Cannot contact the specified host (esx.local.host). The host may not be available on the network, a network configuration problem may exist, or the management services on this host may not be responding.
vCenter version 6.5
ESXi version 6.0u3
on the /var/log/hostd.log
Accepted password for user root from 192.168.15.7
2018-11-02T10:46:13.938Z info hostd[21AF3B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=AddHostWizard-add-137632-ngc:70002595-9f-a724 user=:DOMAIN\USER] Event 28 : User root@192.168.15.7 logged in as VMware-client/6.5.0
2018-11-02T10:46:14.022Z warning hostd[22480B70] [Originator@6876 sub=HTTP server] UnimplementedRequestHandler: HTTP method POST not supported for URI /fdm
2018-11-02T10:46:14.024Z info hostd[21AF3B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=AddHostWizard-add-137632-ngc:70002595-9f-a72e user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Event 29 : User root@192.168.15.7 logged out (login time: Friday, 02 November, 2018 10:46:13, number of API invocations: 0, user agent: VMware-client/6.5.0)
[LikewiseGetDomainJoinInfo:355] QueryInformation(): ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (2/0):
Accepted password for user root from 192.168.15.7
2018-11-02T10:46:14.117Z info hostd[22940B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a731 user=:DOMAIN\USER] Event 30 : User root@192.168.15.7 logged in as VMware-client/6.5.0
[LikewiseGetDomainJoinInfo:355] QueryInformation(): ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (2/0):
Accepted password for user root from 192.168.15.7
2018-11-02T10:46:14.241Z info hostd[22480B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a734 user=:DOMAIN\USER] Event 31 : User root@192.168.15.7 logged in as VMware-client/6.5.0
2018-11-02T10:46:14.342Z info hostd[22940B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73d user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Task Created : haTask-ha-folder-root-vim.host.LocalAccountManager.createUser-38
2018-11-02T10:46:14.343Z info hostd[21AF3B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73d user=root:DOMAIN\USER] AdapterServer caught exception: vim.fault.AlreadyExists
2018-11-02T10:46:14.343Z info hostd[21AF3B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73d user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Task Completed : haTask-ha-folder-root-vim.host.LocalAccountManager.createUser-38 Status error
2018-11-02T10:46:14.343Z info hostd[21AF3B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Solo.Vmomi opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73d user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Activation [N5Vmomi10ActivationE:0x21f3f2f0] : Invoke done [createUser] on [vim.host.LocalAccountManager:ha-localacctmgr]
2018-11-02T10:46:14.343Z verbose hostd[21AF3B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Solo.Vmomi opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73d user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Arg user:
--> (vim.host.LocalAccountManager.AccountSpecification) {
--> id = "vpxuser",
--> password = (not shown),
--> description = "VMware VirtualCenter administration account"
--> }
2018-11-02T10:46:14.343Z info hostd[21AF3B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Solo.Vmomi opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73d user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Throw vim.fault.AlreadyExists
2018-11-02T10:46:14.343Z info hostd[21AF3B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Solo.Vmomi opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73d user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Result:
--> (vim.fault.AlreadyExists) {
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> name = "vpxuser",
--> msg = ""
--> }
2018-11-02T10:46:14.361Z info hostd[22480B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73e user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Task Created : haTask-ha-folder-root-vim.host.LocalAccountManager.updateUser-39
pam_unix(passwd:chauthtok): password changed for vpxuser
2018-11-02T10:46:14.409Z info hostd[22940B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.HaUserManager opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73e user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Ignoring request to remove shell for user 'vpxuser'
2018-11-02T10:46:14.409Z info hostd[22940B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73e user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Event 32 : Password was changed for account vpxuser on host esxhost
2018-11-02T10:46:14.410Z info hostd[22940B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73e user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Event 33 : Account vpxuser was updated on host esxhost
2018-11-02T10:46:14.410Z info hostd[22940B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73e user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Task Completed : haTask-ha-folder-root-vim.host.LocalAccountManager.updateUser-39 Status success
2018-11-02T10:46:14.412Z info hostd[22480B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73f user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Task Created : haTask--vim.AuthorizationManager.setEntityPermissions-40
2018-11-02T10:46:14.414Z info hostd[22480B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73f user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Event 34 : Permission changed for vpxuser on ha-folder-root, role is Administrator, propagation is Enabled
2018-11-02T10:46:14.414Z info hostd[22480B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a73f user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Task Completed : haTask--vim.AuthorizationManager.setEntityPermissions-40 Status success
2018-11-02T10:46:14.416Z info hostd[21AF3B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a740 user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Event 35 : User root@192.168.15.7 logged out (login time: Friday, 02 November, 2018 10:46:14, number of API invocations: 0, user agent: VMware-client/6.5.0)
[LikewiseGetDomainJoinInfo:355] QueryInformation(): ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (2/0):
Accepted password for user vpxuser from 192.168.15.7
2018-11-02T10:46:14.505Z info hostd[22940B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a741 user=:DOMAIN\USER] [Auth]: User vpxuser
2018-11-02T10:46:14.506Z info hostd[22940B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a741 user=:DOMAIN\USER] Event 36 : User vpxuser@192.168.15.7 logged in as VMware-client/6.5.0
2018-11-02T10:46:14.552Z info hostd[21AF3B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a742 user=vpxuser:DOMAIN\USER] Event 37 : User vpxuser@192.168.15.7 logged out (login time: Friday, 02 November, 2018 10:46:14, number of API invocations: 0, user agent: VMware-client/6.5.0)
2018-11-02T10:46:14.579Z info hostd[22940B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=AddHostWizard-add-137633-ngc:70002595-1b-a743 user=root:DOMAIN\USER] Event 38 : User root@192.168.15.7 logged out (login time: Friday, 02 November, 2018 10:46:14, number of API invocations: 0, user agent: VMware-client/6.5.0)
what could be the error?
these solutions did not help
