Hello everyone,
I am trying to install some ESXi 5.1 servers, and adding them to a VCenter Server 5.1, but I am having some issues doing so.
These are the steps I followed:
- I installed from scratch an ESXi 5.1 host.
- I connected through the VSphere client and created a VM with Windows 2008 Server 64 bits
- On that VM, I installed the VCenter Server 5.1 (and added my license)
- I connected to the VCenter Server 5.1 using the VSphere client and:
- Created a Data Center
- Tried to add the ESXi 5.1 host:
-The username and password were validated.
- For now, I didn't add a license, I left it to Evaluation mode
- When I click to finally add the host, it times out and I get a message: "a general system error occurred timed waiting for vpxa to start"
I have searched through the KB, but everything I have found is not applicable:
- I am using VCenter server 5.1 to add ESXi 5.1
- There are no snapshots at all in this host.
Any suggestions to continue my investigation would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Ramiro