Hi Dear Community,
I have three CDE vcenters that are not collecting virtual inventory and the error message on the log I can see is "Service not found on the device"
Any help in this regard will be helpful.
Thank you
Abhilash M
Aug 14, 2019 09:52 AM
If you are using the free version ESXi hypervisor, it does not include the SDK that we connect with to extract vCenter Inventory. In this case, it is not possible for FNMS to capture remote inventory.
Aug 14, 2019 11:39 AM
Aug 14, 2019 02:20 PM
What version of vCenter and ESX is installed?
Aug 14, 2019 02:42 PM
A "Service not found on the device" type message in the discovery log will typically indicate that the beacon was unable to ping and/or was unable to connect to port 443 on the vCenter server and find a VMware web API running there.
Some initial troubleshooting steps would be to execute PowerShell commands like the following on your beacon to test connectivity:
PS C:\> Test-NetConnection vcenter01.acme.com PS C:\> Test-NetConnection vcenter01.acme.com -Port 443
Aug 15, 2019 11:51 PM
I wasn't able to get a TCP test successful message, rather
Warning: TCP connect to <vcenter fqdn>: 443 failed
Aug 19, 2019 05:42 AM
Hi,
If you receive this error:
Warning: TCP connect to <vcenter fqdn>: 443 failed
Is because your port is close from the beacon to vCenter on port 443, you should check with the networking team to open the firewall.
Other way to test the connection is to open the mob page from vCenter https://<vCenter FQDN>/mob
If you receive an authentication window, you can test your credential for the service account which you will use for auditing.
Also you can check with the vCenter team to see if the vCenter is not installed on port 80 (http), I never see that on my customer, but you never know.
Aug 19, 2019 06:00 AM
Version : 6.7U2
ESX version : Confirming with the APM
Aug 19, 2019 04:55 AM