New ESX 3.5 server - cannot add to Virtual Center?

[Mreese]

I am working on replacing one of our older VMWare hosts with new hardware. I have installed ESX 3., but cannot add the new system to Virtual Center. I can ping the server, and can SSH and login to it. I don't remember having to do any additional config before adding the new system to Virtual Center.

The new hardwre is on a HP Blade, with iSCSI storage. This is my first time installing in this configuration, so I'm not sure if I missed something in the networking?

[Troy_Clavell]

what is the message you get you your try to "add host" into your vCenter Server?

[Mreese]

Sorry about that, I meant to post the erorr in my original message. The error is:

Unable to contact specified host. This might be because the host is not available on the network, there's a network configuration problem, or the management services on the host are not responding.

[weinstein5]

Can you ping your ESX host from the virtual center server machine? Are you trying to add the hot by IP address or host name?

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[Troy_Clavell]

if you have confirmed all that David has asked and there are no VM's running on this host, I would also try a reboot.

....or try restarting the management agents

[Mreese]

As I mentioned in the original post, I can ping the server.

I have tried adding the host both by hostname and by IP. I get the same error either way.

[Mreese]

Interesting... I guess the VXPA package is not installed on my new server!

Is there a way to install that package, or is a reinstall required?

[Troy_Clavell]

see here

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003714