Installing RPM This May take several minutes stuck at 80% (VCSA 6.5)
Issue :
You are installing VCSA 6.5 appliance and process stuck at 80% or later you get error such as
A problem occurred during RPM installation: Timeout
Installer log files are located at C:\Users\Usman\AppData\Local\Temp\vcsaUiInstaller
You also see following error in logs.
2018-05-20T11:06:54.968Z – debug: Failed to get fileTransferInfo:ServerFaultCode: Failed to authenticate with the guest operating system using the supplied credentials.
2018-05-20T11:06:54.968Z – debug: Failed to get url of file in guest vm:ServerFaultCode: Failed to authenticate with the guest operating system using the supplied credentials.
2018-05-20T11:06:54.968Z – debug: [108]pollRpmInstallProgress:getGuestFileErr:ServerFaultCode: Failed to authenticate with the guest operating system using the supplied credentials.
2018-05-20T11:07:04.601Z – debug: initiateFileTransferFromGuest error: ServerFaultCode: Failed to authenticate with the guest operating system using the supplied credentials.
Solutions :
VMware released KB article to fix this issue.
Deploying, upgrading, migrating or restoring to vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 GA or U1 release fails (51124)
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/51124
Resolution.
i had same issue stuck at 80% but appliance deployed and running i take console of appliance that is booting in linux mode meanwhile asked login i loged in with root and default password that is “vmware” anothe message appeared to change ur password i changed my password there after that continues to boot and login screen appeared after completion i loged in and manually configured network and after that its completed 100% and 2nd stage appeared and done.
This works