I have successfully joined ESXi to my domain.
I can successfully login to ESXi with vSphere Client if I spell the username out: domain\user and explicitly supply the password.
I cannot login using the convenient "Use Windows session credentials" check-box. I get the error:
Windows session credentials cannot be used to log into this server. Enter a username and password.
The knowledgebase article: Logging on to an ESX host with Windows session credentials fails does not seem to apply because I double checked both the A record and the PTR record for the server from the client machine and they all resolve correctly.
During an attempt, /var/log/messages only reports:
Jan 31 23:36:30 Hostd: [2011-01-31 23:36:30.862 4028AB90 verbose 'Proxysvc Req03376'] New proxy client SSL(TCP(local=172.25.33.69:4379, peer=172.25.33.240:443))
Jan 31 23:36:40 Hostd: [2011-01-31 23:36:40.690 4028AB90 verbose 'HTTP server'] Sent response for HEAD /client/clients.xml (from /usr/lib/vmware/hostd/docroot)
Jan 31 23:36:48 Hostd: [2011-01-31 23:36:48.453 3FF81B90 verbose 'Proxysvc Req03377'] New proxy client SSL(TCP(local=172.25.33.69:4380, peer=172.25.33.240:443))
Jan 31 23:36:48 Hostd: [2011-01-31 23:36:48.685 3F1D2B90 verbose 'Proxysvc Req03378'] New proxy client SSL(TCP(local=172.25.33.69:4381, peer=172.25.33.240:443))
Jan 31 23:36:51 Hostd: [2011-01-31 23:36:51.712 3F1D2B90 verbose 'Proxysvc Req03379'] New proxy client SSL(TCP(local=172.25.33.69:4382, peer=172.25.33.240:443))
Jan 31 23:36:51 Hostd: [2011-01-31 23:36:51.716 FFEC0B90 verbose 'HTTP server'] Sent response for HEAD /client/clients.xml (from /usr/lib/vmware/hostd/docroot)
I don't really see anything in there that helps me understand. 172.25.33.69 is the client and 172.25.33.240 is the ESXi server.
I know this is just a nicety; but anyone have any thots?
Thanks.