We are setting up vmware Horizon View 6 for a single domain environment of about 200 users. I have followed the VM Horizon 6.0 Installation Guide word for word. I am working with Server 2012 R2 servers, one each for the following roles: Composer, Connection server, Security server. I have made it to the point where I am trying to add the vcenter server in VMware Horizon View Administrator on the connection server. I have configured the viewcomposer databse in SQL Server Express 2012 as indicated by the horizon guide.
I have configured SSL certificates issues by a CA on our domain and installed the certs on the composer and connection server. When I am on the connection server localhost/admin/ I go to View Configuration -> Servers -> Add and I enter the vsphere ip and credentials as the IP for the Vcenter server address: IPaddress, domain\vcenteradmin and password -> view certificate -> accept -> Standalone View Composer Server -> Viewcomposerserver.domain.local -> domain\vcenteradmin -> password -> Next
And I am getting the error message "Unable to connect to View Composer"
I have also tried adding a user in vcenter as vsphere.local\vcenteradmin with full admin privileges and still had no success.
Also, a lot of the guide asks to add the vcenteradmin user that was created in AD to the local administrators group on the vcenter server. However, we're not using a microsoft OS as vcenter server, we're using the linux vcenter appliance.
I think it is an issue with connecting to the sql database.
I am using SQL server 2012 express with windows authentication. I have added the viewcomposer database. I can log in to the sql instance with a domain admin - mydomain\vcenteradmin. I have enabled the TCP/IP protocol. See attached. I have configured the ODBC connector shown in attachments. When I test the connector works.
When I go to add the vcenter server, it works. When I go to add the composer server, it fails. See post below for screen shots.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?