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• Permissions in vCenter AD during the upgrade with SSO

  I have an existing vCenter 4.1 with many existing permissions based on AD users and groups, which is member of a domain that trusts the domain where users and groups reside. As a result, SSO Setup does not add the trusted domain as a Source of identity during installation, only the domain of the server vCenter himself. Nobody knows what will happen to the existing permissions in vCenter during an upgrade? If not, is it possible to connect SSO before vCenter is updated and add the AD domain approved as a source of identity?

  Thank you

  John

  What I've been through, if users/groups defined in 4.1 installation are not in the defined identity sources, they will be deleted (the installation program creates a file deleted_vc_users with a list of these users that you can then view them later) from the database.

  After installing SSO, install the Web Client and use it to manually add your domain (s) and then go back and install the other components.

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/documentLinkInt.do?micrositeID=&popup=true&LanguageID=&externalID=2034374

• Reports on permissions in vCenter

  I am looking for a report that was to do the following:

  • the list of all the roles in vCenter
  • the list of all the permissions that each role has
  • list all users and groups that are assigned to each role
  so I would like to format the output of this report so that I can easily import them into Microsoft Word is a table
  ideas?

  A CSV file is a flat without formatting file AFAIK.

  You can watch the Xlsx export function in my post Export-Xlsx, the suite and ordered data .

  For export have a look on Re: need a script powercli to export the roles and permissions of multiple vCenter

  
  

• SQL Server Permissions to vCenter

  Hello

  I plan on installing vCenter using a database of SQL Server 2008 (dedicated server). I intend to use Windows authentication. I have created an AD account named vcenterdb and had my DBA assign db_owner and MSDB permissions. From what I understand it is required for installation only. My question is once I have installed vcenter, what this vcenterdb must have on the sql server database account permissions?

  Thank you

  Mike

  Yes, you can remove the owner dbo MSDB permissions... It is only necessary to create the rollup jobs.  However, you always have dbo on the VCDB

• View the account service - permissions in vCenter

  The security guy asked me to check if the service account for view can have anything least Administrator permissions at the root of the hierarchy of vCenter.

  Has anyone tried reducing the rights of the service successfully account?

  We will be dedicated hosts (in a dedicated cluster) for VDI so it's just a case of:

  1 give the account admin permissions at the folder level inventory (models and virtual computers view) where the VMs will go

  2 give the administrative account permissions to the VDI cluster level

  ?

  We do not use composer, which simplifies things a bit.

  I'm going to give it a try today, I'd be interested if someone else has done something similar.

  Thank you

  Chris

  This link contains the permissons necessary to constitute your own role.  You can try to add/remove and see how minimnal you can do before things break.

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• Handle Permissions in vCenter with vCO Workflow

  Hello

  I'm changing the permissions of users and roles in vCenter with workflows.

  For example, I want to copy permissions from one folder to another. I found the correct object and method: VcAuthorizationManager.setEntityPermissions ().

  The problem is that I can't find a way to access the Manager. AuthorisationManager is access through the content property of the ServiceContent object and this object is returned by the method "RetrieveServiceInstance" according to the documentation: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk400pubs/ReferenceGuide/vim.ServiceInstanceContent.html#field_detail ".

  How to call this process? The documentation makes no sense to me because there is no object ServiceInstance in vCO and the ServiceContent object has none of these methods.

  I have an example on how to use these objects.

  Thank you

  Irene

  Hi Irene

  You can use the SdkConnection.authorizationManager (that represents the permissions for you handler vCenter)

  SdkConnection represents a connection to a specific Server vCenter server. You can get all SdkConnection for vCenter servers registered using VcPlugin.allSdkConnections. (VcPlugin is an object that contains a script with static methods)

  Hope this helps.

• Document detailing the permissions in vCenter

  Anyone know of a document that details the permissions granted for each category when you edit a role, for example, if I give you that one Virtual Machine - & gt; Configuration - & gt; Advanced.   What are the settings they now have access?

  Or what follows the following PDF, annex:

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_admin_guide.PDF

  Duncan

  VMware communities user moderator | VCP | VCDX

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• Create permissions to the level of vCenter using PowerCLI

  PowerCLI command:

  New-VIPermission-role "RoleABC" - main "Domain\Security Group" -entity vCenter

  It is not possible to create permissions in vCenter level using PowerCLI?

  If I want to add permissions for a particular port group, which VIObject should I use for - entity?

  Thank you

  Try it like this

  New-VIPermission-role "RoleABC" - main "Domain\Security Group" -entity (data centers from Get-file)

  
  

• vs vCenter host permissions

  We run 5.0 ESXi and vCenter and I noticed a problem the other day when one of my colleagues tried to connect to one of our hosts directly using the vSphere Client.  We have some ad groups that we have assigned various permissions in vCenter and all works fine when connected to vCenter through the client, but none of the roles or permissions show up if we try and connect directly to the host.  It's design or something do not propagate properly?

  This is normal. The permissions are stored in the database of the vCenter server and applied to the objects in the inventory. vCenter Server connects to the host by using the 'vpxuser' to perform tasks, but only allows each user to vCenter server tasks that he is allowed to.

