Hi, I am testing a lab (Windows) in which I do push installation of an antivirus which requires communication between server and remote machines.
As part of the pre-requisites a ping from server to remote machines is nessesary but I cant seem to ping VCenter Server.
I have no problems logging in VCenter with an administrator account in the domain, everything is working fine, but I dont know why I cant ping VCenter from any other machine (including Domain Controller) however I can do it from VCenter to any other machine.
DC1.something.com (domain controller)
VCenter.something.com (VCenter server which has been installed with simple install v5.1 Update 1)
DataBase1.something.com (server in which I run the antivirus remote administration server) - I cannot ping VCenter from here.
I have read other forums in which enabling file sharing resolve this issue, and it DOES, but what I want to know is:
Why Vcenter after installation blocks these ports? Am I going to be ok if I enable File Sharing? Which is the secure way to acomplish this?.
Thanks in advance.
