RSSVM Server 2 and Vista Ultimate 64
Mar 10
Internet, Networks VM Ware Server 2, Vsta 64 7 Comments
I have just been trying to get VM Server 2 installed on my new Vista Ultimate 64 installation, and found I just couldn’t logon using either my own Vista username and password or the administrator one, lots of googling revealed all sorts of people having the same problem.
The error message you get when trying to logon is:
The VMware Infrastructure Web Service at “http://localhost:8222/sdk” is not responding (Connection Refused)
This happened regardless of how I was trying to access it i.e. https or http and by hostname or IP.
Turns out that in my Vista Ultimate 64 installation the host file entry for localhost has been reduced to the IPV6 lookup only:
::1 localhost
Adding back the usual:
127.0.0.1 localhost
Fixed the problem! It is always the little things!!!
Mar 11, 2009 @ 00:06:17
Thanks, this helped! I tried to fix this problem the second day now! Thanks much. Greetings from Cologne, Germany
Mar 15, 2009 @ 23:38:27
Thanks a ton for the fix. Tested and works perfectly well.
It has been a life saver.
Mar 24, 2009 @ 16:28:28
How did you set the host file entry back right, i think an windows update screwed it up as it hasnt worked since, and i only updated last night.
Mar 24, 2009 @ 18:41:53
NeverMind found it, its the hosts file that is found in system32/drivers/etc
May 01, 2009 @ 12:48:22
Hey, just when i was about to chuck VISTA out i found this post …… THANK YOU
Cheers
Nov 09, 2009 @ 14:29:02
there was the same error message for me, but the problem was caused by the “VMware Host Agent” couldn’t start at startup. I started that manually, and presto!