Firstboot Failed during Install

[ctruong1803]

Hi ,

I am trying to deploy Vcenter 8.0.

I am getting Firstboot Failed during Install.

The below is the log:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/vmware-vlcm/firstboot/vlcm_firstboot.py", line 167, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/lib/vmware-vlcm/firstboot/vlcm_firstboot.py", line 129, in main
fb = VlcmFirstboot(VLCM_COMP, VLCM_SOLUSERNAME)
File "/usr/lib/vmware-vlcm/firstboot/vlcm_firstboot.py", line 50, in __init__
os.path.join(get_install_parameter('upgrade.import.directory'), "vlcm")
File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/tools.py", line 88, in get_install_parameter
raise InstallParameterException('Install-parameter %s not set' % param)
cis.exceptions.InstallParameterException: {
"detail": [
{
"id": "install.ciscommon.internal.error",
"translatable": "Encountered an internal error.\n\n%(0)s",
"args": [
"Install-parameter upgrade.import.directory not set"
],
"localized": "Encountered an internal error.\n\nInstall-parameter upgrade.import.directory not set"
}
],
"componentKey": null,
"problemId": null,
"resolution": {
"id": "install.default.failure.resolution",
"translatable": "This is an unrecoverable error, please retry install. If you encounter this error again, please search for these symptoms in the VMware Knowledge Base for any known issues and possible resolutions. If none can be found, collect a support bundle and open a support request.",
"localized": "This is an unrecoverable error, please retry install. If you encounter this error again, please search for these symptoms in the VMware Knowledge Base for any known issues and possible resolutions. If none can be found, collect a support bundle and open a support request."

Has anyone encounter this problem and has the fix for it?

Thank you.

Chris.

[tereset]

Same issue.. Fighting third day. 

[aclysma]

Exact same problem here too, on a fresh install with a single esxi host.

[maksym007]

a few days ago we have installed vCenter 8.0 

there were no issues

[aclysma]

On another attempt, this time I followed these instructions:

https://williamlam.com/2022/10/how-to-deploy-the-vcenter-server-appliance-vcsa-8-0-to-vmware-fusion-...

The general steps were to convert the .ova to .ovf, make the change (set property "guestinfo.cis.upgrade.import.directory" to ovf:userConfigurable="true"), and convert it back to ova. Then run the installer.

This worked for me. (To be clear, I'm not using fusion/workstation, and I'm not "upgrading." This is the simplest possible case of a fresh install onto a single esxi host using just esxi directly.)

[tereset]

Hi, 

In my case suggested conversion ova to ovf and edit was not help full. 8.0 still failing at same place.

After couple of days of fighting i gave up, installed version 7 without problems and did upgrade to 8.0. Upgrade procedure worked without errors.

hope it help.

A.