VMware ESXi 4.1 en Active Directory

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• Problems of ESXi 5.5 and Active Directory

  Something has clearly changed in the behavior of default Active Directory for ESXi 5.5

  I can successfully join a freshly installed ISO standalone ESXi 5.5 (1331820) to my domain name by using the vSphere Client. Time is correct on the host computer and the domain controller, so it isn't that. I also see the default group esx ^ admins is automatically configured as an administrator on the host authorization tab (because this group is configured in AD since approximately 2009).

  Unfortunately, connect to ESXi with the vSphere client "use Windows logon credentials" is uneven at best - it seems to have worked once or twice - and logging in the shell or SSH using the windows credentials (we tried [email protected] and mon_domaine\compte) does not work.

  We thought we were crazy, so we went back and installed 5.1 all over again - and it worked fine. We compared the: / etc/hosts and files /etc/krb5.conf on both machines and could not find any differences.

  Does anyone have an idea?

  THX

  Simple solution:

  Reboot the host or execute: /usr/sbin/services.sh restart

  This was not necessary because the directory-based authentication was supported in the GUI, but it is now. After a re-start AD works as it should.

• 6.0 ESXi host Active Directory Group authentication works in the hull but no client

  Got a weird here.

  Add 6.0 host vSphere to Active Directory.

  Added a group of pub with the Administrator role.

  I can authenticate with an AD user account that is a member of this group of ads, using SSH or Shell access.

  I cannot authenticate with an account AD who is a member of this group of ads using the Web UI or Client vSphere linking directly to the host.

  If I add the domain user directly with the role of administrator on the host computer permissions, the Web GUI and vSphere Client will be authenticate using the user of the AD.

  What it looks like access using SSH/Shell, vSphere host can burst of belonging to a group and to authenticate, but using the GUI Web or vSphere Client he can't.  There are not a lot of sense to me.

  The hostd.log file has nothing in it which is very informative, just a line saying "status: success accepted password for the user", followed by the event 131: could not connect the user without permission.

  Hello

  If you are in 6.0 Update 2? Then, this article could describe your problem:

  https://KB.VMware.com/kb/2145400

  Please try the fix and let us know if it helps.

  -Andreas

• Change the password for the Active Directory account that is running VMware VirtualCenter Server

  We have an ESXi5.5 environment and I was instructed to change the password of the Active Directory account is used to run the VMware VirtualCenter Server Service.

  There is a Data Source configured for a separate MS - SQL Server that is configured to use Windows authentication

  I find the Article KB KB VMware: changing the vCenter Server database user ID and password

  On the key: KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc., \VMware VirtualCenter\DB T HE for 2 and 3 values are empty

  It is not quite clear to me if the vpxd.exe Pei command is necessary for our environment (service AD account and Windows authentication) or if it is only if SQL authentication is defined on the Data Source - would anyone have experience with this change and be able to clarify for me?

  Thank you

  Yes you are right,

  but I would suggest to stop the services first before you do the activity, it can take the old password in a few times and lock the conduit to account

  2. once the password is updated, make sure that the login account is updated (is currently running services on the specified user account or local account?)

  If it runs using the specified account, you will need to updated and restart the services.

  3. make sure that the services are running fine and observe for a while, the user account must not get locked.

  Let me know if you have any other questions

• VMware View 5.3.1 and functional level Windows 2012 R2 Active Directory

  Hello

  As I read in https://www.vmware.com/support/view53/doc/horizon-view-531-release-notes.html

  VMware View Horizon does not support the Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain functional level. You can use Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 AD DS with Horizon of VMware View domain functional levels.

  Does this mean I can install VMware View 5.3.1 in an environment with Win 2012 R2 AD set to Win 2003/2008/2008 R2 functional level?

  It is a facility supported?

  Kind regards

  Does this mean I can install VMware View 5.3.1 in an environment with Win 2012 R2 AD set to Win 2003/2008/2008 R2 functional level?

  Yes that's correct.

• VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Active Directory domain are not under permissions

  Hey,.

  I use VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.

  All Services are running correctly:

  

  I configured tge under authentication to Active Directory Service:

  

  But when I try to give permissions for groups and users to the AD.

  But it is not listed in the vsphere Client and WebGUI

  

  

  Can someone help me solve this problem?

  Are there any newspaper I can verify or any idea to check this?

  You will need to go to your SSO Configuration and set your ad as default domain.

  

  Once you do this, it will be displayed in the list.

• How and when are ESXi 5.1 Services identified as (Active Directory) - they used?

