Hi,
I need some help with this one. I've installed VMWare ESXi 5.1 onto a Dell Poweredge 1950 (Dell ISO). I've installed a VM with Windows 7 Enterprise (VLV) with all updates applied. When I connect to the vm using vmware-vmrc.exe I get an error:
Unable to connect to the MKS: Pipe: Read failed.
I get the login prompt, when the VM is powered down I can see it is powered up, but after that the error appears. I can see the devices on the VM but cannot perform any actions other then shutdown or suspend the VM (which seem to work).
I've installed the vmware-vmrc.exe from the vmrc-sdk-5.1.0 download, installed for both IE and Firefox/Chrome. The command I use:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\VMware\VMware Remote Console Plug-in\vmware-vmrc.exe" -X -h {IP address} "[datastore1] path/system name.vmx"
I've allso used the -M option but the same error appears, also the -X (full screen) option makes no difference. The console from the vSphere client works fine. I've opened up ports 8222 and 8333 (TCP) on the ESXi host through the /etc/vmware/firewall/service.xml file (activated SSH first) but that has no positive effect either (seems not to be implemented anymore in 5.1?). There is no firewall between my system and the ESXi host. This used to work fine in previous ESXi releases but I haven't seen it working in ESXi 5.1. One suggestion in a post was to clone the VM, but that hasn't worked for me either. Another suggestion was to install VMWare player onto the system I use to connect, but this hasn't improved things in any way I can see. I cannot find any log files for the vmware-vmrx.exe process.
Has anyone have this issue before and have a solution? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!