Hi,
After welcome help from you guys I have managed to set up my isolated home lab with an evaluation version of VMware 6.5 ESXi.. The Server 2008 R2 PDC (10.0.0.1) acts as an AD/DNS/DHCP server and it and the windows 7 client (10.0.0.100) ping both ways with no issues. The client joined the domain also with no errors.
However I'm having problems installing the VCSA appliance in that it completes the first part (the install) but wont allow the second part (configuration) to start.
I get the following error saying it cant talk to the appliance.
"Unable to proceed with stage 2 of the deployment process. Click close to exit the installer.
You may attempt to continue with stage 2 by logging in to the appliance at https://vcenter.lab.local:5480/ "
Installer log files are located at C:\Users\LASERL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\vcsaUiInstaller"
When i use that url to login it doesn't connect
I think it may be something to do my isolated network but I cannot work out what, so I was wondering please if someone could look at my 'configure network settings' area of the install to advise?
The network is Isolated
IP version is ipv4
IP assignment is static
System name is vcenter.lab.local
IP address is 10.0.0.101 (reserved)
Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
Gateway is 10.0.0.1 ( i don't have a gateway as the network is isolated but I have to put an entry in to continue)
DNS Server is 10.0.0.1
Any advice or suggestions would be gratefully received
Also, the install seems huge (239GB) Is that normal?
Cheers
James
