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Adding an ESX/ESXi 4.1 host to vCenter Server 4.0 fails with the error: interal error:vmodl.fault.hostCommunication (1024381)

Last Updated: 3/20/2024Categories: TroubleshootingTotal Views: 10352Language:
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Symptoms

Adding a ESX/ESXi 4.1 host to vCenter Server 4.0 fails

You see the error:

A general system error occurred:internal error:vmodl.fault.hostCommunication

In the /var/log/vmware/hostd.log file, you see these errors:

[2010-07-15 05:57:20.016 F54B7B90 warning 'Proxysvc Req00045'] Server localhost:8089 disconnected with a response pending.
[2010-07-15 05:57:20.040 F5C03B90 verbose 'Proxysvc Req00048'] New proxy client SSL(TCP(local=10.10.2.36:3736, peer=10.10.5.70:443))
[2010-07-15 05:57:20.041 F54B7B90 warning 'Proxysvc Req00048'] Connection to localhost:8089 failed with error N7Vmacore15SystemExceptionE(Connection refused).

Resolution

This issue occurs because ESX/ESXi 4.1 is not compatible with vCenter Server 4.0.

For more information, see the vSphere compatibility Matrix and Product Interoperability Matrixes.

To resolve this issue, upgrade to vCenter Server 4.1.

Related Information

For more information, see:

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Adding an ESX host to the vCenter Server inventory fails with the error: vmodl.fault.HostCommunication
将 ESX/ESXi 4.1 主机添加到 vCenter Server 4.0 失败，并显示以下错误：内部错误: vmodl.fault.hostCommunication
vCenter Server 4.0 への ESX/ESXi 4.1 ホストの追加がエラー「interal error:vmodl.fault.hostCommunication」で失敗する

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