  Hello

  I tried to find documentation for the three ESX5.1 services to understand when they should be or should be used, but have found nothing to help.

  I have several 5.1 ESXi hosts managed by vCenter 5.1 (with SSO of course), as well as Active Directory configured as an identity Service.

  In addition, I joined the hosts ESXi 5.1 for the Active Directory domain to allow AD authentication for host management direct when necessary.

  It all works well, however, there are three Active Directory related services that are stopped, so I'm trying to determine if they should really be executed to perform certain functions that are not obvious to me at the moment.

  The three services are:

  • Local security authentication server (Active Directory Service)
  • Server connection network (Active Directory Service)
  • I/o Redirector (Active Directory Service)

  I believe that some or all of these services are related to the integration of the 'same' in ESXi, but this does not really explain what they are doing, especially since I see no problems with authentication.

  Any idea would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  Rob Ralston

  OK, I answered my own question. Turns out that I had a confusing situation because I didn't have to reboot the host after the join domain operation.

  Now, all three services are started with the parameter 'Start and Stop with Host.

  So, while I have not seen any specific documents, it is clear enough, that these services are designed to run after the junction, that make sense.

  Rob

• PowerCLI script for join ESXi hosts to Active Directory

  Is there a script that I can run to join the ESXi hosts Active Directory?  I have over 100 guests that I need to join AD and want to add it script instead of using the GUI VC.

  Thank you!

  Matt

  You can browse all of your servers, but you would need to make fully automated, is get the credentials somewhere.

  You have different passwords on all ESXi servers?

  In this case, you could do something like that

  $cred = get-Credential # prompt for user and password

  Get-VMHost | Set-VMHostADDomain -ADJoin:$true -Domain$domain-Credential $cred

  If you do not have the same account/password for all servers ESXi, you want probably asked for each host.

  You could possibly temporarily store in a file and read this file.

  $accounts = @ {}

  Import-Csv "C:\accounts.csv" | %{

  $accounts [$_.hostname] = $_.password

  }

  Get-VMHost | Set-VMHostADDomain -ADJoin:$true -Domain$domain-User root -Password $accounts[$_.Name]

  The CSV file contains 2 columns, called host name and the other called password.

  We read the CSV file and store the passwords in a hash table, where the host name is the key.

  We use the hash table to fetch the password of the Set-VMHostADDomain cmdlet tree.

• VMWare ESXi 5.5 activation

  Hello

  License activate I can't seem to of my VMware ESXi 5.5

  After call to the support, following KB:

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/2014574

  By clicking on "Assign a license to the ESXi host" I connect on the profile of my my VMware...

  But cannot activate

  Activate the version 5.5 to pay who knows the procedure?

  Thank you

  

  Unless you already have a license key, register to Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor for free to get a free key. Then follow the steps mentioned in the article knowledge base you will have to enter the license key on the ESXi host.

  André

• Host to Active Directory integration

  Hi, I'm trying to locate any information or not there's a vSphere license level required for the integration of commercials for ESXi hosts.  I found one of the VCP5 online documentation had answers for one of their questions of practice indicating that Enterprise Plus was a requirement with vCenter Standard edition.  No one knows for sure if it's true?

  If so, you would happen to have any documentation of license VMware which States that?

  Thank you!

  I'm not aware of this requirement and you can learn more about these links:

  Configure a host to use Active Directory in the Web Client vSphere

  Join the ESX hosts to Active Directory. VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

  What you read may be on Enterprise Plus is that any time we use Host Profiles to reset the local root password and use the host profiles you'll really need the Enterprise Plus edition.

• Backup permissions for Active Directory users

  Hello

  is it possible (e.g. by vim - cmd), permission settings backup referring users to the AD?

  I have a domain controller which is a failure sometimes briefly and whenever that happens, forget my esxi / loses all permissions for users of the AD, while I again subsequently enter manually.

  Or does anyone have another tip for me, which could help prevent the loss of permission to users of the AD settings?

  Thanks in advance!

  I would investigate why your DC is falling, as it seems that causes the initial problems. as far as I know, once permissions have been applied, they should persists, but since your DC is down, I can't really say what is the expected result. You can take a look at newspapers to see if it takes DC are available to keep the roles, etc.

  In any case, if you need to quickly redeploy rules using vim - cmd, take a look at this blog post - http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/02/automating-active-directory-user.html

  These permisisons must be stored under etc/vmware/hostd/authorization.xml, so you could technically simply this backup file and restore if necessary. You probably need to restart either process pass or the host so that the changes take effect

• ESX4.1 SSH user access to Active Directory.

