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    <title>topic Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2 in vCenter™ Server Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382552#M11549</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is your Active directory user's&amp;nbsp; password has non-ascii character?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:34:08 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>sanjeebkumar</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2013-09-26T07:34:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382549#M11546</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I deployed a whole new VCSA 5.5 to test its new feature. System joined AD successfully, and I can see and add users into data center using Web client. But if I want to login as AD user, Web Client always tells me "invalid credentials". Setting my AD domain as default domain does not work.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;SSH into vcsa and examine SSO log in vmware-sts-idmd.log, it tells me:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;2013-09-26 06:38:28,824 ERROR&amp;nbsp; [IdentityManager] Failed to authenticate principal [&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:dhchen@example.com"&gt;dhchen@example.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;] for tenant [vsphere.local]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2013-09-26 06:38:28,825 ERROR&amp;nbsp; [ServerUtils] Exception 'com.vmware.identity.idm.IDMLoginException: Native platform error [code: 40067][LW_ERROR_STRING_CONV_FAILED][Failed to convert string format (wide/ansi)]'&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;com.vmware.identity.idm.IDMLoginException: Native platform error [code: 40067][LW_ERROR_STRING_CONV_FAILED][Failed to convert string format (wide/ansi)]&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.idm.server.IdentityManager.authenticate(IdentityManager.java:2334)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;2013-09-26 06:38:28,826 INFO&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; [IdentityManager] Authentication failed for user [&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:dhchen@example.com"&gt;dhchen@example.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;] in tenant [vsphere.local] in [32] milliseconds&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;anothor log vmware-identity-sts.log says:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;[2013-09-26 06:39:02,431 tomcat-http--39&amp;nbsp; DEBUG com.vmware.identity.sts.InvalidCredentialsException] About to censor authentication failure&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;com.vmware.identity.sts.InvalidCredentialsException: IDM rejected authentication by UPN&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.auth.impl.UNTAuthenticator.authenticate(UNTAuthenticator.java:72)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.auth.impl.CompositeAuthenticator.authenticate(CompositeAuthenticator.java:44)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.auth.impl.CompositeAuthenticatorPerformanceDecorator$1.call(CompositeAuthenticatorPerformanceDecorator.java:54)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.auth.impl.CompositeAuthenticatorPerformanceDecorator$1.call(CompositeAuthenticatorPerformanceDecorator.java:51)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.performanceSupport.PerformanceDecorator.exec(PerformanceDecorator.java:36)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.auth.impl.CompositeAuthenticatorPerformanceDecorator.authenticate(CompositeAuthenticatorPerformanceDecorator.java:51)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.impl.STSImpl.issue(STSImpl.java:126)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.impl.MultiTenantSTSImpl.issue(MultiTenantSTSImpl.java:50)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.impl.MultiTenantSTSImplPerformanceDecorator$2.call(MultiTenantSTSImplPerformanceDecorator.java:89)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.impl.MultiTenantSTSImplPerformanceDecorator$2.call(MultiTenantSTSImplPerformanceDecorator.java:86)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.performanceSupport.PerformanceDecorator.exec(PerformanceDecorator.java:36)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.impl.MultiTenantSTSImplPerformanceDecorator.issue(MultiTenantSTSImplPerformanceDecorator.java:86)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.ws.StsServiceImpl.issue(StsServiceImpl.java:148)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.api.server.InstanceResolver$1.invoke(InstanceResolver.java:250)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.server.InvokerTube$2.invoke(InvokerTube.java:150)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.server.sei.EndpointMethodHandler.invoke(EndpointMethodHandler.java:261)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.server.sei.SEIInvokerTube.processRequest(SEIInvokerTube.java:100)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Fiber.__doRun(Fiber.java:641)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Fiber._doRun(Fiber.java:600)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Fiber.doRun(Fiber.java:585)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Fiber.runSync(Fiber.java:482)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.server.WSEndpointImpl$2.process(WSEndpointImpl.java:314)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.HttpAdapter$HttpToolkit.handle(HttpAdapter.java:608)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.HttpAdapter.handle(HttpAdapter.java:259)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.ServletAdapter.invokeAsync(ServletAdapter.java:213)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletDelegate.doGet(WSServletDelegate.java:159)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletDelegate.doPost(WSServletDelegate.java:194)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServlet.doPost(WSServlet.java:80)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:222)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1002)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:585)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:310)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Caused by: com.vmware.identity.sts.idm.InvalidCredentialsException: com.vmware.identity.idm.IDMLoginException: Native platform error [code: 40067][LW_ERROR_STRING_CONV_FAILED][Failed to convert string format (wide/ansi)]&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.idm.impl.AuthenticatorImpl.authenticate(AuthenticatorImpl.java:88)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.auth.impl.UNTAuthenticator.authenticate(UNTAuthenticator.java:64)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ... 