Virtualisation Tips & Tricks

Login via SSH to the vCenter Appliance.
Run the following command to re-generate the missing file .cns_pgpass:

# PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/vmware-vpx/pyJack/:/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/  python /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/firstboot/CnsVcConfigure.py

You should see the following output in the terminal: 

2020-05-07T12:18:31.108Z  Configuring DB for CNS service
2020-05-07T12:18:41.108Z  Getting value for install-parameter: vpostgres.int.server_port
2020-05-07T12:18:51.108Z  CNS DB configured successfully.

Start vsan-health service by running command: 

service-control --start vmware-vsan-health

Verify the vsan-health service has started:

service-control --status vsan-health