topic Re: Adding vCenter to Balance in Active IQ Unified Manager Discussions

Adding vCenter to Balance

DRAGON9994 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:55:44 GMT

I'm trying to configure OnCommand Balance for the first time. I am running 4.1.1.0 of Balance. I connected up just fine with storage but am not able to get connected to my vCenter Server. I am using our AD crediantials but it won't connect. It says the username/password is incorrect. I am able to use the same creditials and log in to vSphere just fine.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Mike

Re: Adding vCenter to Balance

dbourque — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:28:59 GMT

Hi Mike,

Make sure that the credential you are using is at the datacenter level in Virtual center (Top of the navigation Tree in Vsphere) other wise it will only be able to monitor the cluster or host it has access to. Try logging into the vcenter/vsphere with the credentials you wish to use in Balance . Then rule out a typo by re- entering the creds into Balance. The credential only needs to be a read-only but if you have another credential to try, sometimes it sheds some light on why its failing. Lastly, make sure it is a supported Vsphere version e.g 4.1, 5.0 etc

Best regards,

Don Bourque

NetApp

Re: Adding vCenter to Balance

DRAGON9994 — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:44:58 GMT

Don,

The credential that i'm using is the admin account to vCenter. On the Add new vCenter Server page:

IP - xxx.xxx.xx.xx

Port - 443

Password - password

Does this look correct? I'm able to open vSphere 5.1 with the userid and password.

I do have an & in my password and i remember having issues with that with Netapp storage. Could that be my problem?

Re: Adding vCenter to Balance

dbourque — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:59:28 GMT

Hi Mike,

Everything you stated appears correct and the "& " should be ok. You may need to open a support case for them to look more indepth at the server logs. See KB articles on How to get the Balance diagnostic logs.

As for the credentials, try to stay within the RFC1123 guidelines which match what is stated for characters in the Installation guide. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc959336.aspx

I provided you a list of characters that I have seen cause problems over the years with various devices and management utilities:

<spaces> in passwords (EVA's fail)

Ctrl Characters such as [TAB]

. (period)

umlaut characters: ä, ö, ü

Underscores ( _ ) I have seen statistics collections w/ HDS storage navigator fail with " _ " in the password

best regards,
Don Bourque