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VCenter B is a 6.7 Vcenter which manages all of the rest of our virtual environment. So, I am able to log into the Vcenter and manage hosts and VMs. The previous admin left no documentation as far as root passwords for the hosts. These 2 hosts have production VMs running on them. You can now set permissions and authenticate against active directory with vCenter Server 5.5 though SSO.Vcenter A is a 5.5 Vcenter with 2 5.5 hosts. This is okay, as you can only have one default domain.

You should get an warning telling you that "This will alter your current default domain.

Select you Active Directory and click the " world with arrow" button to make AD to your default domain.

The functionality is very similar to vSphere 4.x and vSphere 5.0 When you are using the Integrated Windows Authentication, trusted domains are also available.

Back at Identity Sources your AD should appear in the list and from now on you are able to assign vCenter permissions to users and groups from your active directory.

(If there is no Single Sign-On configuration you are probably not logged in as Click the green + sign to add an identity sourceĪctive Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication).

Navigate to Administration > Single Sign-On > Configuration.

This works for both, the vCenter Server 5.5 installed on Windows Server and the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). The method shown in this post allows you to manage users and groups in your central directory. If you are using vSphere 5.1, read this post. This post shows how to enable Active Directory Authentication within the new vSphere 5.5 Single-Sign-On. There is also a new identity type (Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication)) that works without specifying the AD Controllers directly, like the old vSphere 4.x / 5.0 authentication. The whole process is much easier. The biggest change is that the RSA database has been removed, which eliminates much of its complexity.

With the recently released VMware vSphere 5.5, the component Single-Sign-On (SSO) has been completely rewritten.