I'm trying to log into one of ESX v4.1 servers. When I connect i get the error:
Connection Error:
The request failed because the remote server 'IP ADDRESS' took too long to respond. (The command has timed out as the remote server is taking too long to respond.)
Error Stack:
Call "ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent" for object "ServiceInstance" on Server "IP ADDRESS" failed.
This just started happening one day. This particular server is on a different VLAN is pingable and can be accessed via SSH and its HTTPS website. With any computer directly connected to the Local LAN I can not connect, doesn't matter which VLAN I'm on. I have rebooted the host machine, which didn't make a difference.
Now... from home if I VPN in I can connect to the server; which makes no sense.
Ideas?
Grax,
If you can access this host from one workstation (your home PC) and not another on the nwtwork, I can only imagine that the problem is one of the following
Try accessing the ESX host form a different VLAN on your network and see if there is any consostency.
Lastly, if there is any chance of it, get the workstation tha tcan not connect onto the same subnet as the ESX host and test connectivity. If this works, your problem must lie in you networking config.
As I stated in my OP this was working, it just stopped working one day. There is no firewall on the client machine; the client can connect to the local VLAN ESX host.
This isn't a VLAN issue, my machine at home can connect to it and when VPN'd in its on the non local VLAN. Plus I tried a machine that's local to ESX-02 and it couldn't connect.
FYI, I do get the certificate warning, when I try to connect, so I know it's finding the machine.
Thanks in Advance
Ok, in doing some more investigating... It's seems that something is screwed up with port 443 on the server. I thought I could connect to it, but I must a type the IP of the primary ESX server when testing. I can not access the website, I can get the SSL warning when trying to log into http://<IP ADDY>, but as soon as I click continue, that too fails.
Just really odd that my home computer can access it.
Ideas?
[root@ESX-02 ~]# lsof -i
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
slpd 2728 daemon 4u IPv4 10255 TCP localhost:svrloc (LISTEN)
slpd 2728 daemon 5u IPv4 10256 TCP ESX-02:svrloc (LISTEN)
slpd 2728 daemon 6u IPv4 10257 UDP *:svrloc
slpd 2728 daemon 7u IPv4 10258 UDP ESX-02:svrloc
slpd 2728 daemon 8u IPv4 10259 UDP 255.255.255.255:svrloc
openwsman 2813 root 4u IPv4 10526 TCP localhost:ddi-tcp-2 (LISTEN)
sshd 2853 root 3u IPv4 10537 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN)
xinetd 2871 root 5u IPv4 11603 TCP *:ideafarm-chat (LISTEN)
xinetd 2871 root 6u IPv4 11604 TCP *:ideafarm-catch (LISTEN)
ntpd 2889 ntp 16u IPv4 10699 UDP *:ntp
ntpd 2889 ntp 17u IPv4 10700 UDP localhost:ntp
ntpd 2889 ntp 18u IPv4 10701 UDP ESX-02:ntp
syslogd 3044 root 11u IPv4 140506 UDP *:syslog
sfcb-HTTP 3666 root 72u IPv4 12516 TCP *:wbem-https (LISTEN)
sfcb-HTTP 3669 root 72u IPv4 12517 TCP localhost:wbem-http (LISTEN)
sshd 11278 root 3u IPv4 156180 TCP ESX-02:ssh->192.168.10.201:ewlm (ESTABLISHED)
sshd 11282 xyz 3u IPv4 156180 TCP ESX-02:ssh->192.168.10.201:ewlm (ESTABLISHED)
hostd-wor 16386 root 14u IPv4 165112 TCP localhost:entextnetwk (LISTEN)
hostd-wor 16386 root 15u IPv4 165115 TCP *:https (LISTEN)
hostd-wor 16386 root 16u IPv4 165118 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
hostd-wor 16386 root 44u IPv4 167220 TCP localhost:54327->localhost:wbem-http (CLOSE_WAIT)
hostd-wor 16386 root 49r IPv4 165788 TCP localhost:8309 (LISTEN)
hostd-wor 16386 root 50u IPv4 165791 TCP localhost:8307 (LISTEN)
It looks like HTTPS is working... So what is going on?
Anyone have an idea!? I really need to get this working.
Grax,
If you can access this host from one workstation (your home PC) and not another on the nwtwork, I can only imagine that the problem is one of the following
Try accessing the ESX host form a different VLAN on your network and see if there is any consostency.
Lastly, if there is any chance of it, get the workstation tha tcan not connect onto the same subnet as the ESX host and test connectivity. If this works, your problem must lie in you networking config.
One more thing . . if the home PC connects and PCs in the office not . . I would lean towards it being a NAT issue . .
Ok after looking at this some more, there's got to be a routing issue.
I logged into my DC that's physically plugged into the same switch as the ESX-02 host and on the same vlan. I was able to access the HTTPS website.
The machine I had been testing from was a VM on ESX-01 host.
Thanks...