Hi,
I am running VMWare VirtualCenter Server on a Windows 2008 R2 machine. I noticed the other day I was unable to log into Server using the VI Client. When I try to start the Service I get this error....
"Windows could not start the VMWare VirtualCenter Server on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Logs. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and rever to service-specific error code 2
Below is what I see int the vpxd log...
2013-04-02T17:15:11.159-04:00 [05788 info 'dbdbPortgroup'] [VpxdInvtDVPortGroup::PreLoadDvpgConfig] loaded [0] dvpg config objects
2013-04-02T17:15:11.190-04:00 [05788 info 'authvpxdMoSessionManager'] [SSO][SessionManagerMo::Init] Downloading STS Root certificates ...
2013-04-02T17:15:11.206-04:00 [02260 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-04-02T17:15:11.253-04:00 [05788 error 'vpxdvpxdMain'] [Vpxd::ServerApp::Init] Init failed: Unexpected exception
--> Backtrace:
--> backtrace[00] rip 000000018018a8ca
--> backtrace[01] rip 0000000180102f28
--> backtrace[02] rip 000000018010423e
--> backtrace[03] rip 000000018008e00b
--> backtrace[04] rip 0000000000514971
--> backtrace[05] rip 00000000004b1298
--> backtrace[06] rip 00000000004b16c9
--> backtrace[07] rip 0000000000420fae
--> backtrace[08] rip 0000000140ece248
--> backtrace[09] rip 000000013fdbfd68
--> backtrace[10] rip 000000013fdbfe5a
--> backtrace[11] rip 000000013fdbff69
--> backtrace[12] rip 000000013fdc02f9
--> backtrace[13] rip 0000000140104b43
--> backtrace[14] rip 00000001408ae6f9
--> backtrace[15] rip 00000001408a859c
--> backtrace[16] rip 0000000140aca78b
--> backtrace[17] rip 000007fefe0da82d
--> backtrace[18] rip 00000000776e652d
--> backtrace[19] rip 000000007781c521
-->
2013-04-02T17:15:11.253-04:00 [05788 warning 'VpxProfiler'] ServerApp::Init [TotalTime] took 10172 ms
2013-04-02T17:15:11.253-04:00 [05788 error 'Default'] Failed to intialize VMware VirtualCenter. Shutting down...
2013-04-02T17:15:11.253-04:00 [05788 info 'vpxdvpxdSupportManager'] Wrote uptime information
2013-04-02T17:15:13.081-04:00 [04636 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-d460ba9f] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12000 ms
2013-04-02T17:15:25.081-04:00 [04136 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-9236549b] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12000 ms
2013-04-02T17:15:37.082-04:00 [04136 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-b3af9083] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12000 ms
2013-04-02T17:15:49.082-04:00 [04136 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-b7b2072a] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12000 ms
2013-04-02T17:16:01.082-04:00 [04136 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-50d560e] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12000 ms
2013-04-02T17:16:02.348-04:00 [05788 info 'Default'] Forcing shutdown of VMware VirtualCenter now
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am able to log into my Host Directly just not the VirtualCenter Server.
