Fresh install of 5.8.4.54 on Win2012R2 server with vSphere 5.5 client installed. Trying to create first backup. At the part where I try to connect to either the vcenter server or an ESXi host (tried both) I get this error "Could not load type 'VMware.Vim.VimClientImpl' from assembly 'VMware.Vim, Version=5.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=10980b081e887e9f'.
I see the following errors in the cbb.log, rmservice.log and console.log:
2018-03-12 10:31:59,801 [Base] [6] WARN - Unknown .net version: 461310
2018-03-12 10:31:59,801 [Base] [6] WARN - Unknown .net version: 461310
The pre-reqs call for .net2 which is there (along with 3.5 & 4.6). Anyone have any thoughts?
The .Net warning is irrelevant to the issue in question and means no threat - apparently, the Framework version you use is newer than the one our software needs; but they are backward compatible so just ignore it.
For the main issue - please send diagnostic logs to our Support Team (from the Tools > Diagnostics menu). Thanks in advance!
Unfortunately, the reason of this issue is still unclear. You can try another PowerCLI build, or try to connect to vSphere/vCenter newer than 5.5, if this is an option for you. I this case, the software will use newer DLLs.