[2013-02-21 16:31:10,238]ERROR 3393[main] - com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SoapBindingImpl.sendMessage(SoapBindingImpl.java:134) - SOAP fault
javax.xml.ws.soap.SOAPFaultException: Authentication failed
at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.fault.SOAP11Fault.getProtocolException(SOAP11Fault.java:178)
at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.fault.SOAPFaultBuilder.createException(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:111)
at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.dispatch.DispatchImpl.doInvoke(DispatchImpl.java:176)
at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.dispatch.DispatchImpl.invoke(DispatchImpl.java:195)
at com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SoapBindingImpl.sendMessage(SoapBindingImpl.java:131)
at com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SoapBindingImpl.sendMessage(SoapBindingImpl.java:82)
at com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SecurityTokenServiceImpl$RequestResponseProcessor.sendRequest(SecurityTokenServiceImpl.java:674)
at com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SecurityTokenServiceImpl$RequestResponseProcessor.executeRoundtrip(SecurityTokenServiceImpl.java:608)
at com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SecurityTokenServiceImpl.acquireToken(SecurityTokenServiceImpl.java:118)
at com.vmware.vim.installer.ssoinstaller.Certificates.acquireToken(Unknown Source)
at com.vmware.vim.installer.ssoinstaller.SSODeployment.init(Unknown Source)
at com.vmware.vim.installer.ssoinstaller.SSODeployment.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.vmware.vim.installer.ssoinstaller.SSOServer.main(Unknown Source)
[2013-02-21 16:31:10,243] INFO 3398[main] - com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SecurityTokenServiceImpl$RequestResponseProcessor.handleFaultCondition(SecurityTokenServiceImpl.java:739) - Provided credentials are not valid.
[2013-02-21 16:31:10,245]ERROR 3400[main] - com.vmware.vim.installer.core.logging.CoreLoggerImpl.error(?:?) - Token Reject Exceptioncom.vmware.vim.sso.client.exception.AuthenticationFailedException: Provided credentials are not valid.
[2013-02-21 16:32:10,730] INFO 0[main] - com.vmware.vim.installer.core.logging.CoreLoggerImpl.info(?:?) - Primary Node Information hostName:192.168.0.135 port: 7444 User:admin
Does the SSO password contain any special characters? But then, even if it did, the primary side log in should fail as well.
Another error is this
[2013-02-22 10:52:01,605]ERROR 3421[main] - com.vmware.vim.installer.core.logging.CoreLoggerImpl.error(?:?) - Could not validate the certificate, Exceptioncom.vmware.vim.sso.admin.exception.CertificateValidationException: com.vmware.vim.vmomi.core.exception.CertificateValidationException: Server certificate assertion not verified and thumbprint not matched
Are custom certs being used?
http://derek858.blogspot.com/2012/09/vmware-vcenter-51-installation-part-3.html