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    <title>topic Failed to start services. Firstboot Error. in VMware vCenter™ Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Discussions/Failed-to-start-services-Firstboot-Error/m-p/2757147#M41295</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am testing vSphere 6.5 with the following setup:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a Windows 10 laptop with VMware Workstation 12 Pro installed. I have create a virtual machine in Workstation running Windows Server 2012 R2. I have set up AD and DNS on it. This server has an IP address of 192.168.59.129 and its FQDN is win2012.ad.example.com. I can ping the machine and DNS is working correctly. I have successfully also set up an ESXi host in another virtual machine and they can ping each other.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am now trying to install vCenter Server Appliance 6.5, so far with no success. I am trying to use the OVA file: &lt;STRONG&gt;VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-6.5.0.5200-4944578_OVF10.ova&lt;/STRONG&gt; located in the ISO. I understand after reading several articles that I first need to configure the .vmx file before booting my machine. I think the main reason is that I am not fully understanding the settings that should be placed in the file, specifically the vmdir settings. I have tried a number of different variations on the settings and still nothing seems to be working. My most recent configuration looks like this:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.deployment.node.type = "embedded"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr.family = "ipv4"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.mode = "static"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.pnid = "vc.ad.example.com"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr = "192.168.59.194"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.prefix = "24"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.gateway = "192.168.59.129"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.dns.servers = "192.168.59.129"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.root.passwd = "Password#1"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.ssh.enabled = "True"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.deployment.autoconfig = "True"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.ntp.servers = "pool.ntp.org"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.vmdir.password = "Password#1"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.vmdir.site-name = "mysite"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.vmdir.domain-name = "vsphere.local"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.ceip_enabled = "False"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have also made sure that vc.ad.example.com is mapped correctly to 192.168.59.194 on the DNS server, including reverse DNS (PTR) entries.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After the server begins its initialization routine, I eventually get this error on the screen:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Failed to start services. Firstboot Error.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am unable to ping the machine or connect through a web browser. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What am I doing wrong here?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As a side note, I should also point out that on boot up I am also getting the following errors which I am not sure if they are related or not, or if they can be safely ignored:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through (I am getting this line for all 12 drives sda through sdl)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;A start job is running for dev-swap_vg-swap1.device (... / 1min 30s)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;[TIME] Timed out waiting for device dev-swap_vg-swap1.device.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;[DEPEND] Dependency failed for /dev/swap_vg/swap1.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Swap.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;[FAILED] Failed to start LSB: Lightning fast webserver with light system requirements.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Are these errors safe to ignore, or are they the reason that I am getting the Firstboot Error?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank you for your help!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 23:54:19 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Kojow7</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2017-06-01T23:54:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Failed to start services. Firstboot Error.</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Discussions/Failed-to-start-services-Firstboot-Error/m-p/2757147#M41295</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am testing vSphere 6.5 with the following setup:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a Windows 10 laptop with VMware Workstation 12 Pro installed. I have create a virtual machine in Workstation running Windows Server 2012 R2. I have set up AD and DNS on it. This server has an IP address of 192.168.59.129 and its FQDN is win2012.ad.example.com. I can ping the machine and DNS is working correctly. I have successfully also set up an ESXi host in another virtual machine and they can ping each other.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am now trying to install vCenter Server Appliance 6.5, so far with no success. I am trying to use the OVA file: &lt;STRONG&gt;VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-6.5.0.5200-4944578_OVF10.ova&lt;/STRONG&gt; located in the ISO. I understand after reading several articles that I first need to configure the .vmx file before booting my machine. I think the main reason is that I am not fully understanding the settings that should be placed in the file, specifically the vmdir settings. I have tried a number of different variations on the settings and still nothing seems to be working. My most recent configuration looks like this:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.deployment.node.type = "embedded"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr.family = "ipv4"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.mode = "static"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.pnid = "vc.ad.example.com"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr = "192.168.59.194"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.prefix = "24"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.gateway = "192.168.59.129"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.dns.servers = "192.168.59.129"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.root.passwd = "Password#1"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.ssh.enabled = "True"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.deployment.autoconfig = "True"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.appliance.ntp.servers = "pool.ntp.org"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.vmdir.password = "Password#1"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.vmdir.site-name = "mysite"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.vmdir.domain-name = "vsphere.local"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; guestinfo.cis.ceip_enabled = "False"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have also made sure that vc.ad.example.com is mapped correctly to 192.168.59.194 on the DNS server, including reverse DNS (PTR) entries.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After the server begins its initialization routine, I eventually get this error on the screen:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Failed to start services. Firstboot Error.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am unable to ping the machine or connect through a web browser. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What am I doing wrong here?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As a side note, I should also point out that on boot up I am also getting the following errors which I am not sure if they are related or not, or if they can be safely ignored:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through (I am getting this line for all 12 drives sda through sdl)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;A start job is running for dev-swap_vg-swap1.device (... / 1min 30s)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;[TIME] Timed out waiting for device dev-swap_vg-swap1.device.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;[DEPEND] Dependency failed for /dev/swap_vg/swap1.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Swap.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;[FAILED] Failed to start LSB: Lightning fast webserver with light system requirements.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Are these errors safe to ignore, or are they the reason that I am getting the Firstboot Error?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank you for your help!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 23:54:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Discussions/Failed-to-start-services-Firstboot-Error/m-p/2757147#M41295</guid>
      <dc:creator>Kojow7</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-06-01T23:54:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Failed to start services. Firstboot Error.</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Discussions/Failed-to-start-services-Firstboot-Error/m-p/2757148#M41296</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Your system have no sufficent resources available to start the Vcenter services.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As 6.5 have bit high demand of CPU &amp;amp; Memory.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 18:18:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Discussions/Failed-to-start-services-Firstboot-Error/m-p/2757148#M41296</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jitu211003</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-06-02T18:18:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Failed to start services. Firstboot Error.</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Discussions/Failed-to-start-services-Firstboot-Error/m-p/2757149#M41297</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any one reading these?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Why would this be the correct answer ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"Your system have no sufficent resources available to start the Vcenter services.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;As 6.5 have bit high demand of CPU &amp;amp; Memory."&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;That is wrong.&amp;nbsp; When you go through the install, it asks for the sizing of the vcenter and this is automatically set, so this is not the issue/cause of the problem.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 22:37:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Discussions/Failed-to-start-services-Firstboot-Error/m-p/2757149#M41297</guid>
      <dc:creator>virtmaster01</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-09-13T22:37:27Z</dc:date>
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