Opening a console to a virtual machine in the VMware vSphere Web Client fails with the error: Failed to match the SSL thumbprint for "vCenterFQDN". Make sure that all security patches have been installed on the server and then retry the connection.
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Opening a console to a virtual machine in the VMware vSphere Web Client fails with the error: Failed to match the SSL thumbprint for "vCenterFQDN". Make sure that all security patches have been installed on the server and then retry the connection.

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Article ID: 336160

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Products

VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
  • You cannot open the console to a virtual machine using there VMware vSphere Web Client
  • Opening the console to a virtual machine using the VMware vSphere Web Client fails with the error:

    Failed to match the SSL thumbprint for "vCenterServer_FQDN". Make sure that all security patches have been installed on the server and then retry the connection.

  • The VMware Client Integration Plug-in is installed


Environment

VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x

Cause

This issue occurs when the vimServiceVersions.xml file is corrupt or missing.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, verify that the C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\docRoot\sdk\vimServiceVersions.xml file exists and the contents are valid.

To verify that the C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\docRoot\sdk\vimServiceVersions.xml file exists and the contents are valid:
  1. Log in as an administrative user to the machine running VMware vCenter Server.
  2. Navigate to C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\docRoot\sdk.
  3. Verify that the vimServiceVersions.xml file exists.
  4. If the vimServiceVersions.xml file does not exist, copy the file from another VMware vCenter Server running the same build.
  5. If you do not have another VMware vCenter Server, use a text editor to create a new vimServiceVersions.xml file in C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\docRoot\sdk with the contents:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

    <namespaces version="1.0">
    <namespace>
    <name>urn:vim25</name>
    <version>5.5</version>
    <priorVersions>
    <version>5.1</version>
    <version>5.0</version>
    <version>4.1</version>
    <version>4.0</version>
    <version>2.5u2</version>
    <version>2.5</version>
    </priorVersions>
    </namespace>
    <namespace>
    <name>urn:vim2</name>
    <version>2.0</version>
    </namespace>
    </namespaces>

  6. If you continue to experience issues, reinstall VMware vCenter Server. For more information, see Reinstalling VMware vCenter Server 5.x and 4.x (2003493).


Additional Information

How to reinstall vCenter Server 5.x and 4.x
在 VMware vSphere Web Client 中打开虚拟机控制台失败并显示错误: 无法匹配“vCenterFQDN”的 SSL 指纹。 确保在服务器上安装了所有安全修补程序,然后重新尝试连接。
VMware vSphere Web Client で仮想マシンへのコンソールを開こうとすると、次のエラーで失敗する: "vCenterFQDN" の SSL サムプリントの照合に失敗しました。 サーバ上にすべてのセキュリティ パッチがインストールされていることを確認してから、接続を再試行してください。