Hi, this issue started 2 days ago when I attempted to update from to "VC-6.5.0U2b-Appliance-FP" (6.5.0.21000 Build Number 8815520) in the vSphere Appliance Management. It stopped at 60% and prompted with an error code about "not being able to contact the server...". I then restarted the Appliance and from there it went down hill.
I figured out if I ran the command "Service vami-lighttp start" and it came up again, but after some time I couldn't authenticate etc.. seems as some services aren't running.
I did find this discussion in a different thread and noticed it was the exact same issue I have -> vCenter 6.5 - vcenter appliance stops working out of the blue, AGAIN!!
I will post the same output and hopefully figure this out. (I did notice those 4 commands, but haven't used those yet since I don't quite understand what they do)
service-control --status Running: applmgmt lwsmd pschealth vmafdd vmcad vmdird vmdnsd vmonapi vmware-cis-license vmware-cm vmware-content-library vmware-eam vmware-perfcharts vmware-psc-client vmware-rhttpproxy vmware-sca vmware-sps vmware-sts-idmd vmware-stsd vmware-updatemgr vmware-vapi-endpoint vmware-vmon vmware-vpostgres vmware-vpxd vmware-vpxd-svcs vmware-vsan-health vmware-vsm vsphere-client vsphere-ui Stopped: vmcam vmware-imagebuilder vmware-mbcs vmware-netdumper vmware-rbd-watchdog vmware-statsmonitor vmware-vcha
service-control --start vmware-vpxd-svcs Perform start operation. vmon_profile=None, svc_names=['vmware-vpxd-svcs'], include_coreossvcs=False, include_leafossvcs=False 2018-07-18T17:45:49.534Z Service vpxd-svcs state STARTED Successfully started service vpxd-svcs
systemctl list-unit-files | grep vmware vmware-bigsister.service static vmware-cis-license.service masked vmware-cm.service masked vmware-content-library.service masked vmware-eam.service masked vmware-firewall.service enabled vmware-imagebuilder.service masked vmware-mbcs.service masked vmware-netdump.service masked vmware-perfcharts.service masked vmware-pschealth.service masked vmware-rbd-watchdog.service masked vmware-rhttpproxy.service masked vmware-sca.service masked vmware-sps.service masked vmware-statsmonitor.service masked vmware-updatemgr.service masked vmware-vapi.service masked vmware-vcha.service masked vmware-vmon.service enabled vmware-vmonapi.service masked vmware-vpostgres.service masked vmware-vpxd-svcs.service masked vmware-vpxd.service masked vmware-vsan-health.service masked vmware-vsm.service masked vmware-bigsister.timer disabled
After running the "service-control --start vmware-vpxd-svcs" the Appliance Manager came up again.
systemctl list-unit-files | grep masked applmgmt.service masked vmcam.service masked vmware-cis-license.service masked vmware-cm.service masked vmware-content-library.service masked vmware-eam.service masked vmware-imagebuilder.service masked vmware-mbcs.service masked vmware-netdump.service masked vmware-perfcharts.service masked vmware-pschealth.service masked vmware-rbd-watchdog.service masked vmware-rhttpproxy.service masked vmware-sca.service masked vmware-sps.service masked vmware-statsmonitor.service masked vmware-updatemgr.service masked vmware-vapi.service masked vmware-vcha.service masked vmware-vmonapi.service masked vmware-vpostgres.service masked vmware-vpxd-svcs.service masked vmware-vpxd.service masked vmware-vsan-health.service masked vmware-vsm.service masked vsphere-client.service masked vsphere-ui.service masked ctrl-alt-del.target masked
/etc/systemd/system ]# ls -lisa total 108 180710 4 drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Jul 17 17:01 . 180226 4 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 May 31 15:04 .. 183069 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 applmgmt.service -> /dev/null 183110 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 6 2017 applmgmt.service.d 182577 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Feb 3 2017 default.target -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/runlevel3.target 180712 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 31 15:03 getty.target.wants 183131 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 6 2017 halt.target.wants 188806 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 3 2017 local-fs.target.wants 182743 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 17 23:17 lwsmd.service.d 180714 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 17 19:58 multi-user.target.wants 180718 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 31 15:03 network-online.target.wants 183133 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 6 2017 poweroff.target.wants 183129 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 6 2017 reboot.target.wants 182530 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 268 Jun 7 2016 sendmail.service 183127 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 6 2017 shutdown.target.wants 182483 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 476 Mar 1 19:03 snmpd.service 180720 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 31 15:03 sockets.target.wants 180722 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 31 15:03 sysinit.target.wants 182042 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Feb 3 2017 syslog.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service 182708 4 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 470 Jun 13 09:50 vcha-hacheck.service 232102 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 17 23:17 vmafdd.service.d 320650 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 17 23:17 vmcad.service.d 183086 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmcam.service -> /dev/null 182854 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 7 12:12 vmcam.service.d 320579 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 17 23:17 vmdird.service.d 320789 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 7 12:12 vmdnsd.service.d 182138 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 3 2017 vmtoolsd.service.requires 182905 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-cis-license.service -> /dev/null 182904 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-cm.service -> /dev/null 183082 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-content-library.service -> /dev/null 183083 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-eam.service -> /dev/null 183104 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-imagebuilder.service -> /dev/null 183076 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-mbcs.service -> /dev/null 183072 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-netdump.service -> /dev/null 183105 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-perfcharts.service -> /dev/null 182906 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 17 23:18 vmware-psc-client.service.d 183073 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-pschealth.service -> /dev/null 183084 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-rbd-watchdog.service -> /dev/null 182903 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-rhttpproxy.service -> /dev/null 182916 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-sca.service -> /dev/null 183087 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-sps.service -> /dev/null 183074 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-statsmonitor.service -> /dev/null 183118 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 17 23:18 vmware-stsd.service.d 183122 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 17 23:17 vmware-sts-idmd.service.d 183093 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-updatemgr.service -> /dev/null 183060 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-vapi.service -> /dev/null 182878 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-vcha.service -> /dev/null 183067 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-vmonapi.service -> /dev/null 183114 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 17 23:18 vmware-vmon.service.d 183075 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-vpostgres.service -> /dev/null 183081 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-vpxd.service -> /dev/null 182872 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-vpxd-svcs.service -> /dev/null 183094 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-vsan-health.service -> /dev/null 183103 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vmware-vsm.service -> /dev/null 183077 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vsphere-client.service -> /dev/null 183080 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 6 2017 vsphere-ui.service -> /dev/null