Fresh install of VC 6.0 update1 failing.
VMware-VIMSetup-all-6.0.0-3040890
Tried on windows 2008 R2 ent SP1.
Tried multiple times by cleanup the folders/services, still no success as of now.
Any help on this is much appreciated.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\firstboot\vmafd-firstboot.py", line 16, in <module>
from identityinstall import vmafdInstall as VMAfdInstall
File "C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\firstboot\identityinstall\vmafdInstall.py", line 34, in <module>
import vmca
ImportError: DLL load failed: The operating system cannot run %1.
vcsservicemanager failing with below errors:
Vminst logs:
2016-01-12 00:42:17.471-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: LaunchPkgMgr: Telling child to install "E:\vCenter-Server\Packages\vmware-vws.msi" with "ALLUSERS=1 ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT=1 INSTALLPATH="C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\" APPDATAPATH="C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\" " details 0
2016-01-12 00:42:17.552-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: wWinMain: Exe is told to run "E:\vCenter-Server\Packages\vmware-vws.msi" with "ALLUSERS=1 ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT=1 INSTALLPATH="C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\" APPDATAPATH="C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\" " details 0
2016-01-12 00:42:22.803-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: wWinMain: MSI install of "E:\vCenter-Server\Packages\vmware-vws.msi" reports success
2016-01-12 00:42:22.803-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: InstallStatus_SetStage: install stage: install-packages / vcsservicemanager.msi
2016-01-12 00:42:22.839-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: InstallStatus_SetStage: install stage: configure-packages / (NULL)
2016-01-12 00:42:22.869-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: LaunchPkgMgr: Hiding the cancel button
2016-01-12 00:42:22.869-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Entering function: PitCA_HideCancelButton
2016-01-12 00:42:22.870-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: PitCA_HideCancelButton: Successful in hiding the Cancel button.
2016-01-12 00:42:22.870-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Leaving function: PitCA_HideCancelButton
2016-01-12 00:42:22.870-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: LaunchPkgMgr: Telling child to install "E:\vCenter-Server\Packages\vcsservicemanager.msi" with "ALLUSERS=1 ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT=1 INSTALLPATH="C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\" APPDATAPATH="C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\" PARENTUILEVEL=5 DEBUG_SKIP_ROLLBACK=0 FIRSTBOOT=1 UPDATEBOOT=1" details 1
2016-01-12 00:42:22.890-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: wWinMain: Exe is told to run "E:\vCenter-Server\Packages\vcsservicemanager.msi" with "ALLUSERS=1 ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT=1 INSTALLPATH="C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\" APPDATAPATH="C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\" PARENTUILEVEL=5 DEBUG_SKIP_ROLLBACK=0 FIRSTBOOT=1 UPDATEBOOT=1" details 1
2016-01-12 00:42:27.053-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Entering function: VM_RunFirstBoot
2016-01-12 00:42:27.054-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: RunFirstLastUpdateboot: Action Started
2016-01-12 00:42:27.055-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: RunFirstLastUpdateboot: Established explicit progress
2016-01-12 00:42:27.055-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: RunFirstLastUpdateboot: DEBUG: silentMode 0
2016-01-12 00:42:27.056-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: RunFirstLastUpdateboot: Told to run "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /S /C ""C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\bin\run-firstboot-scripts.bat"""
2016-01-12 00:42:27.056-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: RunFirstLastUpdateboot: could not read env variable: 203
2016-01-12 00:42:27.056-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: RunFirstLastUpdateboot: got current env variable: "C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\logs"
2016-01-12 00:42:27.056-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: RunFirstLastUpdateboot: Got log env var: "C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\logs"
2016-01-12 00:42:27.056-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: RunFirstLastUpdateboot: Status file directory is "C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\logs\firstboot\"
2016-01-12 00:42:27.056-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: RunFirstLastUpdateboot: Status file path is "C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\logs\firstboot\fbInstall.json"
2016-01-12 00:42:27.056-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: RunFirstLastUpdateboot: Monitoring common status file
2016-01-12 00:42:27.056-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Entering function: LaunchProcAndMonitorCommonStatusFile
2016-01-12 00:42:27.056-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Entering function: LaunchProcAndMonitorStatus
2016-01-12 00:42:27.057-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: LaunchProcAndMonitorStatus: Launching "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /S /C ""C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\bin\run-firstboot-scripts.bat""" in "C:\Windows\system32\"
2016-01-12 00:42:27.064-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: LaunchProcAndMonitorStatus: Launched process with pid 2752 tid 3820
2016-01-12 00:42:27.064-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Entering function: MonitorStatusFile
2016-01-12 00:42:27.064-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: MonitorStatusFile: Status file directory is "C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\logs\firstboot\"
2016-01-12 00:42:27.064-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: MonitorStatusFile: Monitoring directory "C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\logs\firstboot\" for file "fbInstall.json"
2016-01-12 00:42:27.064-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: MonitorStatusFile: Started execution of process
2016-01-12 00:42:36.989-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Entering function: ParseStatusFile
2016-01-12 00:42:36.989-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: ParseStatusFile: STATUS: 0%: ""
2016-01-12 00:42:36.989-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: ParseStatusFile: Calling callback with 0 -> 0 ""
2016-01-12 00:42:36.989-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Entering function: UpdatePkgMgrProgressFromStatusFile
2016-01-12 00:42:36.990-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: ProcessMsiMsg: ACTIONDATA reporting ""
2016-01-12 00:42:37.026-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Leaving function: UpdatePkgMgrProgressFromStatusFile
2016-01-12 00:42:37.027-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Leaving function: ParseStatusFile
2016-01-12 00:42:42.042-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Entering function: ParseStatusFile
2016-01-12 00:42:42.048-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: ParseStatusFile: STATUS: 0%: "Starting VMware Appliance Configuration..."
2016-01-12 00:42:42.048-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: ParseStatusFile: Calling callback with 0 -> 0 "Starting VMware Appliance Configuration..."
2016-01-12 00:42:42.048-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Entering function: UpdatePkgMgrProgressFromStatusFile
2016-01-12 00:42:42.048-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: ProcessMsiMsg: ACTIONDATA reporting "Starting VMware Appliance Configuration..."
2016-01-12 00:42:42.088-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Leaving function: UpdatePkgMgrProgressFromStatusFile
2016-01-12 00:42:42.089-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Leaving function: ParseStatusFile
2016-01-12 00:42:44.872-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: Entering function: ParseStatusFile
2016-01-12 00:42:44.880-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| I: ParseStatusFile: curr error msg: "Encountered an internal error. --> what is this internal error ???
see C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\logs\firstboot\vmafd-firstboot.py_160_stderr.log"
2016-01-12 00:42:44.880-05:00| vcsInstUtil-3018519| E: ParseStatusFile: Displaying error message for " ": "Encountered an internal error.
see C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\logs\firstboot\vmafd-firstboot.py_160_stderr.log
This is an unrecoverable error, please retry install. If you run into this error again, please collect a support bundle and open a support request."
Another point: even after installation failed, VMware vCenter configuration service is up and running.this only 1 vmwre service visible in. dont know why did the cleanup not happened for this??
