VMware 454885-B21 Installation Guide - Page 47

Transfer of Managed Server Agent Software to ESX Server Machine Fails

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Troubleshooting the Installation Transfer of Managed Server Agent Software to ESX Server Machine Fails Problem If you download the Managed Server software, copy it to the ESX Server machine, and run the tar -xvzf command, this error appears: tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors running installer Solution The message indicates possible corruption of the file. Before installing the Managed Server software, transfer the file to the ESX Server machine using FTP in binary mode. For more information on using binary mode and verifying the integrity of the software, see the steps in "Installing the Managed Server Agent Software on ESX Server" on page 29. Error 1603: Required Services for Installing Lab Manager Problem During the installation of Lab Manager Server, error 1603 appears. Solution Make sure the IIS Admin, World Wide Web Publishing, and HTTP SSL services are running. VMware, Inc. 47

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Troubleshooting the Installation
Transfer of Managed Server Agent Software to ESX
Server Machine Fails
Problem
If you download the Managed Server software, copy it to the ESX Server
machine, and run the
tar -xvzf
command, this error appears:
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors running installer
Solution
The message indicates possible corruption of the file. Before installing the
Managed Server software, transfer the file to the ESX Server machine using FTP in
binary mode. For more information on using binary mode and verifying the integrity
of the software, see the steps in
“Installing the Managed Server Agent Software on ESX
Server”
on page 29.
Error 1603: Required Services for Installing Lab Manager
Problem
During the installation of Lab Manager Server, error 1603 appears.
Solution
Make sure the IIS Admin, World Wide Web Publishing, and HTTP SSL
services are running.