VxRail: vCenter services fail to start, waiting for the lookupsvc service
Summary: After rebooting, vCenter services fail to start, waiting for the lookupsvc service.
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Symptoms
After rebooting, vCenter services fail to start, waiting for the lookupsvc service.
While troubleshooting we tried to start the rhttpproxy service, but it also failed to start.
While checking the rhttpproxy logs, it shows the below error:
While troubleshooting we tried to start the rhttpproxy service, but it also failed to start.
While checking the rhttpproxy logs, it shows the below error:
Cannot assign requested address
Cause
The customer had remarked the 127.0.0.1 address in the hosts file.
Resolution
If the vCenter hostname is the FQDN, then the hosts file should look like below:
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost.localdomain localhost
VC IP hostname shortname See also VMware KB: https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/338153/Article Properties
Article Number: 000225665
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 13 Jun 2024
Version: 1
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