Connection refused: connect exception when retrieving service content for vcenter installed with non-default values

Hello

In a vCenter installed using non-default values (custom install path, custom ports), I am unable to retrieve the service content reference.

On executing the _vimPort.retrieveServiceContent below:

ManagedObjectReference serviceInstance = new ManagedObjectReference();

serviceInstance.setType("ServiceInstance");

serviceInstance.setValue("ServiceInstance");

serviceContent = _vimPort.retrieveServiceContent(serviceInstance);

I see the following exception:

java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect.

my service url is: https://<ipaddress>/sdk/vimService

Following is the stack trace:

error: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect.

com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.ClientTransportException: HTTP transport error: java.net.ConnectExcept

ion: Connection refused: connect

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.transport.http.client.HttpClientTransport.getOutput(HttpClientTran

sport.java:129)

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.transport.http.client.HttpTransportPipe.process(HttpTransportPipe.

java:206)

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.transport.http.client.HttpTransportPipe.processRequest(HttpTranspo

rtPipe.java:134)

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.transport.DeferredTransportPipe.processRequest(DeferredTransportPi

pe.java:135)

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.pipe.Fiber.__doRun(Fiber.java:638)

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.pipe.Fiber._doRun(Fiber.java:597)

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.pipe.Fiber.doRun(Fiber.java:582)

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.pipe.Fiber.runSync(Fiber.java:479)

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.Stub.process(Stub.java:320)

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.sei.SEIStub.doProcess(SEIStub.java:158)

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.sei.SyncMethodHandler.invoke(SyncMethodHandler.java:110)

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.sei.SyncMethodHandler.invoke(SyncMethodHandler.java:90)

        at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.sei.SEIStub.invoke(SEIStub.java:141)

        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.retrieveServiceContent(Unknown Source)

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Elizabeth