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3.
Select Active Directory Enabled.
4.
Supply the name of the Active Directory domain and the username and password of an
account that has permission to join the virtual appliance to the domain.
5.
Click Save Settings.
This screen notes that any change to the Active Directory coni guration will require a
restart of the virtual appliance, so the next step is to reboot the virtual appliance.
6.
Select the System tab.
7.
Click the Reboot button. When prompted for coni rmation, select Reboot.
The virtual appliance will reboot.
You can monitor the progress of the reboot using the VM console within the vSphere Client.
Once the virtual appliance has rebooted successfully, you can test the Active Directory inte-
gration by logging into the virtual appliance's web-based management interface using Active
Directory credentials. You can use either the domain\username or the username@domain syntax
to log in.
If the login is successful, you're ready to proceed to the next step. If not, you'll need to trou-
bleshoot the Active Directory integration. The vCenter Server virtual appliance supports SSH
logins, so you can log in via SSH and review the logs to see what errors were logged during the
coni guration.
If you're having problems with Active Directory integration, refer to the following list:
Verify that the time on the virtual appliance is synchronized with the time on the Active
Directory domain controllers.
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Ensure that the virtual appliance is able, via DNS, to resolve the domain name and locate
the Active Directory domain controllers. This typically means using the same DNS servers
that Active Directory uses.
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Verify that there is no i rewall between the virtual appliance and the Active Directory
domain controllers or that all necessary trafi c is permitted through any i rewalls that are
present.
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Once you've verii ed that the Active Directory integration is working, you're ready to proceed
with the second step in coni guring the vCenter Server virtual appliance for Active Directory.
Adding Permissions for Active Directory Users or Groups
Although you've successfully coni gured the Active Directory integration for the vCenter
Server virtual appliance, you still can't use any Active Directory credentials to log in using the
vSphere Client. To log in via the vSphere Client, you must i rst grant access to one or more Active
Directory users or groups within the vCenter Server hierarchy.
Perform these steps to grant permissions to an Active Directory user or group in order to log
into the vCenter Server virtual appliance via the vSphere Client:
1.
Launch the vSphere Client, if it is not already running.
2.
Specify the DNS name or IP address of the vCenter Server virtual appliance in the IP
Address/Name i eld.
