Issue with VCSA installation

[mahmoodn]

I have followed the VCSA installation guide from [1]. Everything was fine till Step 12. What I saw was that the progress bar reached 99% with the "validation" message and then I only saw two button "cancel" which was disabled and "close" which was blue. So, I only had to click on close.

However, it seems that there are some more steps. What is wrong here?

[1] http://masteringvmware.com/how-to-install-vcsa-6-7-step-by-step/

[HassanAlKak88]

Hello,

Did you got the following message "you have successfuly deployed the vCenter Server" ?

If Yes, try to access the vcenter from web. I guess you will can complete the stage 2. Please try it.

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[mahmoodn]

To be honest, I didn't notice that...

Here is the screen shot of the ESXi web page. As you can see it seems that the vCenter has been installed. Do you confirm that?.

[EricChigoz]

Hello,

So what do you find in https://10.1.1.1/ ?

Have you tried to  log on?

[daphnissov]

Your screenshot indicates you have not correctly deployed the vCSA, despite it showing powered on. So, what we need to see are step-by-step screenshots of your installation process that show the values you used during installation. You are supplying something incorrectly, don't have proper DNS, or have other issues. The simplest way to diagnose is to see those screenshots.

[mahmoodn]

I deleted the folder from the datastore and tried one more time. Please see the picture below.

The stage 1 is fine but there is a problem with stage 2.

[daphnissov]

You need to show all steps of the installation process. Not just the one with the failure message.

[mahmoodn]

OK. I deleted that and will try again. I think there is a problem with network configuration. The machine has two interfaces. One is connected to a switch which is accessed by internet and the other is connected to a local switch which I am planning to cluster other machines with this interface.

In the external switch config, the admins have configured a static IP for a port which I connect my machine to that. The IP address is 172.20.54.10. However, they have defined a rule which maps external W.X.Y.Z (valid IP) to this 172.20.54.10.

Therefore, from my home, I have to enter W.X.Y.Z in the browser and not 172.20.54.10. The configuration is shown below

Here is the summary of what I am trying to do. I will wait for your comment.

[daphnissov]

You're pointing to a public DNS server (8.8.8.8) which does not contain the records for the FQDN you're supply, and this is why it's failing. The hostname you're supplying ("vcenter.jupitervmwarescu.com") must exist in both forward and reverse records in a local DNS server inside the zone jupitervmwarescu.com. If you don't have this, vCSA will fail the installation.

[daphnissov]

Also, you should never put vCenter or ESXi on a public-facing network. If this is what you're thinking, do NOT do that. It is horrible for security and will result in bad things.

[mahmoodn]

So, is it fine to enter just a name for the system name?

Also, in case that I supply 10.1.1.1, what should I write in the gateway and DNS?

[mahmoodn]

Please see the picture below

[daphnissov]

When you deploy vCSA, you need to use fully-qualified host names, not IP addresses in place of names. This means you require functional, internal DNS to correctly deploy vCSA.