VMware credential validation failed (-999)

[Twinkle_Sapra]

ESX  Server (ABC) - Linux 2.6,Netbackup - 6.5

Master Server :- Solaris, 7.0.1

Normal Backkup perfectly woking for ESX server (ABC).

ESX server (ABC) is Vmwaer backup host.

Not able to validate credential while adding virtual machine server (ABC).

[Will_Restore]

Not exactly the same but may help...

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH64826&actp=search&viewlocale=en_U...

To resolve this issue, do one or more of the following:

1.  Verify that the master server can correctly resolve the IP address of the proxy server to the expected host name.
2.  Add the proxy server host name to the NetBackup master server Servers list using the host name resolved by (1) above.