When virt-who is configured against Red Hat Satellite v 5.x, it tries to connect to vCenter server using XMLRPC instead of connecting to Red Hat Satellite server.

Issue

• I am trying to run virt-who on the Satellite server (satellite.example.com) itself. For testing purpose I have started it from the command line:

# virt-who -d --esx --satellite --esx-owner=1 --esx-server=vCenter.example.com --esx-username=root --esx-password='XXXXXXXX' --esx-env=XXX --satellite-server=satellite.example.com --satellite-username='admin' --satellite-password='XXXXXX'

INFO: Using virt-who configuration: virt-who
DEBUG: Starting infinite loop with 3600 seconds interval
INFO: Sending update in hosts-to-guests mapping: {[ ... STRIP .... ]}
DEBUG: Loading systemid for 34393133-3136-435a-3230-333443434439
DEBUG: Loading system id info from /var/lib/virt-who/hypervisor-systemid-34393133-3136-435a-3230-333443434439
ERROR: Unable to refresh HW profile
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-who/manager/satellite/satellite.py", line 80, in _load_hypervisor
    "unknown", "6Server", "x86_64", self.username, self.password, {})
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1199, in __call__
    return self.__send(self.__name, args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1489, in __request
    verbose=self.__verbose
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1243, in request
    headers
ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for vCenter.example.com/XMLRPC: 400 Bad Request>
ERROR: Error in communication with subscription manager, trying to recover:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-who/virtwho.py", line 125, in _send
    self._sendGuests(config, virtualGuests)
  File "/usr/share/virt-who/virtwho.py", line 154, in _sendGuests
    result = manager.hypervisorCheckIn(config, virtualGuests)
  File "/usr/share/virt-who/manager/satellite/satellite.py", line 151, in hypervisorCheckIn
    hypervisor_systemid = self._load_hypervisor(hypervisor_uuid, type=type)
  File "/usr/share/virt-who/manager/satellite/satellite.py", line 84, in _load_hypervisor
    raise SatelliteError("Unable to refresh HW profile: %s" % str(e))
SatelliteError: Unable to refresh HW profile: <ProtocolError for vCenter.example.com/XMLRPC: 400 Bad Reques

Why is it trying to connect to Satellite on vCenter.example.com ??

• Why virt-who is trying to connect to vCenter server on XMLRPC instead of connecting to Satellite server?