Error
Resolution
Its hard to tell what is the problem based on the error as I do not see any reported issue Kb for the respective service. You can check ntp, dns.
check the /var/log/firstboot/sca-firstboot-stderr.log from 7.0 vcsa
thanks,
MS
I have some problem. From my install.
#cat scafirstboot.py_9708_stderr.log
2021-07-17T22:16:19.001Z Warning: Key - log4j.appender.file.File not found
2021-07-17T22:18:24.723Z ERROR starting sca rc: 2, stdout: , stderr: Start service request failed. Error: Service crashed while starting
2021-07-17T22:18:24.724Z Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/vmware-sca/firstboot/scafirstboot.py", line 206, in start_service
super(ScaFB, self).start_service()
File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/firstboot.py", line 266, in start_service
service_start(self.get_eff_service_name())
File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/utils.py", line 1084, in service_start
raise ServiceStartException(svc_name)
cis.exceptions.ServiceStartException: {
"detail": [
{
"id": "install.ciscommon.service.failstart",
"translatable": "An error occurred while starting service '%(0)s'",
"args": [
"sca"
],
"localized": "An error occurred while starting service 'sca'"
}
],
"componentKey": null,
"problemId": null,
"resolution": null
}
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/vmware-sca/firstboot/scafirstboot.py", line 336, in Main
fbObj.start_service()
File "/usr/lib/vmware-sca/firstboot/scafirstboot.py", line 213, in start_service
problemId = 'com.vmware.sca.control.start')
cis.baseCISException.BaseInstallException: {
"detail": [
{
"id": "com.vmware.sca.control.start",
"translatable": "Unable to start the Service Control Agent.",
"localized": "Unable to start the Service Control Agent."
}
],
"componentKey": "sca",
"problemId": "com.vmware.sca.control.start",
"resolution": {
"id": "com.vmware.sca.internal.resolution",
"translatable": "Search for these symptoms in the VMware knowledge base for any known issues and possible workarounds. If none can be found, collect a support bundle and open a support request.",
"localized": "Search for these symptoms in the VMware knowledge base for any known issues and possible workarounds. If none can be found, collect a support bundle and open a support request."
}
}
2021-07-17T22:18:24.726Z sca firstboot failed
Any possible stolution?
Still exist for Me on steup vCenter 7.0.2
same issue on an internal small test lab.
did you solve?
Please check the sca.log file under /var/log/vmware/sca/ (new vCSA) .
Mostly a communication issue
Hi
I have the same problem
Did you find the solution
We have the same issue. Anybody found a solution?