Showing posts with label cannot establish connection to the server. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

VMware Server 2.0 Host Agent Service not starting

Issue 
  • VMware Host Agent Service not starting.
  • VMWare Host Agent service specific error code -1.
  • https://servername:8333/ui/# is not opening on windows explorer/firefox/any browser.
  • VMware server cannot establish a connection to the server at server:8333
Solution
  1. Uninstall VMWare Server.
  2. Go to C:\ProgramData (Hidden Folder).
  3. Delete VMWare Folder.
  4. Install VMware Server.
Note
C:\ProgramData is a Windows 7/Vista/latest Servers equivalent to "C:\Documents and Settings\all users\application data" on XP/Old Servers.

VMWare Host Agent service specific error code -1