Quick blog post, purely as a memo note to myself (aka my own KB how-to articles).
Issue: the COMMISSION HOSTS button in SDDC Manager is greyed out; therefore it’s impossible to add any new host
When that happens it usually means that something is locked in the Postgres database. The quickest way to find the root cause is to check the lock table on the platform database
SSH into SDDC Manager, first as vcf then elevate to root (su -)
Connect to Postgres with the following commands:
psql -h localhost -U postgres
\c platform
select * from lock;
Here you go:
There is a password management operation in progress (well, stuck) that’s preventing host commissioning. From the SDDC Manager GUI select Security > Password Management
