I try first time to run newly deployed vCenter Appliance 5.5 (VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.5.0.5101-1398493_OVF10.ova).
/var/log/boot.msg contains:
/usr/sbin/vpxd_commonutils: line 910: 3176 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $VPXD "$@"
Configure database fail with: "Failed to initialize schema".
Start vCenter fail with: "vCenter Server failed to start".
/var/log/messages contains:
kernel: [ 42.774111] vpxd[3176] general protection ip:7f0c227205df sp:7ffffde3eca8 error:0 in libvmomi.so[7f0c22438000+41f000]
kernel: [ 1124.503110] postgres (4994): /proc/4994/oom_adj is deprecated, please use /proc/4994/oom_score_adj instead.
kernel: [ 1125.594151] vpxd[5140] general protection ip:7f91d0bad5df sp:7fff157bcbe8 error:0 in libvmomi.so[7f91d08c5000+41f000]
kernel: [ 1238.269736] vpxd[5512] general protection ip:7fd7872e55df sp:7fff876db318 error:0 in libvmomi.so[7fd786ffd000+41f000]
kernel: [ 1238.664438] vpxd[5529] general protection ip:7fa54f43c5df sp:7fff38792508 error:0 in libvmomi.so[7fa54f154000+41f000]
kernel: [ 1239.070201] vpxd[5536] general protection ip:7f2f2d4d05df sp:7fff40d1c8c8 error:0 in libvmomi.so[7f2f2d1e8000+41f000]
kernel: [ 1255.594201] vpxd[5903] general protection ip:7fdd572775df sp:7fff924b1a28 error:0 in libvmomi.so[7fdd56f8f000+41f000]
...
watchdog-vpxd: '/usr/sbin/vpxd' exited after 0 seconds (quick failure 6) 139
watchdog-vpxd: End '/usr/sbin/vpxd', failure limit reached
This product seems completely unusable.