Troubleshooting Installation; Dhcp Address Avoidance At Startup; N "Dhcp Address Avoidance At Startup - VMware VCENTER CAPACITYIQ 1.5 Installation Manual

Troubleshooting Installation

Troubleshooting information can help you with problems you might encounter when you install CapacityIQ.
This chapter includes the following topics:
"DHCP Address Avoidance at Startup,"
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"Restarting the vSphere Client is Required After Registration,"
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"Registration Fails Because of Existing Registration,"
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"Data Unavailable During Initial Startup,"
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"Wrong Time Zone Setting,"
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"System Time Synchronization,"
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"Virtual Appliance Password Forgotten,"
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"No Volume Groups Found,"
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"DHCP Not Available Causes Network Connection Failure,"
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"Cannot Remove SSH Keys,"
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DHCP Address Avoidance at Startup

When CapacityIQ starts for the first time, it attempts to obtain a DHCP address for vCenter Server that is
hosting the appliance.
Problem
After startup, you can configure a static IP address, but the first attempt to use a DHCP address might generate
errors. The workaround is to disable the virtual appliance network interface card (NIC) before you start the
virtual appliance. To configure a static IP address, see
page 15. For information about how to deploy a virtual appliance,
page 14.
Solution
1 Deploy the virtual appliance.
2 Select the CapacityIQ virtual machine in the inventory panel but do not start the machine yet.
3 Right-click the virtual machine and select Edit Settings.
4 On the Hardware tab of the Virtual Machine Properties dialog box, select Network adapter 1.
5 In the Device Status area of the Virtual Machine Properties dialog box, deselect Connect at power on and
click OK.
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