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jcck20007
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Enthusiast

unable to connect to the VM console in Vi client

Hi All:

I am creating a new virtual machine but not able to see the console screen to install its OS, the error I received is

"host address lookup for server (ESXhostname) failed, the requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found".

Is this a network problem in the virtual machine port group ?

I have the virtual machine network setup with service console on the same vSwtich, should i create another port group for this virtual machine on the same swtich ?

thanks

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jcck20007
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the subnet for the service console is 192.168.1.x / 255.255.255.0 however, on the observed IP range it displayed as 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.255.254, is this correct ?

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Lightbulb
Virtuoso
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Check name resolution (DNS) first as the error indicates lookup failure. Is there and A record for the ESX host on your DNS? Is it correct (Right IP)?

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jcck20007
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yes DNS works good as I can ping by FQDN of all the hosts from the VC server (but may not able to ping from where I used VIC, you think this is the issue ?)

since I have not yet installed the OS on the guest, is that also critical to have DNS setup there ? it just didnt make sense to me that before all these networking things happen I cannot even see the vm in the console

thanks

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Troy_Clavell
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see this KB, , it may be helpful

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Virtuoso
Virtuoso

You can ping the FQDN of the ESX host from the system that you are running the VIC client?

jcck20007
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i think thats the problem, I cannot ping it from the VIC machine but i can ping it from the VC machine

troy i will take a look that kb

thanks

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AndreTheGiant
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Does VIC client and VC server use the same DNS server?

Try with nslookup to be sure that they resolv the names using the same servers.

Andre

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