Problem:
You want to add a new VC server to the Bridgeways ESX monitoring using the “Bridgeways VMware Management Administrator” tool. But the connection always fails. You checked everything user / pwd / IP , all okay
Analyze:
1) First check if the network routing is okay. Open IE and type https://<ip>/sdk
You should get a SSL warning. If not you will have to check networking.
2) If you checked networking and you can connect to the VC but still get no SSL warning you have a SSL RSA problem.
Solution:
On Windows 2008 and above the RSA minimum bits are 1024. All other certificate length will be blocked. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2661254?wa=wsignin1.0 .
So check you certificate properties and look for the RCA bits length. I think it will be 512Bits.
To solve this:
Open under admin a CDM console and execute this.
Certutil -setreg chain\minRSAPubKeyBitLength 512
Happy Scomming
Michel Kamp
