Hi,
I have exactly the same situation.
I am running Windows Server Standard 2012 R2 on a HP DL120 with 12GB RAM
I have never has vCenter installed on this machine and it is a fresh installation
The ipv4 stack is installed and there are twi interfaces active. The Network Card and the loopback interface\
The Windows installer service is running and set to Manual, and like bothu I am not able to change it to set it to Automatic.
The error is identical
Installation of component VCSServiceManager failed with error code '1603'. Check the logs for more details.I have performed a default installation using a the embedded deployment where the system creates its own local database - Note this is a new fresh installation
The host name is the server name plus the domain name.
E.g Server Name = sv01
DNS domain = dom.local
then my host name is sv01.dom.local
The server name is registered in DNS and can be resolved correctly
I have used all the standard ports and not modified any of the ports used.
My Logs show the same error (except for install source path being different)
vcsInstUtil-2656758| E: wWinMain: MSI result of install of "D:\vCenter-Server\Packages\vcsservicemanager.msi" may have failed: 1603 (0x00000643)
vcsInstUtil-2656758| E: LaunchPkgMgr: Operation on vcsservicemanager.msi appears to have failed: 1603 (0x00000643)
vcsInstUtil-2656758| I: PitCA_MessageBox: Displaying message: "Installation of component VCSServiceManager failed with error code '1603'. Check the logs for more details."
Any assistance with this will help us both.
Thank you.