vmware probe 7.14 fails to connect ESXi 6.7
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vmware probe 7.14 fails to connect ESXi 6.7

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Article ID: 131029

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Products

DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

Unable to add vmware esxi server (or vCenter) 6.7 as resource to vmware probe.
[Test] button returning error

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Failed to query the host <resource name>. 
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Environment

vmware probe 7.14
java_jre 1.71

Cause

java_jre package is old.
vmware esxi server or vCenter server 6.7 only accepts TLS 1.2.
To fully support TLS 1.2 connection, java_jre package in the vmware probe robot must be at least 1.80

Resolution

Deploy java_jre package 1.80 or newer to vmware probe robot.
Please restart nimsoft serivce to reflect new java_jre package.

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