Re: Trying to install evaluation vCenter Operations vApp

I had the same issue but trying to deploy the vCenter Operations Manager Foundation in vSphere Essentials 5.1.

You need to following this article (VMware KB: Deploying vCenter Operations Manager 5.x with vSphere Essentials, Essentials Plus, or Standard)which basically says:

To deploy vCenter Operations Manager in a vCenter Server environment with an Essentials Plus or Standard cluster of three ESX hosts:

1. Remove one of the ESX hosts from the cluster so that it resides directly under the parent datacenter.
2. On that ESX host, deploy the vCenter Operations Manager vApp, specifying static IP addresses.
3. Power on the vApp before moving the host back into the cluser to ensure IP settings are picked up.
4. License the solution in vCenter.
5. Move the ESX host with vCenter Operations back into the cluster.

Note: Static IP addresses are required.

Warning: The steps above dissolve the vApp container and an error is displayed. Disregard the error message and continue moving the host into the cluster.

This seems like a whole lot more trouble than we should have to go though, but there it is. I was able to get the two VMs for vCenter Operations Manager Foundation to install and power up successfully.

Hope this does it for you.

Shaun.