This error occurs due to any of the following:

• The role of the vCloud Organization user does not have the required Administrator View right.
• There is a misconfiguration in adding the vCloud account using the DSM console.
• There is a misconfiguration in the VCD public REST API base URL setting.

To resolve the issue:

1. On the vCloud Director console, verify if the account has the Administrator View right.
   1. Log in to the Administrator View console.
   2. Go to Administration > Roles.
   3. Select the role of the account.
   4. Click Properties. The Administrator View check box should be ticked.

   

2. Check the credential format in adding vCloud account. The correct format is <username>@<organization>.
   1. Log in to the Organization View console using the credential for administrating vCloud Director.
   2. Go to Administration > Members > Users.
   3. Right-click the user and click Properties.

   

   The credential format for the sample account above should be sbtest1@testorg.

3. Correct the value of VCD public REST API base URL because this setting controls the entry point of REST API access to vCloud.
   1. On the vCloud Director console, go to System.
   2. Navigate to Administration > System Settings.
   3. Select the public addresses.
   4. Check if the REST API protocol is “https”, because the vCloud REST API uses the secure channel via port 443.
   5. Remove "/api" from the URL.
4. Add the vCloud account via DSM.