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The problem was first noticed when trying to login to SRM via the vSphere C# Client. Connection Error: Lost connection to SRM Server Hostname:Port The Server Hostname could not interpret the client’s request. (The remote server returned an error: (503) Server Unavailable.).

I have a VMware ESXi server which has been up and running for nearly 200 days. The past few days, when I try to connect to it using the VMware vSphere Client, I am unable to connect. After entering my username and password, I see the little spinning wheel and the status line say 'Connecting.' And then 'Loading Inventory.' , and then I receive an error message:The server 'my.host.name' could not interpret the client's request.(The remote server returned an error: (503) Server UnavailableCall 'ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent' for object 'ServiceInstance' on Server 'my.host.name' failed.I am able to SSH in to the VMware ESXi server. All virtual machines seem to be up and running fine, so I want to know beforehand if I need to bring them down for maintenance!!! If methods proposed in your answer would interfere with running VMs please clearly state that so I know to prepare for downtime.

Thanks!How can I resolve this error condition on VMware ESXi?(I'd post the version number but I don't know how to get it without the vSphere console!)EDIT: Roughly a month after I asked this question, the server inexplicably rebooted itself. I don't know if it panicked or what happened. But after it rebooted, this problem was gone. So I can't test / confirm any of the answer unless the problem reappears (which I hope it does not!). We experienced a similar issue as this and it ended up being failed SAN LUNs that were directly attached via Fiber Channel HBAs.

I received this error right after my successful upgrade of vcenter 5.0 to 5.1. I noticed several alerts (under EVENTS (tasks & events)) within vcenter from service accounts that I had setup in the past for various items (kaspersky vsheild and orion syslog svc accounts) that were showing access denied. I added these accounts to the local administrators group on vcenter and my problems went away.Before I discovered this however to provide myself a workaround I would simply restart vmware server service and then I could log in no problem and access vm consoles.

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After 5 minutes or so the consoles would go black and I could no longer access them. If I logged out and tried to go back into vcenter I would get this error:Call 'ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent' for object 'ServiceInstance' on Server 'my.host.name' failed.So the rule is if you can get into vcenter go check the EVENT logs and see if there are any access denied alerts. If there is add these accounts to the local admin group on vCenter. We ran into the same issue.

VMWare Support states that vCenter is out of sync with Single Sign On (SSO). Simple reboots of the SSO server while vCenter server is powered off should resolve the issue:Here’s the sequence:.power down the vCenter server.then reboot the SSO box and wait for all the VMWare services to come back up on this box.power up the vCenter server.restarted vcenter server services in proper sequence (directory, kdc, certificate service, idm, sts, inv service and then vc service.