Hi,
I've built a test environment consisting of three ESXi 5.5U2 hosts. One one of those hosts I run the following
VCenter - W2KR2 running SQL2008R2 Express SP3
View - W2KR2
Composer W2KR2 running SQL2012 Express
Using the web client I can connect to VCenter and manage the environment happily. I am trying to install Composer into this VSphere environment however I can't connect the composer server in the existing View administrator console. I have tried using both a standalone Composer server and also installing Composer on VCenter. View appears to be functioning correctly as I can connect to virtual desktops using PCoIP. I would now like to test the linked clone functionality using Composer.
I am using the self-signed certs for this test, so can see the warning when I try to add the composer box. I can accept the cert but get an error every time - the wording is not always the same :
"Error while attempting to connect to View Composer"
or "A connection problem occurred between Connection Server, View Composer, and vCenter Server. Check that all the services are running and the ports and URLs are entered correctly"
I have confirmed that port 18446 is listening on both servers (Windows firewall is turned off). The VMware View Composer service is running on both servers and running as a local account. I have checked the SQL logs, and the composer logs on both vCenter and the dedicated Composer server, but can't see specific errors when trying to connect. I've checked the DSN and the database as per the install guide and can verify connection.
What I do see are SChannel errors on both VCenter and Composer which correspond with connection attempts :
SCHANNEL Error #36887 The following fatal alert was received: 46
I am presuming these are connected with acceptance of the untrusted SSL cert and is therefore expected behavior.
I've attached logs below and some screenshots of errors.
Thanks