vCenter 503 may occur if machine account password is expired or rest . This error may occur if vCenter environment face crash .
503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http20NamedPipeServiceSpecE:0x00007fa0c80073a0] _serverNamespace = / action = Allow _pipeName =/var/run/vmware/vpxd-webserver-pipe)
- Loin to vCenter Server Via SSH with root user
- Enter to shell
- Run following command
root@vcenter [ ~ ]# /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/dir-cli computer password-reset --login administrator --live-dc-hostname <Platform Services Controller FQDN> --password <[email protected] password>
root@vcenter [ ~ ]# Password for machine account reset.
restart the vCenter services
root@vcenter [ ~ ]# service-control --stop --all
root@vcenter [ ~ ]# service-control --start --all
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