Symptoms:
- vSphere Replication events in the vCenter client fails
- You see the error:
ERROR
Operation Failed
Cannot establish a TCP connection to server at '10.X.X.X:8123'. Details: 'https://10.X.X.X:8123/ invocation failed with "org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connect to 10.X.X.X:8123 [/10.X.X.X] failed: Connection refused (Connection refused)"'.
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- In the VRM(HMS) server logs, located at /opt/vmware/hms/logs/hms*.log, you see entries similar to:
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<YYYY-MM-DD><time> ERROR hms.net.hbr.ping.svr.52708a4f-e992-0321-91ee-1cbaf1d5ff8f [Ping Thread for server 127.0.0.1:8123] (..net.impl.PersistentConnection) | Ping for server 127.0.0.1:8123 failed: com.vmware.vim.vmomi.client.exception.ConnectionException: org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connection to https://192.168.2.100:8123 refused : org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connection to https://192.168.2.100:8123 refused.
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- In the VR (HBR) server logs, located at /var/log/vmware/hbrsrv*.log, you see entries similar to:
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<YYYY-MM-DD><time> [7FF0C3378700 info 'HostCreds' opID=hs-init-4f74cc43] Ignoring link-local address for host-17: "fe80::20a:f7ff:fe36:c8f0"
:
<YYYY-MM-DD><time> [7FF0C3378700 info 'HostCreds' opID=hs-init-4f74cc43] Ignoring link-local address for host-826: "169.254.95.101"
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Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.