Failed login event on ESX host

[josevicente1]

I have failed failed login attempts from a specific user on all of my esx host in my virtual center. Those event are shown in the Task & event tab in the virtual center client. When I look at the Hostd log it shows the following:

Event 2839 : Failed login attempt for mydomain\nameoftheuser@127.0.0.1

Activation : Invoke done on

Throw vim.fault.InvalidLogin

Result:

(vim.fault.InvalidLogin) {

dynamicType = <unset>,

msg = ""

Event 2840 : Failed login attempt for mydomain\nameoftheuser@127.0.0.1

Activation : Invoke done on

Throw vim.fault.InvalidLogin

Result:

(vim.fault.InvalidLogin) {

dynamicType = <unset>,

msg = ""

How can i troubleshoot this ? Esx is at 3.5 u3 and Vc 2.5 u3

Many Thanks.

[runclear]

It looks like its giving you all the info?

is this user able to sign-in to the VC server? it appears the login attempt is coming from the VC server locally so im assuming the user is logged on... ...... and can this user account signin using the same user/pass on other systems?

edit - i think i ran into something like this a while back - i believe it was a SSL Cert issue on the local box - try using that account and signin to the VC server using the VI client on another system.....

[Texiwill]

Hello,

I had a similar issue and it took restarting my VC server service to fix.

Best regards,
Edward L. Haletky
VMware Communities User Moderator, VMware vExpert 2009
====
Author of the book 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2008 Pearson Education.
Blue Gears and SearchVMware Pro Blogs -- Top Virtualization Security Links -- Virtualization Security Round Table Podcast

[josevicente1]

Yes this user is able to login to the VC. Actually, the user opens a terminal service session to the VC and then uses the Vi Client on that box to work and yes he can login to other system with the same username and password. Do you remember what was the issue you had with the SSL cert ?

[josevicente1]

I restarted the VC server in multiple occasions with no luck...the problem persist.

[kamardash]

Hi,

I have exactly the same problem. Did you found solution ?