April 24, 2013
Category: virtualisation, vmware, windows-server-2012
Tags: dependonservice, protectedstorage, servers, vcenter, virtual-machine, vmware-esx, vmware-vsphere
Vcenter 5.1 not starting on server 2012
After installing Vcenter on a server 2012 I received the following message:
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To fix this you will need to edit the registry:
\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\vpxd and the Open the DependOnService key and remove ProtectedStorage from the list
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Remove the ProtectedStorage from the list , click ok and exit out of the registry.
Reboot the server and Vcenter should start.