Fixing the problem with accessing the VCenter from web after vSphere 5.0 installation
Maybe you wonder (just like I did) why it’s not possible to manage vCenter from web browser after installing vSphere Web Client which should make this possible.
After vSphere Web Client successful installation, I opened up a main vCenter web page running on https://vcenter_ip and clicked on “Log in to vSphere Web Client” which gave me this error:
In order for this direct link to work, you must first log in to the vSphere Web Client at least once from https://{webclient-host}:{webclient-https-port}.
After googling around a bit I found many users having the same problem and also found few solutions including the official one by VMware.
All what needs to be done is to register a vCenter Server System with the vSphere Web Client. Official document by VMware covering this can be found here
In short, you need to open a command line and perform these actions:
- Go to appropriate directory where Web Client is installated (by default: C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere Web Client\Scripts.)
- run this command: admin-cmd.bat register https://<vSphere-web-client-url>:9443/vsphere-client https://<vcenter-server-url> <username> <password>
After this, you should be able to access Web Client from remote computer as https://<vSphere-web-client-url>:9443
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The directory is:
C:\>cd “Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphereWebClient\scripts”
admin-cmd.bat doesn’t exist there using vCenter 5.5 on 2012
you need to install the vSphere Web client as its not part of the simple install and then run the above command.
In my case, I was getting the same error and my workaround was to install Flash player 12 on the server I was trying to launch the webclient from.Worked fine after that…see VMware KB (2007713)
When you say user id, which user id?
hello, according to VMware documentation:
username is the username to use for registering
password is the password to use for registering
Unfortunately, it’s quite a long time since I’ve done this but this should be an administrator’s password.
I did a install (not simple) and the BAT file isn’t there. Thanks for the confirming the user id and password. I’m newer to vmware but this web client is a pain
as mentioned earlier in this discussion, you need to install the vSphere Web client as its not part of the simple install and then run the above command
I’ve installed Web Client and the file isn’t there. I did full install – one role at a time.