A communication Error in Vcenter

[sadafkhan]

I am using ESX Server 3.5 on four machines therefore i have to install Vcenter on another machine for controling them but i had to restart the Vcenter machine last time.

After restarting, Following error is prompt ,when i connect Vcenter

"VMware infrastructure Vlient could not establish the initial connection with server 130.0.1.9

Detail A communication error occurred while sendind data to the server "

Please help because i am new in ESX

[krowczynski]

Is the vcenter service running properly?

Check services.msc!!

[AndreTheGiant]

Try to open a local connection inside a RDP session on vCenter Server.

If it doen not work is a service problem.

Andre

[sadafkhan]

Vcenter service is not working.Please help....

[krowczynski]

What do you mean not working?

Cannot start?

Waht db are you using?

[sadafkhan]

Yes ,It is not starting and prompt following error .

Windows could not start the VMware VirtualCenter Server on Local Computer. For more Information ,Review the System Event Log.If this is a non-Microsoft Service, Contact the service Vendor, and refer to service -specific error code 2.

Secondly, SQL Server Express edition is installed on this machine.

[krowczynski]

What about the SQL Service?

Is this running properly?

Have you got enough space on the SQL Partition?

[sadafkhan]

Yes,SQL Server service is started.Secondly, 14 GB space is free from SQL partition

[krowczynski]

Have you checked out the logs, if you can get any information out of there?

[sadafkhan]

I am sending a snapshot of Event viewer .Kindly open the attached files

[krowczynski]

That is strange.

What version of vc have you installed?

Is your vcenter running in an vm?

[pramodupadhyay5]

might be this link can help u

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/172226

and http://download3.vmware.com/vmworld/2006/tac4096.pdf

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[sadafkhan]

Yes, This is installed on VM machine but i had faced same issue on Physical machine also.

[krowczynski]

What version of vcenter have you installed?

I would uninstall the vcenter completly and force a new installation.

[pramodupadhyay5]

but by using the same existing database

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[krowczynski]

Yes he do so.

But backup the vcenter, master and msdb befor make a new installation!