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  • 1.  Unable to access Esxi server with browser or vsphere client

    Posted Apr 23, 2015 04:14 PM

    I have setup an Esxi 6.0 server at our datacenter.  I was able to connect it through a browser and vsphere and make changes to it while on site.  However I am unable to access it from either web browser or vsphere from my office using the same laptop I used to connect to the esxi server at the datacenter.  I unable to ping the server from my location as well.  I have a site to site vpn connection setup between my office network and our network at the datacenter.  I can access all other devices/system on the datacenter network except the esxi server.



  • 2.  RE: Unable to access Esxi server with browser or vsphere client

    Posted Apr 23, 2015 04:16 PM

    Welcome to the Community - I am betting there is something in  the firewall managing the VPN tunnel that is blocking ESXi address or  the ports necessary for communication.



  • 3.  RE: Unable to access Esxi server with browser or vsphere client

    Posted Apr 23, 2015 04:23 PM

    Have you tested all required ports and confirmed they are all open?  This sounds like a port/network/routing issue.

    Is ping disabled at your firewall or VPN setup?  Can you ping other devices in your datacenter?  If so, then ping must be enabled and you likely have a routing issue from your location to the vCenter.



  • 4.  RE: Unable to access Esxi server with browser or vsphere client

    Posted Apr 23, 2015 04:29 PM

    Ping has been enabled and I can ping other devices that are connected to the same switch the esxi is on.  What I find weird is I can access the console of one of the virtual machines that I have setup on the esxi from my office.  There shouldn't be any firewall blocking access as I have setup vpn to allow all protocols and services through either side.



  • 5.  RE: Unable to access Esxi server with browser or vsphere client

    Posted Apr 23, 2015 04:32 PM

    Are the VM and ESXi host on the same Subenet? The VM you connect to can u open a browser tand connect to the ESXi host?



  • 6.  RE: Unable to access Esxi server with browser or vsphere client

    Posted Apr 23, 2015 04:38 PM

    Yes both esxi and vm are on the same subnet.  I can't connect to the esxi with a browser from our office. As for the vm I can't open a browser within the vm itself as it's not a windows or Linux OS, the vm is a  Junos Space platform.



  • 7.  RE: Unable to access Esxi server with browser or vsphere client

    Posted Apr 23, 2015 05:16 PM

    I am able to ping the esxi from the vm shell.



  • 8.  RE: Unable to access Esxi server with browser or vsphere client

    Posted Apr 23, 2015 05:25 PM

    Make sure ll of these ports are open - http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2051575 - I believe  they are the same for vSphere 6



  • 9.  RE: Unable to access Esxi server with browser or vsphere client

    Posted Apr 24, 2015 06:54 PM

    I have an esxi server setup in the office, I have no problem accessing it from the datacenter. The only difference is the server in my office is running exsi 5.5 not 6.0 like the one in the datacenter. So I can confirm this is definitely not a port issue.