I get the below error when I was on step 2 for the vCenter server setup where it was trying to start the services.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 249, in securityctx_modifier yield File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 590, in _doLogin ds_sessionmgr.LoginBySamlToken() File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 583, in <lambda> self.f(*(self.args + (obj,) + args), **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 373, in _InvokeMethod return self._stub.InvokeMethod(self, info, args) File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 1570, in InvokeMethod raise obj # pylint: disable-msg=E0702 pyVmomi.VmomiSupport.vmodl.fault.SecurityError: (vmodl.fault.SecurityError) { dynamicType = <unset>, dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [], msg = '', faultCause = <unset>, faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [] } During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/vmidentity/firstboot/svcaccountmgmt-firstboot.py", line 64, in registerSvcAccountMgmtWithLookupService dynVars=dynVars) File "/usr/lib/vmware-cm/bin/cloudvmcisreg.py", line 710, in cloudvm_sso_cm_register serviceId = do_lsauthz_operation(cisreg_opts_dict) File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 1151, in do_lsauthz_operation authz_client.load_privs(privs_obj_list) File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 669, in load_privs self._authz_intservice.AddOrUpdatePrivileges(priv_obj_list) File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 583, in <lambda> self.f(*(self.args + (obj,) + args), **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 373, in _InvokeMethod return self._stub.InvokeMethod(self, info, args) File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 1778, in InvokeMethod self._CallLoginMethod() File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 1844, in _CallLoginMethod self.loginMethod(self.soapStub) File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 590, in _doLogin ds_sessionmgr.LoginBySamlToken() File "/usr/lib/python3.7/contextlib.py", line 161, in __exit__ raise RuntimeError("generator didn't stop after throw()") RuntimeError: generator didn't stop after throw() During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/vmidentity/firstboot/svcaccountmgmt-firstboot.py", line 116, in main svcAccountMgmtFb.firstbootAction() File "/usr/lib/vmidentity/firstboot/svcaccountmgmt-firstboot.py", line 43, in firstbootAction self.startService() File "/usr/lib/vmidentity/firstboot/svcaccountmgmt-firstboot.py", line 38, in startService self.registerSvcAccountMgmtWithLookupService() File "/usr/lib/vmidentity/firstboot/svcaccountmgmt-firstboot.py", line 73, in registerSvcAccountMgmtWithLookupService traceback.format_exc()))) File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/l10n.py", line 75, in localizedString l10nMsg = L10nMessage(msgMeta, args) File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/msgL10n.py", line 214, in __init__ raise ValueError("Invalid L10nMessage metadata %s", msgMeta) ValueError: ('Invalid L10nMessage metadata %s', (<cis.msgL10n.MessageMetadata object at 0x7f4f7ad09d10>,))
Resolution
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