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You do know that vCenter Server for Windows is End of Life, and going away ?<br />
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Why not install VCSA ?
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You do know that vCenter Server for Windows is End of Life, and going away ?

Why not install VCSA ?

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tried a different computer, e.g. Windows 10 workstation ?
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tried a different computer, e.g. Windows 10 workstation ?

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Let me try that and will get back shortly.
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Let me try that and will get back shortly.

Sys Eng

Bobby Batts

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<p>Could try netstat -a -o to capture the PID of an app using port 443, such as a web server...</p>
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Could try netstat -a -o to capture the PID of an app using port 443, such as a web server...

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Thanks, Andrew for your assistance.
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Trying to install VCenter 6.7 on a Windows 2016 server. &nbsp;I am selecting the New Installation option. Have opened port 443 via the windows firewall Incoming Port configuration (though when I use netstat -a, it does not show as open). &nbsp;My 2016 server is a virtual machine on an 6.7 ESXi &nbsp;VSphere host and I have mapped to a drive on the local machine to access the installer.<br />
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I continue to get the following error: &nbsp;Could not get certificate fingerprint from host, 192.168.0.25: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED.<br />
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Any recommendations on what to try next?
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Trying to install VCenter 6.7 on a Windows 2016 server.  I am selecting the New Installation option. Have opened port 443 via the windows firewall Incoming Port configuration (though when I use netstat -a, it does not show as open).  My 2016 server is a virtual machine on an 6.7 ESXi  VSphere host and I have mapped to a drive on the local machine to access the installer.

I continue to get the following error:  Could not get certificate fingerprint from host, 192.168.0.25: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED.

Any recommendations on what to try next?

VCenter 6.7 New Install on Windows Server 2016 - Could not get certificate fingerprint from host

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