Vsphere 5.0 client works over network, but not through SSH tunnel

[corpengineer]

Hoping somebody can assist.

Seems that others have this issue as well.

Can successfully connect over the network, but not through an SSH tunnel.

Over the network, I get prompted to accept/ignore an SSL certificate.  This does not happen when attempting to connect remotely (through an SSH tunnel).

Through the course of troubleshooting, I have port forwarded practically all TCP ports, starting w/ port 80, 443, & 902.

Through the SSH tunnel, via browser, I can successfully access https://127.0.0.1 (the VMware server), but the client software will not complete the connection, w/ error message:  "...The client could not send a complete request to the server."

Any assistance would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

[Spyingjack]

try updating host file on machine ur trying to access

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file:

127.0.0.1 <youresxserver>

[corpengineer]

It sees 127.0.0.1 just fine, but fails at login.

Thank you for trying. 

[Dee006]

Hi,

Few things you need to check

1.Check whether your client anti-virus protection blocking or not.Try to use different client and see if the issue persist.

2.If you are using 2003 or XP Client you need hot fixes,refer KB VMware KB: Search fails and Hardware Health and Health Status plug-ins are disabled in the vSphere C...

[corpengineer]

Disabled antivirus, didn't make a difference.

Thank you for the feedback.

We are using Windows 7.  I've tried from a few different machines, w/ the same results.

[corpengineer · Accepted solution]

Managed to figure this out myself, after investing way more time than I should have.

Posting this with hopes that it will help others.

Within your SSH client, port forward using a local, loopback IP OTHER THAN 127.0.0.1 (like 127.0.0.2 for example).

Port forward 127.0.0.2:443 --> target IP:443

                  127.0.0.2:902 --> target IP:902

                  127.0.0.2:903 --> target IP:903