When running VMware server on an OS with IPv6 enabled, you might get the following error after logging in to the server web UI:

The VMware Infrastructure Web Service at "http://localhost:8222/sdk" is not responding (Connection Refused).

The service may not be responding because hostd is too busy or because it is not running. Try again in a few moments or restart hostd.
Until communication with the VI Web Service is restored, VI Web Access will not be able to manage any hosts.
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ConnectException : Operation failed.

While the error details are not very explicit, the reason for the error is very simple: the IPv6 lookup for “localhost” is not supported by the server.
To fix this you have to edit the hosts file and add an IPv4 host entry for “localhost”.

The hosts file is in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc
Open the file with Notepad and add the following line:

127.0.0.1       localhost

Your hosts file should look somewhat like this.

# Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.

#

# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.

#

# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each

# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should

# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.

# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one

# space.

#

# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual

# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.

#

# For example:

#

#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server

#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

::1             localhost

127.0.0.1       localhost

After this, just reboot to make sure that all the services are aware of the change. You shouldn’t get that error anymore (unless there is another problem with the service).

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Grace 2009-07-03 13:29:02 Excellent! Thanks so much. You saved me. Reply | Quote 3   0

Excellent! Michael Brassway 2009-03-25 21:57:50 I was looking for a solution to this for ages. No wonder it failed... Thank you very much! Reply | Quote 6   0

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