trying to install external platform services controller appliance - get "Progress Controller: [VCSA ERROR] - Progress callback error"

[rtortora]

Hi all,

Trying to install and external PSC appliance 6.0 u1.  Put in the info and click next to start the install and it sits there for a few minutes and fails.  At the bottom of the vcsa_0000.log is the following:

2015-11-20 09:35:40.590700 --prop:guestinfo.cis.appliance.time.tools-sync=True

2015-11-20 09:35:40.590700 --prop:guestinfo.cis.clientlocale=en

2015-11-20 09:35:40.590700 --targetSSLThumbprint=*

2015-11-20 09:38:40.857317 Progress Controller: [VCSA ERROR] - Progress callback error

2015-11-20 09:46:53.767685 Progress Controller: Closing the installation wizard

Not sure what the issue is here.  I Googled the error and got nothing.

[french_team]

Hi,

I have the same problem,

Do you try this :

http://www.virtxpert.com/error-supplied-system-name-is-not-valid-during-vcenter-server-appliance-6-i...

I'm not in this case, all the nslookup works fine 😕

If you find i'm On ^^

[Curtdav]

Make sure your target host is not in lock down or maintenance mode.   When I received this error, this was the issue.

[Southy24]

I am trying to install the vcenter 6.0 appliance and also getting the same error, was there a solution or work around found?

[ric614]

I have the same exact problem here when installing vcenter Server Appliance 6.0.

I verified esxi host fqdn is configured correctly to the dns server and I was able to ping and resolve hostname to IP and IP to hostname from both ends dns server and esxi host without any issue.

[darrengoff3]

Did you ever discover the cause of this install error? I have the same today.

[Mplane]

We need full rights to the infrastructure.
My problem was the limited rights.

[mbmarquart]

What rights did you modify?  I'm logging in as the root user even and getting the same errors.

[sysdig]

Did you ever get through this issue? I'm running into the same thing myself today

[cpicchi]

Hi,

I am having the same problem, not possible to install vCenter on ESXi_A. After thousands trys I decided to remove my ESXi_A host from lab1 where I have the problem and install it into lab2 where I have several ESXi hosts and one vCenter; and here no problem to install vCenter successfully. So it seems the problem in lab1 is not related to the ESXi_A host configuration, but once back in Lab1 same problem, vCenter install fails with same callback error message. I have in this lab1 four ESXi hosts and the vCenter install fails on both of them. My network admin pretend there is no network problem in lab1... so it should be the airco... Obviously here, the error message is not helpful,

RGDS

cl.