Vcenter not installing on New old hosts

[tedztar]

Hi, I have been trying to get some old hosts operating on VMware however every time I try to install VCenter on a VM it fails with an unexpected error.

Any ideas, I have attached the logs for reference.

[sraghavendrar]

Hi,

What version of VC are you trying to install? Which is the windows server on which you are trying to install vcenter?

-Supreeth

[tedztar]

V6.5 U3 (Latest cant think the letter off my head)

and installed on windows server 2019

We are also running ESXI 5.5 as thats the latest that is compatible with the old hosts.

[sraghavendrar]

Hi,

Can you check the supported host operating system for vcenter server 6.5 U3?

According to KB https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2091273 , Windows server 2019 is not listed as a supported operating system.

Regards,

Supreeth

[BoPesala]

This can happen if there is a previous version of vcenter not properly decommissioned. Check if you have a running vcenter appliance. 

[tedztar]

We wiped the servers completly before doing anything.

All I have on the hosts is The Vcenter server and a DC right now

Might go for the appliance instead

[nachogonzalez]

Why install it on windows and not on a VCSA directly.
on Version 6.7 Windows is already deprecated.

[Ajay1988]

Its mostly a permissions issue with the account used to install.  Better to use a VCSA to avoid all this unwanted issues. Also windows is deprecated now

2021-05-09T23:32:48.270Z Failed to determine if firewall service is running. Details: (5, 'OpenService', 'Access is denied.')
2021-05-09T23:32:48.270Z ['Traceback (most recent call last):\n', ' File "C:\\Program Files\\VMware\\vCenter Server\\firstboot\\visl-support-firstboot.py", line 676, in <module>\n Main()\n', ' File "C:\\Program Files\\VMware\\vCenter Server\\firstboot\\visl-support-firstboot.py", line 665, in Main\n DoFirstboot()\n', ' File "C:\\Program Files\\VMware\\vCenter Server\\firstboot\\visl-support-firstboot.py", line 515, in DoFirstboot\n genPortInstallParams()\n', ' File "C:\\Program Files\\VMware\\vCenter Server\\firstboot\\visl-support-firstboot.py", line 306, in genPortInstallParams\n portsToOpenMap = openFirewallPorts(installParams);\n', ' File "C:\\Program Files\\VMware\\vCenter Server\\firstboot\\visl-support-firstboot.py", line 163, in openFirewallPorts\n if not isFirewallSvcRunning():\n', ' File "C:\\Program Files\\VMware\\vCenter Server\\python-modules\\cis\\utils.py", line 1750, in isFirewallSvcRunning\n fwSvcControl.open()\n', ' File "C:\\Program Files\\VMware\\vCenter Server\\python-modules\\cis\\utils.py", line 1301, in open\n win32service.SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS)\n', "error: (5, 'OpenService', 'Access is denied.')\n"]