Cannot add avCenter Server to Chargeback Manager, failure to authenticate against vCenterServer database
Symptoms
The database for the vCenter Server being added is SQL Server.
After entering the appropriate connection information and credentials for a vCenter Server and it's database, an error is generated stating that authentication could not be completed against the vCenter Server database.
Windows Authentication is being used for the database authentication mechanism. If SQL Server authentication is used, the vCenter Server is successfully added.
Errors similar to the following may appear in the SQL Server logs on the vCenter Server SQL Server system:
Login failed. The login is from an untrusted domain andcannot be used with Windows authentication.
SSPI handshake failed with error code 0x80090302, state 14while establishing a connection with integrated security; the connection hasbeen closed.
Resolution
The database connection must use NTLMv2 as the authenticationprotocol. To correct this issue, add the following to the entry in the DatabaseName field:
;useNTLMv2=TRUE