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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Server Installation and Setup
- Contents
- About vCenter Server Installation and Setup
- Introduction to vSphere Installation and Setup
- Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance
- File-Based Backup and Restore of vCenter Server
- Image-Based Backup and Restore of a vCenter Server Environment
- After You Deploy the vCenter Server Appliance
- Log In to vCenter Server by Using the vSphere Client
- Install the VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in
- Repoint vCenter Server to Another vCenter Server in a Different Domain
- Repoint a Single vCenter Server Node to an Existing Domain without a Replication Partner
- Repoint a vCenter Server Node to an Existing Domain with a Replication Partner
- Repoint a vCenter Server Node to a New Domain
- Syntax of the Domain Repoint Command
- Understanding Tagging and Authorization Conflicts
- vCenter Server Domain Repoint License Considerations
- Troubleshooting vCenter Server Installation or Deployment
The files in the %TEMP% directory include vc-install.txt, vminst.log, pkgmgr.log,
pkgmgr-comp-msi.log, and vim-vcs-msi.log.
2 Open the installation log files in a text editor for examination.
Collect Deployment Log Files for the vCenter Server Appliance
If the vCenter Server appliance deployment fails, you can retrieve the log files and examine them
for the reason of the failure.
The full path to the log files is displayed in the vCenter Server appliance deployment wizard.
In case of firstboot failure, you can download the support bundle on a Windows host machine
and examine the log files to determine which firstboot script failed. See Export a vCenter Server
Support Bundle for Troubleshooting.
Procedure
1 On the Windows machine that you use for deploying the vCenter Server appliance, navigate to
the log files folder.
If you are logged in as an administrator, by default this is the
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\VMware\CIP\vcsaInstaller folder.
2 Open the installation log files in a text editor for examination.
Export a vCenter Server Support Bundle for Troubleshooting
You can export the support bundle of the vCenter Server instance in the appliance for
troubleshooting using the URL displayed on the DCUI home screen.
You can also collect the support bundle from the vCenter Server appliance Bash shell by running
the vc-support.sh script.
The support bundle is exported in .tgz format.
Procedure
1 Log in to the Windows host machine on which you want to download the bundle.
2 Open a Web browser and enter the URL to the support bundle displayed in the DCUI.
https://
appliance-fully-qualified-domain-name
:443/appliance/support-bundle
3 Enter the user name and password of the root user.
4 Click Enter.
The support bundle is downloaded as .tgz file on your Windows machine.
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