The vSphere Web Client reports 503 error

  • The vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 is running at Update 2.
  • The vSphere Web Client reports 503 error.
  • Running the service-control –start –all fails to complete. You see the error: Stdout = Starting VMware Content Library Service… vmware-vdcs
  1. Enable SSH + Shell
  2. Login to vCenter Server via SSH
  3. Ehter shell command
  4. cd /var/log/vmware/vdcs
  5. mkdir clspid
  6. mv vmware-vdcs.pid clspid 
  7. Try to start again: service-control –start –all