• Running the Converge tool for a External PSC to vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 Update 2d, fails with the error:

================ [FAILED] Task: MonitorPSCDeployTask: Running MonitorPSCDeployTask execution failed at 10:18:15 ================

Task 'MonitorPSCDeployTask: Running MonitorPSCDeployTask' execution failed because [ERROR: Converge Process Failed!], possible resolution is [Refer to thelog for details]

• In  "%temp%\vcsaCliInstaller-<date-time>-<id>\workflow_<id>\converge\converge_mgmt.log", you see entries similar to:

2019-03-14T10:18:04.221Z ERROR converge Failed to get ldu id of "localhost". Error: {

"resolution": null,

"detail": [

{

"args": [

"Command: ['/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli', 'get-ldu', '--server-name', 'localhost']\nStderr: Error 2: Object/Configuration not found.\nVerify configuration value has been set.\n"

],

"id": "install.ciscommon.command.errinvoke",

"localized": "An error occurred while invoking external command : 'Command: ['/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli', 'get-ldu', '--server-name', 'localhost']\nStderr: Error 2: Object/Configuration not found.\nVerify configuration value has been set.\n'",

"translatable": "An error occurred while invoking external command : '%(0)s'"

}

],

"componentKey": null,

"problemId": null

}

Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.

1. Navigate to /etc/vmware/install-defaults folder in the vCenter Server node by using Secure Shell.
2. Open the vmdir.ldu-guid file and copy the content.
3. Run the command:

4. Check the result by running the command:

5. Retry the converge operation.