  I have one of my servers for improved test of 4.0 update 2 for ESX 4.1. I'm trying to understand how to configure SSH access to my Active Directory account. I joined the host to active directory and granted my acount AD permissions on the host computer. If I try and ssh to the host with my AD account I get access denied. I can connect via the Client vSphere with my AD account successfully. SSH works with a local account on the server ESX4.1. I tried both with just my username to the SSH connection as well as domain\username. User domain\username using is actually suspended the host and I need to do a hard reset to get it back.

  Someone does it that it works?

  4.0 Update 2, I used esxcfg-auth - enablead and then created a user without password on the host computer. This command no longer exists on 4.1 however.

  I would like to do an update here for those interested.  I found it frustrating that the access AD kerberos from vSphere 4.0 to 4.1, ssh disabled unless you have used the "Authentication AD" via the VI Client configuration.  I ran into the same issue with JEPP 0 errors and the server actually restart itself trying to ssh using my AD account.  The problem is that if you are part of > 30 security groups (in my case it was only 23), the server lock herself up and sometimes even restart.  I validated with another AD account that was only member groups of 3 seconds and he was able to connect without locking ESX or causing a reboot.

  In addition, in my laboratory, where I run VCenter 4.1 and both nodes are now 4.1, I use authentication 'AD' and it works very well with only a part of a limited number of groups SEC users in AD.

  VMWare said that this issue was refitted to engineering.

  FYI, this affects the ESX and ESXi.

• Active Directory and SSH on ESX 4

  Has anyone tried to use active directory to authenticate users on an ESX 4 box? Is this possible? I know that most linux operating systems offer a way to integrate into Active directory using some extensions and the ldap service. ESX 4 has this feature?

  Take a look at cesite for instructions for setting up the AD, he wrote for ESX 3.x, but should also ask 4.0 and give you a good starting point.

  http://www.astroarch.com/wiki/index.php/Full_Integration_of_Active_Directory

  about using esxcfg-auth to set on ESX. I recently configured our host ESX 4 auth against Kerberos using my instructions 3.x and it works very well. Don't see why AD won't be the same, good luck

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• Cannot add permissions for users Active Directory - the directory access error

  Hi all

  VCenter, connected as long as user with administrator privileges on the server, Active Directory running I am can be used to add permissions for domain accounts and just get errors:

  Right-click on the data center & gt; Add authorization & gt; Select read-only & gt; Add users and groups & gt; Select the domain & gt; (the list is NOT populated with users)

  Among users, enter my account of user AD & gt; Click on check names & gt; "The following names are not found: xxx".

  Enter the AD user account in the search box & gt; Click Search & gt; "A general system error occurred: directory access error.

  The only son I can find or KB articles relate to the modification of the period of Active Directory.  I did, but it did not help.

  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/14150

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1010094

  Any ideas why I can't delegate permissions? I do not think we have group policies that are resticting access, but I don't know which of the log files I should I seek to find the real problem.

  Thank you

  Kevin

  Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition, vSphere Client 4.0.0 build 162856, vCenter Server 4.0.0 build 162856, ESXi 4.0.0 build 181792

  The problem that I had was related to what service vCenter services were running as.  No doubt during the installation (for some reason that escapes me now) I had configured the VMware VirtualCenter Server and VMware VirtualCenter Management Web services run under the local administrator account.  Change these so they ran as system Local solved the problem, and then I have a list of domain users and assign them permissions.

  Kevin

• Firepower does not work when using the Active Directory group as a rule filter access control

  I am PoV of Cisco ASA with the power of fire with my client. I would like to integrate the power of fire to MS Active Directory. Everything seems to work properly.

  -Fire power user agent installation to complete successfully. Connection to AD work fine. The newspaper is GREEN.

  -J' created a Kingdom in FireSight and you can download users and groups from Active Directory.

  -J' created a politics of identity with passive authentication (using the field I created)

  -Can I use the AD account "user" as a filter in access control rule and it work very well.

  However, if I create the rule of access control with AD Group', the rule never get match. I'm sure that the user that I test is a member of the group. Connection event show the system to ignore this rule and the traffic is blocked by the default action below. It doesn't look like the firepower doesn't know that the user belongs to the group.

  I use

  -User agent firepower for Active Directory v2.3 build 10.

  -ASA 5515 software Version 9.5 (2)

  -Fire version 6.0.0 - 1005 power module

  -Firepower for VMWare Management Center

  Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  You should check the download user under domain option. Download the users once belonging to a group is specified on the ad and then test the connection.

  Thank you

  Yogesh