Issue adding VMWare/ESXi Host to SDM

[t2true]

SDM Client 7.1.3

When I try to add a host to SDM Client, I get:
"Retrieving host certificate info is failed: The server ... does not exist"

Avaya PCN claims it is because of local computer name exceeding 15 characters. This is not the case with my machine.

I am not connecting to AVP, but to ESXi.

Any ideas?

 

[t2true]

...In the error, it adds /sdk to the FQDN even though I did not included it:

"Retrieving host certificate info is failed: The server

https://servername.vmware.com/sdk

does not exist"

All I inserted in the FQDN field was servername.vmware.com.

What is that all about?

 

[dleuen]

Is it a stand alone ESXi host or is the host being managed by vCenter? If the host is being managed by vCenter then SDM should connect to the vCenter not the host.

 

[t2true]

It is a four-server cluster managed by vCenter. (The guests could be on any of the four server.) I have tried the vCenter management server name, the individual host name, and the DNS alias name; I get the same error each time.