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OVMAPI_4010e during server discovery

I bounced into the problem of getting the dreaded OVMAPI_4010e error when I was discovering the Oracle VM server in my network. Metalink (MyOracleSupport for the younger ones) told me that this was typically an issue with the password of the OVM Agent.

One obscure internet blog told me however that this was due to the difference in versions. Now - it beats me how the connection information and credentials are passed differently when a new version arrives, but eventually I placed the same version of the OVM Manager as the OVM Server on my Virualbox image and it works.

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