vSphere Web Client shows 0 vCenter server

[Tinha]

Hi all.  As a newbie, I am currently playing around with vCenter 5.1.  just got vCenter Server 5.1 with all the required components (SSO, Web Client Server, etc) installed on a test server.  After the installation, I am able to login to SSO through the vSphere Web Client by using the admin@system-domain account.  I am able to create SSO users and assign SSO user permissions.  However, the vCenter Server list is empty, there is no vCenter server on this list, which shouldn't be; see the attached screen shot.  Therefore I am not able to test out other vCenter features.  Is any one having the same issue as I am?  This is a clean installation, running on a Windows 2008 R2 OS.  Thank you. 

[vmroyale]

Did you configure an identity source and assign permissions to the vCenter root object, while logged in as SSO Admin?

[admin]

Did you register your vCenter Server after installing vSphere web client?

[Tinha]

Hi VMRoyale - Yes, the identify source had been configured, as far I can tell it looks correct (included LDAP to my domain controller).  Not sure how to assign permissions to the vCenter root object.... 

Hi chenyuz - I am running vCenter 5.1, and I can't register it through the vSphere Web Client, isn't this for vCenter 5.0 only?  When I try to register vCenter 5.1 through Web Client, it throws an error "For newer versions, the vCenter Server system must be registered with the Lookup Service to allow the vSphere Web Client to discover the system".  I've looked everywhere, and I couldn't find the "Lookup Service"..

Thanks guys.

[abhilashhb · Accepted solution]

Hi TinHa,

Go to your SSO Configuration and click on your AD that you have configured under identity source.  You have to make it as default domain by clicking on the blue symbol that looks like this

Once this is done, Try logging in with your AD administrator and see if the inventory is populating.

If its still not, login into vCenter using the vSphere client and click on your vCenter object, go to the permissions tab and add permission with your AD user and the Administrator role. Now you should be able to login with the AD user to web client and the vCenter+inventory should show up.

Let me know if it works.

[Tinha]

Thank you Abhilash!  This solved the problem! 

[admin]

Good to see the problem solve. look up service is part of the SSO I guess linking vCenter server to SSO in this case is what it means by registering with lookup service.

[jijiwiwi]

Thank you. Resolved my problem.

[PhillyKev]

Thank you!  Solved for me.  Had to add the permission via vSphere Client, couldn't do it through the web client.