I can not launch console and get the following message...

"Severity: CRITICAL
Error Code: 1060
Time (Appliance server time): 2011-06-07T15:23:57.716+02:00
Details: The contact failed either because the Virtual Management Console server is down or it cannot be reached from the virtual appliance. Use the fully qualified domain name or the IP address when connecting to the Virtual Management Console server.

I can ping the esxi 4.1 server from the management server.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Yann"

Hi Yann,

from the desktop that you are running your VC client, you need to be able to access vCenter and the virtual appliance using the same hostname/ip address that you registerd the appliance with vcenter.

The issue you are describing occurs when there's a mismatch between IP address & DNS settings.

If you are using an HTTP proxy server, make sure your IE browser settings are set to exclude the ip address of both your vcenter and the plug-in virtual appliance.

I hope this helps.

Eric Kuzmack

I am launching the VC from the Vcenter machine.
both vcenter and dell mc appliance are registered in the dns server, which is hosted in the vcenter machine as well.

I got it... using ip address through VC client instead of name.

thanks