ESXi4 U1 can not connect with vSphere 4 client

[znet98]

from my laptop (win XP SP3) I can ping the new installed ESXi4U1 server, also I can ssh into it.

When I launch vSphere4 client, I could not login it, error shows:

vSphere Client could not connect with the vCenter server

Details: A connection failure occurred (Unable to connect to the remote server)

Both laptop and server in same subnet, I can ping gateway, dns from both, also, I can ping host from laptop, can ssh into server from laptop.

I could not telnet port 80 nor 443

Any idea?

thanks

[weinstein5]

Are you running any firewalls on you laptop - like Microsofts? It might be blocking some ports that the lcient needs to communicate over -

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[znet98]

Searched some articles in here and kb, can not find the solution.

Yes, laptop has disabled MSFT firewall.

[AntonVZhbankov]

>vSphere Client could not connect with the vCenter server

Windows FW blocks incoming traffic only and allows all outgoing. Check if Windows firewall is running on vCenter.

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[znet98]

Spent too much time on this, even called vmware tech support, they could not figure it out either.

I gave up, change this to ESXi3.5 U4, it works perfect.

Also. qLogic 4060c HBA card works with IBM DS under ESXi 3.5 well.

Thanks all

[thatnewguy]

I don't have an answer to this problem but I did narrow it down a little. On Windows Server 2008 (x64), when I disable the Domain Profile Firewall settings on the vCenter server, the client can login.

I have a test vcenter server on a standalone w2k8 server that worked fine. When I went to build a new test vcenter server using Oracle (instead of SQL exp), I joined the new server to a domain before installing vcenter. Anyway, it appears to be related to the domain but not sure how. My firewall rules (inbound/outbound) are the same on both the standalone server and the joined server. Like I said, I disabled the Domain Profile FW rules and I can now connect. I'd prefer to figure out exatcly what rule I need to add/change so I can turn back on my domain profile. If anyone figures this out, please post.