"The node is not in a state suitable for configuration, check logs for details" after express deployment of vRealize Operations Manager 8.1

[MasterWayZ]

Today I tried to deploy vRealize Operations Manager 8.1 in my lab.

However, after deployment, when I visit the VM in the webbrowser to do the Express Installation and set up a admin password, after a while on sitting on that it prepares for first-use, this comes up:

I have no clue why it does this. What log files should I check and post here?

[MasterWayZ · Accepted solution]

After some more troubleshooting I found out that the issue was that the ESXi host did not have its time set correctly.

The time on the ESXi host was 5 years and some change behind the current time, which caused it. I've let it sync with NTP and now it deploys just fine.