Hi all and Happy Holidays.
I am wrecking my head on this simple problem (newbie here). I am using vSphere 6 with VCSA6. I have added one host using the vSphere web client without any problem, when trying to add the second one, I get an error at the second stage: Connections Settings...
A general system error occured, with a bunch of parsing errors, see screenshot.
What could be my problem? Both host and vCenter are licensed.
Thanks.
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HI Linotelera,
Thanks for all your help. Here is a log dump of the suggested changes and status of processes. With all the changes, still seeing the same problem 
Any other things you could think of?
vCenter:~ # service --status-all
Checking for httpd2: unused
Checking for appliance management service: running
Checking for service arpd unused
Checking for service atftp: unused
Checking for service auditd running
Checking if boot.cgroup has run running
running
Current Hardware Clock: Mon Jan 4 16:52:34 2016 -0.645685 seconds running
running
... unused
... unused
running
unknown
unknown
running
checking if boot.ipconfig has been run running
running
running
Checking if boot.loadmodules has run running
Checking if boot.localfs has run running
running
unknown
running
MD RAID arrays: No arrays active unused
Checking multipath targets: unused
running
Checking if boot.rootfsck has run running
running
unknown
Checking for service sysstat: running
Checking for udevd: running
running
Checking for service cgconfig running
Checking for CGroup Rules Engine Daemon running
Checking for Cron: running
Checking for service D-Bus daemon running
running (standalone: 4633)
unused
unused
Checking for ISC DHCPv4 4.x Server: unused
Checking for ISC DHCPv6 4.x Server: unused
Checking for service syslog: running
running (standalone: 4918)
Neither the variables MOUSEDEVICE and MOUSETYPE nor the variable GPM_PARAM
is set in /etc/sysconfig/mouse
Run 'yast mouse' to set up gpm
Checking for service HAL daemon running
Checking for haveged daemon running
Checking for service irqbalance running
Keymap /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz is loaded.
Checking for service ldap: unused
running (standalone: 5355)
Usage: /etc/init.d/lvm_wait_merge_snapshot {start}
running (standalone: 4978)
running (standalone: 3792)
running
Checking for service mdadmd unused
Checking for multipathd: unused
running (standalone: 5028)
Checking optional network interfaces:
eth0 device: VMware VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller
eth0 IP address: 192.168.15.170/24
eth0 is up running
Checking mandatory network interfaces:
lo
lo IP address: 127.0.0.1/8
secondary lo IP address: 127.0.0.2/8
lo is up running
Checking service network . . . . . . . . . . . running
Checking mandatory network interfaces:
lo
lo IP address: 127.0.0.1/8
secondary lo IP address: 127.0.0.2/8
lo is up running
Checking service (remotefs) network . . . . . . . . . . . running
Checking for mounted nfs shares (from /etc/fstab):idmapd not running
unused
Checking for service nginx unused
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
dev1.sjelab.net 10.252.0.245 2 u 95 64 176 82.162 -1.291 2.475
*131.107.13.100 .ACTS. 1 u 99 64 176 88.794 9.433 2.536
leeloo.scurvyne .INIT. 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
209.118.204.201 128.9.176.30 2 u 95 64 176 102.446 7.793 2.667
Checking for network time protocol daemon (NTPD): running
Checking for UPS monitoring service unused
Checking for random generator (always true) running
dead
Checking for service rpasswd daemon: unused
Checking for service rpcbind running
unknown
Checking for service sendmail: running
/dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
/dev/ttyS1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A running
/usr/sbin/FOO not installed
/bin/snmpd is not running
unknown
unknown
Checking for service sshd running
Checking for stunnel (SSL tunnel): unused
Checking for service syslog: running
Checking for service uuidd unused
running (standalone: 5378)
running (standalone: 5421)
Warning: vmci status: unimplemented
running (standalone: 5461)
VMware CIS License Service is running: PID:7238, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
VMware Component Manager is running: PID:6185, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
VMware ESX Agent Manager is running: PID:20833, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
VMware Inventory Service is running: PID:10096, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
VMware Message Bus Config Service is not running.
VMware ESXi dump collector is running
VMware Performance Charts Service is running: PID:28441, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
Checking for /usr/bin/rbd-watchdog-linux: unused
VMware HTTP Reverse Proxy is running.