  André

• VCenter: User in several groups with different permissions, smaller approvals

  Hello

  We finally hit the use of our VCenter setup where we need to begin to use permissions group instead of the individual user's permissions.  I have set up several groups (QA, automation, App, VCenter users and administrators) for our users.  However - I ran into a problem where a user must be in QA Automation and administrators, and I put the appropriate permissions on a pool of resources (QA - unalterable, automation and administrators full control).

  When you connect as long as user is as VCenter uses by default the * least * permissions for the object being verified and the user has only read-only for the resource pool (and spread points).  Is this expected authorizations and vcenter behavior?  I guess the user must get the permissions for all the groups, they are in.

  Thank you

  Ben

  If you set permissions in vCenter level, then Yes, you need to uncheck spread it to child objects.  What you can do then is add permissions on each individual resource pool.

  Is the ultimate goal only allow these members to have access to resource pools, any VI?

• vCenter Support Assistant authorizations

  Should the permissions SSO gives vCenter Assistant to support or be assigned permissions in vCenter by own vsphere.local domain of SSO should SSO assign through advertising identity source using a service account active directory?

  Hello

  SA requires admin access to SSO so that it can implement all the permissions in vCenter (which the SSO administrator is a Director of vCenter normally), then it creates a user of vSA and uses within the SS and vCenter with appropriate permissions. It will not use the AD and probably should not use AD for this. I actually use SSO users for all my accounts of such vCenter service used by SA, vCops, Log Insight, etc, but I use AD related to SSO for all user accounts. Keeps the SSO accounts which is used as service accounts for the separate management of the AD, which means that if there are problems with the AD, I can still manage and use the virtualization system. I even create administrator accounts in SSO.

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• Cannot use the credentials of the Windows session by logging into vCenter

  Hello

  We have an Active Directory domain that is based on Server 2008 R2. I have successfully deployed a vCenter Server Appliance and joined the field with it. I also added both direct and reverse search in the DNS records and I can see all users and groups when I manage my permissions in vCenter. Connecting to vCenter using a domain account also works very well if you type the user name and password.

  The problem starts when I try to check the box 'Use Windows logon credentials'. If I click on connect, I get an error of IDM. The exact error in the log file /var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-sts-idmd.log is the following:

  I really need this job, type the user name and password is not an option, unfortunately. You really 'session credentials using Windows '.

  ERROR [IdentityManager] could not authenticate main [sspi] for tenant [vsphere.local]

  I have setup a test environment with a single domain controller and a customer-vcsa. There, it works fine. So it is something in our existing domain. But I can't know exactly what it could be. I tried to disable any air security, firewalls, etc. It seems to me he's trying to auth as some sspi account. To the best of my knowledge this account does not exist, then it must fail. In my test environment wiith default for most of the configurations I see no trace of 'sspi' in the newspapers.

  Any ideas on how to do this diagnosis?

  Thank you!

  I found the culprit.

  It seems vCenter NTLM need to work. Two strategies of local security caused errors occur. When network security: restrict NTLM: NTLM outbound traffic to remote servers and network security: restrict NTLM: NTLM authentication in this area inside local policies > Security Options are both defined to deny everything we see this error.

  I hope this can help someone else. It took some time to solve the problems. :)

• 'Collector (optional) user' and the authorization of minimum on vcenter

  Just trying to install a vcops and I'm a little confused on the required permissions in vcenter.

  First of all, the wizard wonder an OPTIONAL information on the accommodation of vCenter Server (vcenter that hosts the vcops device?).. why the unit wants to know this information?

  Then the wizard requests the information on the vcenter to monitor: 'User registration' and 'collector (optional) user... What are the differences? Who are the minimum permission? I see in the guide of the administrator that the user to gather information could be a read-only root vcenter inventory... but nothing abou the user registration/collector.

  Thank you.

  Record user and collector are different, this extension of reg/unreg necessity of user registration, license priv, etc.. Whereas the collector should read + storage view: views + global: health.

  These roles/perms are described in the notes version and what are the specific private req needed for each role.

  If you do not specify a user of collector, the user record will be used for the collection in addition to recording. Where the "optional".

• VMWare vCenter Server Appliance / 2012R2 Windows domain

  Hi all
  I've recently updated my domaincontrollers to R2 2012 WIndows, and I installed vCenter on a vm through the ovf appliance. After you have configured the vCenter in the web gui, I can join the domain successfully and the virtual center appears in the field. After a restart of the virtualcenter, I'm not able to find the field in the client to vcenter under permissions. (version vCenter: VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.5.0.5101-1398493)

  Someone at - it a tip on how to fix this?

  You must login to webclient using [email protected] and navigate to the SSO configuration. Select your ad that you added and make this default domain. This makes the announcement should appear in the menu drop-down.

• Permissions for SSO

  I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but what I read:

  The SSO administrator account has no rights of vcenter server and cannot administer a server vcenter, unless the permissions granted.

  The vCenter server admin account doesn't have a SSO administration rights

  So, how you mange to put in place so that you can administer an instance of vcenter?  One is one precursor to the other?

  I see a lot of videos on how to install it, but how can I really use this shit?

  Thank you

  From what I have read your post, you assign permissions to a few principals(users/groups) on vcenter server using admin@system-domain , here are the steps to do this:

  1. connect to web client vcenter server admin.

  2 assign permissions to administrator permissions of the user admin@system-domain (SYSTEM-DOMAIN\admin) on the root of the permissions UI vcenter server.

  3. login as that admin@system-domain user and assign permissions to the directions on the desired objects.