I got a couple of times this error: trying to login to vcenter using the vsphere client with the option “Use Windows session credentials” an error of incorrect user/password is returned even if the credentials are correct.
In many blogs (http://vinfrastructure.it/it/2014/01/problemi-nellautenticazione-in-vsphere-con-credenziali-di-dominio/) and vmware kb (http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2035510) they say that the error is resolved by recreating the active directory identity source but in none of my cases I was able to solve in this way.
The solution, in my case, was to simply create a PTR record in the reverse zone for vcenter ip resolution!
Try closing all vsphere C+ client windows, locking / unlocking your windows session and try again.
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In my case, the “Use Windows session credentials” checkbox was not allowing me to login, but leaving that checkbox unchecked and then entering my AD credentials manually was working fine.
I had the proper records in both my Forward and Reverse Lookup Zones and was still having issues. So the PTR record wasn’t going to be the fix for me.
I left the domain, re-joined it, rebooted the server, still couldn’t login with that checkbox.
My issue was much simpler. I was missing the domain name in the Host Identification section of DNS and Routing Configuration. Ironically, the ESXi server won’t let you configure this if you are currently joined to a domain. So I had to Leave Domain again, configure the domain name in Host Identification, and then re-join the domain. After that, I was able to login using either the checkbox or with manual credentials without any issues.
vSphere Client > Configuration tab > Software > DNS and Routing > Properties > DNS Configuration tab > Host Identification > Domain
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