Connecting to vCenter Server using the vSphere Client fails with the error: The request failed because of a connection failure.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Cannot connect to vCenter Server using the vSphere Client.
• Connecting to vCenter Server using the vSphere Client fails.
• vSphere Client fails to connect to vCenter Server.
• You see the error:
  
  The request failed because of a connection failure. (Unable to connect to the remote server)
   
• The vSphere Client logs (located at C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\VMware\vpx ) contain entries similar to:
  
  VirtualInfrastructure.Exceptions.ConnectionError: The request failed because of a connection failure. (Unable to connect to the remote server)
  System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server
  Server stack trace:
  at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetRequestStream(IAsyncResult asyncResult, TransportContext& context)
  Exception rethrown at [0]:
  ...
  at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetRequestStream(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
  at VirtualInfrastructure.Soap.SoapWebRequest.OnGetRequestStream(IAsyncResult result)
  System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An invalid argument was supplied

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 4.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.1.x
VMware vCenter Server 4.1.x

Cause

This issue occurs if there is a proxy server between the vSphere Client and vCenter Server. The vSphere Client does not support proxy connections to connect to vCenter Server.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, disable the connection to the proxy server.

 

To disable the connection to the proxy server:

1. Click Start > Control Panel.
2. Click Network and Sharing Center or Network and Internet.
3. Click Internet Options in the left pane.
4. Click the Connections tab.
5. Click LAN Settings.
6. Deselect Use a proxy server for your LAN.
7. Click OK.
8. Click OK to close the Internet Properties window.

Additional Information

For more information, see Diagnosing the vSphere/Virtual Infrastructure Client when it fails to connect to vCenter Server/VirtualCenter (1003869).Diagnosing the vSphere/Virtual Infrastructure Client when it fails to connect to vCenter Server/VirtualCenter
vSphere Client を使用して vCenter Server に接続しようとすると、次のエラーで失敗する：接続障害が発生したため、要求に失敗しました。
使用 vSphere Client 连接到 vCenter Server 失败并显示以下错误：由于连接故障，请求失败。