Recovering from an improper shutdown of VCSA

You have installed Virtual Center Server Appliance (VCSA) using the embedded database and there was an improper shutdown of the appliance, so you could experience an error when attempting the startup of your virtual machines.

You could also experience missing information related to the host or virtual machines when you login using the vSphere client.

If you had used the Windows-based vCenter with a local database, you could have solved this problem by connecting to the vCenter Server and resetting (Stop-Start) the vCenter Server service. Then, after logging into the client, the problem is normally resolved.

Remember, the VCSA is an application based on Linux and the methods used to correct these problems are approached differently. You still need to stop and start the vCenter services first. This is accomplished in two ways when using VCSA, by using the Web UI or from the command line of your application.

The Web User Interface (UI) method is completed...