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Veeam | kb1811
Error: Username or password is incorrect when adding vCloud Director
Last update date:
2/6/2024
Affected products:
Veeam Backup & Replication
Affected releases:
ALL
Fixed releases:
No fixed releases provided.
Description:
Challenge
Encountering issue "Error: Username or password is incorrect" when adding vCloud Director.
Solution
Within the VeeamShell.log you will see the following: Error Failed to login to vCloud server: 'https://IP Address:443'. Error One or more errors occurred. Error An error occurred while sending the request. Error Unable to connect to the remote server Error No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it <Public Address>:443 Error Failed to connect to vCloud Director server https://IP Address/. Error Username or password is incorrect. When a job fails with the above error you will need to perform the following steps to resolve this issue: Verify that the correct password is being utilized. Ports, Permissions, or DNS can cause this failure: Ensure connectivity between Veeam server and vCloud Director address. Confirm DNS is correctly configured - FQDN in Public URL must be resolvable from Veeam server Verify ports between Veeam server and vCloud Director are open Validate that the credentials being leveraged have the correct permissions Additional Information The VeeamShell.log may be as follows: Error Failed to login to vCloud server: 'https://IP Address:443'. Error The given header was not found. Error Failed to connect to vCloud Director server https://IP Address/. Error Username or password is incorrect. It is possible that your public address for the vCloud Directory is incorrectly configured, you can verify these settings by following the steps within: VMware KB2053817: vCloud Director Endpoint data collection fails with the error: The given header was not found. View ‘Resolution’ for steps to verify Public Addresses.
More Information
If your error message is not represented in the same format as above but still shows ‘Username or password is incorrect’, it is recommended to start with a reboot of the Veeam server and vCloud Director cells.
