I ran into an issue today with the open console command from the VI Client. I was already connected to a stand alone ESX3.5 host. I had just finished creating a new VM, configuring the virtual CD to use the OS install media .iso, and I had powered on the new virtual machine. When I right clicked on the VM and selected “open console” I got the following error message:
“error connecting: can not connect to host x.x.x.x: a connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.”
To fix the problem add the following line to the /etc/vmware/config file:
vmauthd.server.alwaysProxy = “TRUE”
I used nano from the Service Console to add the line to the file, and the problem instantly went away. I did not even have to restart any services. The steps for using nano to change this file are:
- type #nano /etc/vmware/config
- Add the line to the end of the file
- Press ctrl+x to save the changes
- enter “yes” when prompted
- hit enter to overwrite the file with the same file name