I have the vCSA ISO extracted to local drive and am running it from Internet Explorer as Administrator mode. After allowing the plugin, I click Install.
I click Accept, then Next.
At this point, I am unable to proceed past 2. Connect to target server step.
This is the error code which I can not get past no matter what I try:
"Cannot connect to target server. Invalid FQDN or IP address."
I can enter FQDN, IP address, root or domain accounts and nothing works. I even tried connecting to a virtual ESXi 5.5 u2 server with nothing configured but IP address and root password.
I've tried from utility servers, and from my user workstation, no luck -> same error.
The ESXi hosts are not in lockdown mode or in maintenance mode. I've tried all of about 30 different IP addresses and FQDNs for the various ESXi 5.5 hosts.
The hosts do have new ECA-signed ssl certificates, and i thought this might be an issue, but the virtual ESXi server i deployed didn't work either, and that had the default VMware certs.
I've tried reinstalling the Client Integration 6.0 plugin, restarting workstation/utility servers.
I've tried Firefox and IE 11 but nothing appears to work.
I've verified that the FQDN or IP and username/password works when connecting via the vSphere Client so I know I'm not fat-fingering it into the setup wizard.
What gives? What am I missing? Has anyone experienced this problem? Is there a way to collect logs for this? I tried looking for them but also couldn't find anything.