VMware Service Control Agent is running: PID:7510, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service is running: PID:21744, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
ensure environment variables are set
Checking for VMware STS IDM Server ... running
ensure environment variables are set
Checking for service vmware-stsd running
syslog is running, PID: 9614
VMware Common Logging Service is running: PID:9045, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
vmtoolsd is running
VGAuth daemon .
vAPI Endpoint is running: PID:9262, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
VMware Content Library Service is running: PID:22716, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
Last login: Mon Jan 4 16:52:18 UTC 2016
pg_ctl: server is running (PID: 9828)
/opt/vmware/vpostgres/9.3/bin/postgres "-D" "/storage/db/vpostgres"
VMware vCenter workflow manager is running: PID:23076, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
vmware-vpxd is running
VMware vService Manager is running: PID:26907, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
/usr/java/jre-vmware/bin/vmware-vws is running.
Warning: vsock status: unimplemented
VMware vSphere Web Client is running: PID:27702, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
Checking for service xinetd: unused
Checking for ypbind: unused
vCenter:~ #
vCenter:~ # service vmware-vpxd status
vmware-vpxd is running
vCenter:~ # service vmware-vpostgres status
Last login: Mon Jan 4 16:28:37 UTC 2016
pg_ctl: server is running (PID: 9828)
/opt/vmware/vpostgres/9.3/bin/postgres "-D" "/storage/db/vpostgres"
vCenter:~ # service vmware-tools-services status
vmtoolsd is running
vCenter:~ # service vmware-sps status
VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service is running: PID:21744, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
vCenter:~ # service vmware-inventoryservice status
service: no such service vmware-inventoryservice
vCenter:~ # service vmware-netdumper status
VMware ESXi dump collector is running
vCenter:~ # service vmware-logbrowser status
service: no such service vmware-logbrowser
vCenter:~ # service vmware-rbd-watchdog status
Checking for /usr/bin/rbd-watchdog-linux: unused
vCenter:~ # service vsphere-client status
VMware vSphere Web Client is running: PID:27702, Wrapper:STARTED, Java:STARTED
vCenter:~ #
Command> ntp.get
Config:
Status: Up
Servers: 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org 1.north-america.pool.ntp.org 2.north-america.pool.ntp.org 3.north-america.pool.ntp.org
Command>
vCenter:~ # ntpq -p 127.0.0.1
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
dev1.sjelab.net 10.252.0.245 2 u 45 64 17 82.162 -1.291 3.164
*131.107.13.100 .ACTS. 1 u 50 64 17 90.246 7.224 3.019
leeloo.scurvyne .INIT. 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
209.118.204.201 128.9.176.30 2 u 46 64 17 102.446 7.793 2.493
vCenter:~ #
And on the host:
[root@esxi-2:~] uname -a
VMkernel esxi-2 6.0.0 #1 SMP Release build-2494585 Feb 5 2015 19:07:22 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 ESXi
[root@esxi-2:~]
[root@esxi-2:~]
[root@esxi-2:~] /etc/init.d/hostd restart
watchdog-hostd: Terminating watchdog process with PID 38265
hostd stopped.
Ramdisk 'hostd' with estimated size of 178MB already exists
hostd started.
[root@esxi-2:~]
[root@esxi-2:~]
[root@esxi-2:~] /etc/init.d/vpxa restart
watchdog-vpxa: Terminating watchdog process with PID 38899
vpxa stopped.
[root@esxi-2:~]
[root@esxi-2:~] /etc/init.d/vpxa status
vpxa is running
[root@esxi-2:~] /etc/init.d/hostd status
hostd is running.
[root@esxi-2:~]
[root@esxi-2:~] ntpq -p 127.0.0.1
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
+ha1.smatwebdesi 199.102.46.77 2 u 92 128 377 44.612 4.901 1.171
*time.tritn.com 198.60.22.240 2 u 121 128 377 75.803 -1.932 0.955
kahuna.ruselabs .STEP. 16 - - 1024 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
+vimo.dorui.net 209.51.161.238 2 u 108 128 377 46.456 -0.710 4.271
[root@esxi-2:~]