[Solved] Browsing datastores from VirtualCenter fails: Failed to log into NFC server
Why this error occurs and the symptoms: Downloading a file to local machine with the vCenter clients datastore browser fails with the error: Failed to log into NFC server Connecting vCenter client directly to ESX hosts works without error. ESX host /etc/ vmware /config files contain the lines: authd.soapServer = "TRUE" prefvmx.consolidateDeleteNFSLocks = "TRUE"authd.proxy.vpxa-nfc = "vmware-vpxa:vpxa-nfc" authd.proxy.vpxa-nfcssl = "vmware-vpxa:vpxa-nfcssl" Solution for this issue or error: This issue occurs when a carriage return is missing from /etc/vmware/config. To resolve this issue, go to edit /etc/vmware/config: 1. Make a backup of this file from the path - /etc/vmware/config, by executing the below command: cp /etc/vmware/config /var/tmp/ 2. Edit /etc/vmware/config so that there is a carriage return after the line: prefvmx.consolidateDeleteNFSLocks = "TRUE" so that it reads the below: authd.soapServer = "TRUE"