49 more&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Caused by: com.vmware.identity.idm.IDMLoginException: Native platform error [code: 40067][LW_ERROR_STRING_CONV_FAILED][Failed to convert string format (wide/ansi)]&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.idm.server.ServerUtils.getRemoteException(ServerUtils.java:97)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.idm.server.IdentityManager.authenticate(IdentityManager.java:2334)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.rmi.server.RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.invokeRemoteMethod(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.rmi.server.RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy97.authenticate(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.idm.client.CasIdmClient.authenticate(CasIdmClient.java:913)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.idm.impl.AuthenticatorImpl.authenticate(AuthenticatorImpl.java:78)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ... 50 more&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;[2013-09-26 06:39:02,433 tomcat-http--39&amp;nbsp; DEBUG com.vmware.identity.sts.ws.StsServiceImpl] com.vmware.identity.sts.InvalidCredentialsException: Invalid credentials&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.InvalidCredentialsException.buildPublic(InvalidCredentialsException.java:45)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.vmware.identity.sts.ws.StsServiceImpl.issue(StsServiceImpl.java:152)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.api.server.InstanceResolver$1.invoke(InstanceResolver.java:250)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.server.InvokerTube$2.invoke(InvokerTube.java:150)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.server.sei.EndpointMethodHandler.invoke(EndpointMethodHandler.java:261)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.server.sei.SEIInvokerTube.processRequest(SEIInvokerTube.java:100)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Fiber.__doRun(Fiber.java:641)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Fiber._doRun(Fiber.java:600)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Fiber.doRun(Fiber.java:585)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Fiber.runSync(Fiber.java:482)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; at com.sun.xml.ws.server.WSEndpointImpl$2.process(WSEndpointImpl.java:314)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any Suggestions?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 06:49:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382549#M11546</guid>
      <dc:creator>dhchentw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-26T06:49:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382550#M11547</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;&lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/people/dhchentw"&gt;dhchentw&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;Are you facing this login issue for all active directory users added permission to your data-centers?&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:24:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382550#M11547</guid>
      <dc:creator>sanjeebkumar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-26T07:24:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382551#M11548</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've created a test user and&amp;nbsp; the same problem exists&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:30:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382551#M11548</guid>
      <dc:creator>dhchentw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-26T07:30:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382552#M11549</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is your Active directory user's&amp;nbsp; password has non-ascii character?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:34:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382552#M11549</guid>
      <dc:creator>sanjeebkumar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-26T07:34:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382553#M11550</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;No, the password only has normal ASCII chars&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:38:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382553#M11550</guid>
      <dc:creator>dhchentw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-26T07:38:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382554#M11551</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Could you please open a service request for vmware support staf on this, with all the logs uploaded to that?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:45:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382554#M11551</guid>
      <dc:creator>sanjeebkumar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-26T07:45:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382555#M11552</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I;ve opened service request several times and the experience is not good so I tried to ask the community first :smileysilly:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anyway I'll fle a service request&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:54:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382555#M11552</guid>
      <dc:creator>dhchentw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-26T07:54:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382556#M11553</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Please see this thread, looks like similar issue what you are facing.?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/message/2291402"&gt;Re: VCSA5.5 Umlaut Problem?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:55:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382556#M11553</guid>
      <dc:creator>sanjeebkumar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-26T07:55:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382557#M11554</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Not exactly since the error message is not the same and I have no non-ascii group and no non-ascii username &amp;amp; password, and My user is in the administrators group only&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:06:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382557#M11554</guid>
