To resolve this issue, enter the full lookupservice address for vCenter Server as:
https://[FQDN_vCenter_Server]:7444/lookupservice/sdk
Symptoms:
- Registering VMware vSphere Replication (VR) to vCenter Server fails.
- After upgrade from VR 5.x to 6.x, unable to get VR register or configured.
- You see this error:
Unable to obtain SSL certificate: Bad server response; is a LookupService listening on the given address?
OR
no element found: line 1, column 0
Notes:
- The vCenter Runtime settings has the correct vCenter Server Name.
- There is no DNS issue because ping to long FQDN and the short name is successful.