Was stumped by a recent escalation. vSphere throws invalid credentials when logging in with a user who is part of another active directory forest.
Some background info:
Both the forests are in a two way transitive trust vCenter was joined with integrated windows authentication to a primary domain in one of the forests' This is supported as per this VMware KB No DNS related issues. Forward/Reverse lookup works fine. Logs just reported the error Native platform error [code: 851968]...
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Symptoms: vSphere vCenter Server is being installed on Windows 2008 x64
The following error occurs during installation:
Setup located a vCenter Server database but not the companion SSL certificates.
The SSL certificates should be located in the folder: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL\
Restore the SSL folder from the previous
Resolution:
If you have access to the previous VC 2.5 server, copy all the files located under:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware Virtual Center\SSL\...