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Info:
Firewall disabled
UAC disabled
Administrator used for installation
1 NIC
NSLOOKUP working OK (forward/reverse)
Things I've tried:
Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 R2
PostgreSQL (embedded) / MsSQL 2012 Express
Short file name creation enabled (NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation to 0)
In and out of C:\Program Files\
With and without computer being added to AD domain
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With and without VMware Tools
All the different combinations from above give the same result, error code 1603. This is obviously a generic OS error code when something goes wrong with the MSI installation package and gives 0 meaningful information.
Further drilling down into vCenter installation log files all I see is this:
2017-03-29 16:24:35.932+01:00| vcsInstUtil-4602587| I: Leaving
function: ParseStatusFile 2017-03-29 16:30:47.722+01:00|
vcsInstUtil-4602587| I: Entering function: ParseStatusFile 2017-03-29
16:30:47.758+01:00| vcsInstUtil-4602587| I: ParseStatusFile: curr
error msg: "VMware VirtualCenter failed firstboot." 2017-03-29
16:30:47.758+01:00| vcsInstUtil-4602587| I: ParseStatusFile: curr
error msg: "An error occurred while starting service 'vpxd'"
2017-03-29 16:30:47.758+01:00| vcsInstUtil-4602587| E:
ParseStatusFile: Displaying error message for
"install.vpxd.action.failed": "VMware VirtualCenter failed firstboot.
An error occurred while starting service 'vpxd'
Please refer to vSphere documentation to troubleshoot or Please
contact VMware Support."
I have looked everywhere but for some reason in this version of vCenter the vpxd.log file is not created.
Nothing meaningful in Event Viewer (Application) either.
I was exploring the capabilities of the tool for our lab environment but this is just ridiculous.
Any hint you can throw at me is greatly appreciated as I am out of ideas guys..
Cheers!

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