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sunvmman
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Jun 26, 2008

thank you for your response. i tried that and it still doesn't work.

i opened a case with vmware and they worked on it. as of now they have no solution... crap !

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

33. Jun 19, 2009 7:56 AM in response to: sunvmman
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CsNoc
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Mar 31, 2009
I initialy had a different problem, but after resolving some permissions in the registry I also came to this problem.
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/216544

I noticed that the service wouldn't start (or it would, but it was stoppen instantly). Couldn't figure out why.

Then I started the setup again.. waited for the installer to get to the point where it was installing VMWareVMSDS, and then went into the services.msc applet. Changed the logon credentials to a user (in my case the admin account of the server, not the most perfect account, but it was essential for the installation to finish), gave the service the start command, and voila.. it would start and the installation finished succesfully.

Hope this helps a bit..

(stil going to try to run the service as the netwerk user, but for now at least I can manage my servers again)

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

34. Jun 19, 2009 6:32 PM in response to: CsNoc
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Jayesh s
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Aug 8, 2008

We attempt an install of VMwareVCMSDS (an ADAM instance) with the service running as the Network Service account.

Take a look at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781059(WS.10).asp - that might help figure out what's amiss with the Network Service credentials on your machine.

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

35. Jun 20, 2009 3:34 PM in response to: Jayesh s
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mtnbiker5
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May 29, 2009
I finally got the install to finish - it turned out that I didn't have the full ADAM role installed on Server 2008, once I installed it - the install went through fine.

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

36. Jun 22, 2009 7:14 AM in response to: mtnbiker5
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sunvmman
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can you tell me the steps you took to solve the issue ?

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

37. Jun 22, 2009 7:53 AM in response to: mtnbiker5
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sunvmman
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I created a user , put him in local administrator group, created the VMwareVCMSDS instance to run as that user

still it failed. if you get this to work, please post a step-by-step. Have a call into support and doesn't seem that they are sure what is going on,.

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

38. Jun 23, 2009 12:34 PM in response to: mtnbiker5
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Jayesh s
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Aug 8, 2008

Interesting - we actually don't install ADAM on Win 2008 I believe - are you talking about the ADLDS role?

Please clarify, if you can. Thanks!

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

39. Jun 23, 2009 12:35 PM in response to: sunvmman
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Jayesh s
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How exactly did you create VMwareVCMSDS instance to run as that user? Did you do the custom ADAM test install steps listed earlier?

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

40. Jun 23, 2009 12:45 PM in response to: Jayesh s
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mtnbiker5
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May 29, 2009
Yes - I had tried virtually every step that was outlined above, specifically gave the network service almost every right available as well as full admin. To get this to work, I went into server manager > roles and added the ADAM role. After that the install went right through. Once it is installed, if you look in the ADAM role, you wil see VC listed there.

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

41. Jun 23, 2009 3:10 PM in response to: mtnbiker5
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ama_raghu
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Nov 2, 2008

Could you, if possible, upload the logs present in the

%windir%\Debug\adamsetup.log

Interested in seeing why the AD LDS role was not defined in the first place. Ideally, it should have been defined...

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

42. Jun 27, 2009 8:49 AM in response to: mtnbiker5
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cparrish001
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Jun 4, 2009
I had similar issues installing on Win2003 and tried to use adam directly resulting in an error that I tracked to an issue with the domain-member server relationship. The referenced solution was to change the domain member server to any workgroup then rejoin the domain. I did this and my installation completed.

I hope this helps.

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

43. Jun 29, 2009 10:13 AM in response to: cparrish001
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sunvmman
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Jun 26, 2008
I tried this also and no luck. about to give up on this

Re: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance

44. Jun 29, 2009 1:42 PM in response to: sunvmman
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VMMaxVM
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Aug 13, 2008
Hi there,


Can you try the following two things to see your problem can be resolved?


You can the steps mentioned in above KB to add permission.

  • 2. If #1 is done and you still have this problem, please check Registry permission to see if "everyone" has read permission under registry. If no, please do the following:
  • a. Add everyone to HKLM with read permission
  • b. Install vCenter Server
  • c. After vCenter Server is installed, you can remove everyone in the HKLM and add Network Service read permission

Please let us know if this works.

Thanks.

Max

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