      <dc:creator>dhchentw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-26T08:06:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382558#M11555</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am facing the same problem. However, I am able to login via a test user. The test user is in the same primary group, but is not in many other groups my user is a member of. Some of these groups are in a directory that uses non-ascii symbols, so that could be part of the problem, but I have so far been unable to isolate the exact cause. I have tried moving the test user to other groups and directories (which have non-ascii symbols), but I think that vcenter might not notice the changes right away (I suppose it could use the same authentication tickets if I log off and log back in a short period of time)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:04:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Mythoranium</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-26T14:04:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382559#M11556</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just a small update:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After some more testing, it seems that this problem repeats itself as I expected yesterday — if any groups user belongs to (not just the primary group) has any non-ascii symbols either in their name, or in "Active Directory Folder", this user cannot log in.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 07:25:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382559#M11556</guid>
      <dc:creator>Mythoranium</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-27T07:25:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382560#M11557</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;My experience is: even if a test user only belongs to "Domain Users" group, it will fail. And my user belongs to groups which only has ASCII names&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:04:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382560#M11557</guid>
      <dc:creator>dhchentw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-27T08:04:48Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382561#M11558</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi, dhchentw!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I did a bit more digging and it seems that (at least in my case) the problem arises because of non-ascii symbols in OU names, not group names. Could you please check what OUs the users are part of?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I also did a bit more searching for LW_ERROR_STRING_CONV_FAILED and judging by some Ubuntu related posts, it seems to be an error originating from likewise-open. It seems this is somehow connected to the system locale:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/likewise-open/+bug/719279" title="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/likewise-open/+bug/719279"&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/likewise-open/+bug/719279&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/likewise-open/+bug/598034" title="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/likewise-open/+bug/598034"&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/likewise-open/+bug/598034&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/likewise-open/+bug/794108/+activity" title="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/likewise-open/+bug/794108/+activity"&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/likewise-open/+bug/794108/+activity&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;However, none of the workarounds proposed in those links are working for me.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 11:38:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382561#M11558</guid>
      <dc:creator>Mythoranium</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-27T11:38:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382562#M11559</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I was having a similar problem.&amp;nbsp; My problem seemed to resolve after I changed the primary group for the account.&amp;nbsp; Even after I changed it back to the original primary group it continues to work.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:30:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382562#M11559</guid>
      <dc:creator>badazws6</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-27T14:30:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382563#M11560</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just found out that if CN contains non-ascii chars, the authentication will fail but lw-find-user-by-name can get user info successfully. And tried every ways I could think to set locale for likewise and vmware-sts-idmd and still failed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;CN contains non-ascii chars is very common in the real world I think. This bug may prevent VCSA from gaining popularity&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:40:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>dhchentw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-01T02:40:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382564#M11561</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;A fix has been posted in knowledge base article 2060873:&lt;A href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2060873" title="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2060873"&gt;VMware KB:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Unable to log in to vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 if username or group name contains letters with accents …&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Ram&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 04:01:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>ksram</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-01T04:01:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382565#M11562</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;This solution works perfectly!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank you very much, Vladimir.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;PS: VMware Support Request 13380631509 is solved.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:36:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>ladavyl</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-01T05:36:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD on Windows 2008 R2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382566#M11563</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;It works, thanks. Before that, I tried set LANG to zh_TW.UTF-8 but failed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:50:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/Newly-deployed-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5-5-failed-to/m-p/382566#M11563</guid>
      <dc:creator>dhchentw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-01T05:50:21Z</dc:date>
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