Adding vCenter to vMA with AD authentication

You can add vCenter Servers to vMA with AD authentication.

How to do it…

The following procedure explains how to add the vCenter Server to the vMA by using AD authentication.

1. Log in to the vMA console or SSH to it as the vi-admin.

2. Issue the following command:

   vifp addserver <vCenter>  --authpolicy adauth --username <domain>\\<domain admin>
   

   Example:

   vifp addserver vcenter5x.vdescibed.com  --authpolicy adauth --username vdescribed.com\\Administrator
   

3. Issue the command vifp listservers to verify that the server has been added.

   

How it works…

When executing this command make sure that you specify the username in the <DOMAIN>\\<DOMAIN ADMIN> format. Else, the authentication will be verified against the local credentials on the vCenter Server.

Note

Note that we should be using two backward slashes. This is because on a Linux Shell two backward slashes (\\) is an escape sequence for a single backward slash (\).

If the adauth value...