Finally a succesfully install of vSphere 5.1 Server - had the same password issues like alot of other users. But there are problems with the VirtualCenter Management Webservices service - It cannot start (failed to start as well during install)
Trying to start the service manual :
Windows could not start the VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices service on <SERVER> Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly
Eventlog error :
The VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1083 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 60000 milliseconds: Restart the service.
As long this service cannot start I am not able to see Performance status on any host/ VM or health status on any hosts.
Any ideas how to make this service work?
(The last install was a clean install - uninstalled all other VMWare, removed old directories, but reused the old database, as we have a lot of configurations)
During the install I get this error : Error: 29942 Value: VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices
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UPDATE : Tried to install vShpere 5.1 Server on another server - straight forward Simple Install and no errors. So it seems that there is something one the current server that block this service?. So I guess I have to install it on a new Server and try to restore/ reuse the current MSSQL-database.