在克隆或恢复VCSA后需要重新设置VCSA

在克隆或恢复VCSA后，需要进入5480端口重新配置VCSA，否则Photon OS起来后无法启动相关的vCenter服务，报“Service vmware-vmon startup type is not automatic. Skip”的错误。

root@photon-machine [ ~ ]# service-control --status
Running:
 vmware-pod
Stopped:
 applmgmt lwsmd vmafdd vmcam vmonapi vmware-analytics vmware-cm vmware-content-library vmware-eam vmware-imagebuilder vmware-mbcs vmware-netdumper vmware-perfcharts vmware-postgres-archiver vmware-rbd-watchdog vmware-rhttpproxy vmware-sca vmware-sps vmware-statsmonitor vmware-updatemgr vmware-vapi-endpoint vmware-vcha vmware-vmon vmware-vpostgres vmware-vpxd vmware-vpxd-svcs vmware-vsan-health vmware-vsm vsan-dps vsphere-client vsphere-ui
root@photon-machine [ ~ ]# 
root@photon-machine [ ~ ]# 
root@photon-machine [ ~ ]# service-control --start
Operation not cancellable. Please wait for it to finish...
Performing start operation on profile: ALL...
Service vmware-vmon startup type is not automatic. Skip
Service-control failed. Error: Failed to start services in profile ALL. RC=11, stderr=Connect error. ErrCode: 111

因此，每次做完克隆或恢复VCSA，在启动虚拟机后，首先进入VCSA的5480界面，按照提示进行配置，完成后即可正常登录vCenter界面。

来源：
vCenter services not starting automatically after a restore from an image based backup. (78042)