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Title
Unable to add Virtual Center Credentials when vRanger is on Windows Server 2003 -
Description
The following error appears when trying to add host Credentials in vRanger, vRanger is installed on Windows Server 2003.
"Received an unexpected EOF or 0 bytes from the transport stream"
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Cause
Installing vRanger 6.1 on a Windows Server 2003 machine is not supported. Other vesions of vRanger can be installed on Windows 2003 and the issue is caused by the lack of support for some SSL ciphers on Windows Server 2003.
This only affects VMware vCenter upgraded to ESXi 5.1.0 Update 2.
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Resolution
The following workaround found in the vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2 Release Notes, resolves this issue.
1. Add the following lines to the vCenter Server configuration file at C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\vpxd.cfg:
<config>
<vmacore>
<ssl>
<cipherList>"HIGH:RC4-SHA:RC4-MD5"</cipherList>
</ssl>
</vmacore>
</config>2. Restart the VMware VirtualCenter Server service.
NOTE: The login attempt may still fail if using the vSphere Client to connect directly to an ESXi host.
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Additional Information
VMware vCenter 5.1 Update 2 relesase notes link, https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-vcenter-server-51u2-release-notes.html.