Struggling with vCenter 6.5 U1 installation in a lab environment. This is a fresh Windows install, just the Windows OS. Fresh vCenter install (not an upgrade). Installation persistently produces 2 errors.
Error 1
Error: An error occurred while starting service 'vapi-endpoint'. Failed to start the vAPI Endpoint Service. Failed to configure vAPI Endpoint Service at the firstboot time. Please file a bug against VAPI. (only option is to click OK)
Error 2
Installation of component vcsservicemanager failed with error code 1603
The server environment and steps tried
1. Windows 2012 R2 Standard, .Net 3.5 and .Net 4.5 features are installed (Windows firewall disabled, no Antivirus)
2. Ran Windows update and reboot until there is no more updates available
3. Server is in workgroup setting, not joined to AD (the installation doc doesn't state AD is a requirement, aware of some features may not work)
4. VM with 16GB ram, 4 processors at 2.5Ghz. 100GB SSD, 2 NICS (1 facing the Internet and 1 facing private network)
5. Computer name and FQDN names are the same. Server name is VC651, FQDN name is VC651.domain.com. The FQDN resolves over DNS forward lookup
6. Netsh shows 3 IPV4 adapters, loopback, Ethernet0 and Ethernet1
7. Tried IPV6 checked and unchecked with installation, makes no difference
8. SSO password does not contain restricted characters (no -, ?, _, (, =, !,,)
9. Installation is embedded, everything on the same server, using all installation defaults (options and ports)
10. UAC is disabled
11. Launched the installer with Run-As-Administrator
12. Attempted installation with Local System Account, same errors
13. Attempted installation with an Admin account (with logon batch service right) with full administrator privilege, same errors
15. Windows installer is in manual start mode, but the service itself is in started state
16. Schtasks shows Windows Scheduler task is running
17. One of the VMWare resolution article states to modify "Software Restriction Policies" section in the group/machine policy and allow permissions for Java. There is no software restriction policy defined on the server, not sure if this is applicable
I am sure someone out there has successful installations. Your help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
-Ken