I am trying to use a desktop shortcut for vmware-vmrc.exe to open the remote console of a ESXi 5.1 vm. When I attempt to open the shortcut I receive the following error. "Unable to connect to the MKS: Internal error." see screenshot below
If I disable host SSL in the vSphere Client for the host, I can connect via the desktop shortcut, but then I can not use the remote console from within the vSphere 5.1 client because I receive an error stating SSL is required. How do I get remote console to work from a desktop shortcut and from within vSphere client on ESXi 5.1?
To disable host SSL, I have been doing this:
Log in to ESX/ESXi Server via vSphere Client
Click on Configuration tab and go to Advanced settings...
Goto config/defaults/security/host then uncheck ssl
The syntax I have in my desktop short on a Win7 64bit machine is:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\4.1\vmware-vmrc.exe" -h 192.168.1.232 -u "root" -p "password"
"[datastore1] XP Pro 64 bit/XP Pro 64 bit.vmx"
Note: This same shortcut works fine if connecting to a ESXi 5.0 host without disabling SSL on the host. So it would appear something has change in ESXi 5.1 that prevents desktop shortcuts using the vmware-vmrc.exe from working.
