I am testing vSphere 5.5 in our lab and I am experiencing some issues with vCenter Server or SSO. After a fresh install all works about fine, I can add AD authentication to SSO and AD login works to vSphere Client. I was having issues with vCenter Orchestator login so I rebooted vCenter Server VM. After a Windows reboot vCenter Server is no longer starting, it tries to start but SSO fails and vCenter Server process shuts down. Below is a snippet from vpxd.log with relevant output.
Domain Controller is Windows Server 2012.
vCenter Server and SSO is on Windows Server 2008 R2.
2013-09-28T12:49:09.679+03:00 [04988 info 'dbdbPortgroup'] [VpxdInvtDVPortGroup::PreLoadDvpgConfig] loaded [0] dvpg config objects
2013-09-28T12:49:09.685+03:00 [04988 info '[SSO][SsoFactory_CreateFacade]'] Solution user set to: vCenterServer_2013.09.26_125138
2013-09-28T12:49:09.685+03:00 [04988 info '[SSO][SsoFactory_CreateFacade]'] VC's ServiceId in LookupService: Default-First-Site:b0f86720-9fa6-42b5-aaf4-26d700d6152a
2013-09-28T12:49:09.685+03:00 [04988 info '[SSO][SsoFactory_CreateFacade]'] STS URI set to: https://vCenter.vclass.local:7444/sts/STSService/vsphere.local
2013-09-28T12:49:09.685+03:00 [04988 info '[SSO][SsoFactory_CreateFacade]'] Admin URI set to: https://vCenter.vclass.local:7444/sso-adminserver/sdk/vsphere.local
2013-09-28T12:49:09.685+03:00 [04988 info '[SSO][SsoFactory_CreateFacade]'] Groupcheck URI set to: https://vCenter.vclass.local:7444/sso-adminserver/sdk/vsphere.local
2013-09-28T12:49:09.685+03:00 [04988 info '[SSO][SsoFactory_CreateFacade]'] VC SSL certificate location: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\ssl\rui.crt
2013-09-28T12:49:09.685+03:00 [04988 info '[SSO][CreateSsoFacade]'] [CreateUserDirectory] STS URI set to: https://vCenter.vclass.local:7444/sts/STSService/vsphere.local
2013-09-28T12:49:09.685+03:00 [04988 info '[SSO][CreateSsoFacade]'] [CreateUserDirectory] Admin URI set to: https://vCenter.vclass.local:7444/sso-adminserver/sdk/vsphere.local
2013-09-28T12:49:09.685+03:00 [04988 info '[SSO][CreateSsoFacade]'] [CreateUserDirectory] Groupcheck URI set to: https://vCenter.vclass.local:7444/sso-adminserver/sdk/vsphere.local
2013-09-28T12:49:09.737+03:00 [04988 warning 'Default'] Closing Response processing in unexpected state: 3
2013-09-28T12:49:09.740+03:00 [04988 error '[SSO][SsoFactory_CreateFacade]'] Unable to create SSO facade: Invalid response code: 404 Not Found.
2013-09-28T12:49:09.741+03:00 [04988 error 'vpxdvpxdMain'] [Vpxd::ServerApp::Init] Init failed: Vpx::Common::Sso::SsoFactory_CreateFacade(sslContext, ssoFacadeConstPtr)
--> Backtrace:
--> backtrace[00] rip 000000018018cd7a
--> backtrace[01] rip 0000000180106c48
--> backtrace[02] rip 000000018010803e
--> backtrace[03] rip 00000001800907f8
--> backtrace[04] rip 00000000003f5bac
--> backtrace[05] rip 0000000000416722
--> backtrace[06] rip 000000014075dd5a
--> backtrace[07] rip 00000001407578bc
--> backtrace[08] rip 000000014098800b
--> backtrace[09] rip 000007feff17a82d
--> backtrace[10] rip 0000000076ef652d
--> backtrace[11] rip 000000007712c541
-->
2013-09-28T12:49:09.742+03:00 [04988 warning 'VpxProfiler'] ServerApp::Init [TotalTime] took 3520 ms
2013-09-28T12:49:09.742+03:00 [04988 error 'Default'] Failed to intialize VMware VirtualCenter. Shutting down...