IPSec Status Not in use but it's configured and working
Is this a bug? On my Security Server Details it says "IPSec Status: not in use", but I have it enabled and I just checked the monitoring details and the stats are increasing, so it certainly looks like IPSec is being used.
Nope, no feedback at all. I'm assuming it's just a cosmetic bug. Either that or something is quite broken internally and there's nothing that can be done about it until VMware issues a fix.
I found the following KB which outlines how to determine if traffic being passed from Security server to Connection server is secure. I'm showing a large number of Confidential bytes sent and received. Also, upon connecting I am seeing that number change. Therefore I'm assuming that this is indeed a bug however I plan on reaching out to our local VMware team to confirm.
I am testing an upgrade to View 5.3 and still seeing the same behavior. If I leave the Firewall rules that the install automatically creates then the Security Servers will go red for a little while with IPSec is configured but not active on the security server and the View Connection Server instance and then turn green for a little while. If I manually create the Firewall Rules with all Ports instead of just the specific port 8009 that the install creates then they will stay green but then when I try to upgrade to future versions the upgrade fails. We reported this to VMware back when we installed View 5.0 and I can't believe they still have not fixed this stupid cosmetic bug!!!
