Unifi VPN Radius Challenge Fails with Invalid Password

An issue exists between the Ubiquiti Networks Unifi software controller v5.10.19 and a Microsoft Radius or Network Policy Server (NPS) when NTLMv2 responses are forced on all Domain Controllers. When this condition exists, radius calls from the Unifi controller fail with error event that indicates the password is invalid. The security logs on the radius server report the following failure:

Failure Information:
     Failure Reason:     Unknown user name or bad password.
     Status:             0xC000006D
     Sub Status:         0xC000006A     (Account logon with misspelled or bad password)

The issue is limited only to VPN connections. WiFi connections using the same Radius connection profile and user account succeed.

Applying the registry key in Microsoft KB 2811487 to the Radius server resolves the issue.

Set DWORD:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess\Policy\Enable NTLMv2 Compatibility = 1

vCenter Server Fails Upgrade to 6.5.0-U1 with VCSServiceManager Error

I spent a portion of the last two weekends attempting to upgrade my homelab vCenter Server running on Server 2016 from 6.5.0 to 6.5.0-U1 with little success. My implementation is only a month old and non-complex, aside from the external Platform Service Controller servicing the single vCenter Server (so far).

Both the PSC and the VCS returned the same error during installation: “Installation of component VCSServiceManager failed with error code ‘1603’. Check the logs for more details.”

Installation of component VCSServiceManager failed with error code 1603.

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