Sorry, I'm new at this and I'm having a problem installing vCenter 5.1a on Windows Server 2008 R2 using the simple install. After completing the install without any errors, I start up the vSphere Web Client, log in and it comes up with no vCenter servers and a message that says "To get started install either a vCenter Server system or obtain access permission to an existing vCenter Server system." I'm on my 4th time though and it's consistant in result, so I figure I should ask.
If it matters, the Windows Server is not a member of Active Directory, the DNS works forward and reverse, I tried both the IP address and the fqdn.
I'm not sure where to being troubleshooting this. This is my first vCenter installation. I've checked all of the services and they are running.
I have looked at some log files and it seems pretty clear that something is trying to talk to something and is being refused, but I have no idea why.
Anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks
This is the eam.log
This is the vws.log
[2012-11-05 16:49:47,565 VwsInit INFO com.vmware.vim.vws.VwsContextListener] Started VWS.
[2012-11-05 16:49:49,031 Thread-24 ERROR com.vmware.vim.vimclient.VimClientFactory] Creating VC client failed, retrying
com.vmware.vim.vmomi.client.exception.ConnectionException: org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connection to http://localhost:80 refused
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caused by: org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connection to http://localhost:80 refused
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Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
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[2012-11-05 16:50:15,255 Thread-25 ERROR com.vmware.vim.cimmonitor.qs.provider.impl.QsHelperImpl] Vim configuration exception occurred while creating a provider client
com.vmware.vim.vimclient.exception.VimConfigException: VC client creation failed, retries in progress
at com.vmware.vim.vimclient.VimClientFactory.getVmomiClient(VimClientFactory.java:124)
at com.vmware.vim.cimmonitor.qs.provider.impl.QsHelperImpl.createProviderClient(QsHelperImpl.java:428)
at com.vmware.vim.cimmonitor.qs.provider.impl.QsHelperImpl.access$000(QsHelperImpl.java:63)
at com.vmware.vim.cimmonitor.qs.provider.impl.QsHelperImpl$1.run(QsHelperImpl.java:296)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)