CAnnot log into vsphere client/webclient

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Hello after uninstalling obsolete vsphere client 4.5 from Program and Features on vcenter server (Win server 2012 R2) I can no longer log into vsphere. There is general error in client. There is still vSphere Client 6.0.0.7597 installed on the system. ESXi version: 6.0.0 Update 3 (Build 7967664)

In vsphere_client_virgo.log I can see those errors:

[2020-09-17T13:18:25.807+02:00] [ERROR] ing.timer.TimerFactoryBean#0 com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.healthstatus.InventoryServiceHealth Search failed for Health Status Endpointjava.lang.IllegalArgumentException: SAML token is required for signing.

[2020-09-17T13:18:25.807+02:00] [WARN ] ing.timer.TimerFactoryBean#0 com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.healthstatus.InventoryServiceHealth Could not find Health Status EndPoint for Inventory Service

[2020-09-17T13:19:25.224+02:00] [INFO ] ing.timer.TimerFactoryBean#0 com.vmware.vise.vim.security.sso.impl.SsoUtilInternal Preparing the STS configuration for https://FQDN/sts/STSService/vsphere.local

[2020-09-17T13:19:25.245+02:00] [INFO ] ing.timer.TimerFactoryBean#0 com.vmware.vise.vim.security.sso.impl.SsoUtilInternal Requesting all STS trusted root certificates from https://CHEFAS-VCE-01.schaltag.ch/sso-adminserver/sdk/vsphere.local

[2020-09-17T13:19:26.028+02:00] [INFO ] ing.timer.TimerFactoryBean#0 com.vmware.vise.vim.security.sso.impl.SsoUtilInternal Acquiring a SAML token by certificate from https://FQDN/sts/STSService/vsphere.local

[2020-09-17T13:19:26.443+02:00] [ERROR] ing.timer.TimerFactoryBean#0 com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SoapBindingImpl SOAP fault javax.xml.ws.soap.SOAPFaultException: Invalid credentials

at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.fault.SOAP11Fault.getProtocolException(SOAP11Fault.java:178)

at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.fault.SOAPFaultBuilder.createException(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:117)

at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.dispatch.DispatchImpl.doInvoke(DispatchImpl.java:184)

at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.dispatch.DispatchImpl.invoke(DispatchImpl.java:203)

at com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SoapBindingImpl.sendMessage(SoapBindingImpl.java:130)

at com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SoapBindingImpl.sendMessage(SoapBindingImpl.java:81)

at com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SecurityTokenServiceImpl$RequestResponseProcessor.sendRequest(SecurityTokenServiceImpl.java:769)

at com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SecurityTokenServiceImpl$RequestResponseProcessor.executeRoundtrip(SecurityTokenServiceImpl.java:699)

at com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SecurityTokenServiceImpl.acquireTokenByCertificate(SecurityTokenServiceImpl.java:460)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.security.sso.impl.SsoUtilInternal.acquireTokenByCertificate(SsoUtilInternal.java:509)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.security.sso.impl.NgcSolutionUser.login(NgcSolutionUser.java:146)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.security.sso.impl.NgcSolutionUser.getLoggedInToken(NgcSolutionUser.java:87)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.impl.DefaultLoginCallback.login(DefaultLoginCallback.java:30)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.impl.ComponentManagerServiceImpl$1.call(ComponentManagerServiceImpl.java:249)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.impl.ComponentManagerServiceImpl$1.call(ComponentManagerServiceImpl.java:246)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.impl.ComponentManagerServiceImpl.getCMInfo(ComponentManagerServiceImpl.java:230)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.impl.ComponentManagerServiceImpl.getServiceManager(ComponentManagerServiceImpl.java:197)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.impl.ComponentManagerServiceImpl.search(ComponentManagerServiceImpl.java:147)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.healthstatus.InventoryServiceHealth.getServiceInfo(InventoryServiceHealth.java:151)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.healthstatus.InventoryServiceHealth.getISHealthEndPoint(InventoryServiceHealth.java:221)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.healthstatus.InventoryServiceHealth.getInventoryServiceHealthStatus(InventoryServiceHealth.java:96)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.healthstatus.InventoryServiceHealth.getStatus(InventoryServiceHealth.java:79)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.healthstatus.CompositeClientHealthService.getStatus(CompositeClientHealthService.java:46)

at com.vmware.vise.vim.cm.healthstatus.HealthStatusUpdater.update(HealthStatusUpdater.java:24)

at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor194.invoke(Unknown Source)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)

at org.springframework.util.MethodInvoker.invoke(MethodInvoker.java:273)

at org.springframework.scheduling.support.MethodInvokingRunnable.run(MethodInvokingRunnable.java:65)

at org.springframework.scheduling.timer.DelegatingTimerTask.run(DelegatingTimerTask.java:70)

at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:555)

at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:505)

[2020-09-17T13:19:26.444+02:00] [INFO ] ing.timer.TimerFactoryBean#0 c.v.v.s.c.impl.SecurityTokenServiceImpl$RequestResponseProcessor Provided credentials are not valid.

[2020-09-17T13:19:26.445+02:00] [ERROR] ing.timer.TimerFactoryBean#0 com.vmware.vise.vim.security.sso.impl.NgcSolutionUser Login as solution user failed. com.vmware.vim.sso.client.exception.AuthenticationFailedException: Provided credentials are not valid.

at com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SecurityTokenServiceImpl$RequestResponseProcessor.handleFaultCondition(SecurityTokenServiceImpl.java:837)

at com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SecurityTokenServiceImpl$RequestResponseProcessor.sendRequest(SecurityTokenServiceImpl.java:773)