vcenter4 multiple sessions for the same user

[peterdabr]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a way to restrict a user from creating multiple sessions to vSphere vCenter instance using vSphere Client. There is limit of 30 simultaneous vSphere Client connections in vCenter and I want to be able to distribute all connections between 30 different users. Currently there are users that connect using one workstation, then without disconnecting connect yet again using another workstation, causing two client sessions. Is there are way to restrict each user to only one session? Also, is there a setting that would allow vSphere client session timeout/disconnect? I can only find timeout settings for commands and active directory...

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Peter

[PaulSvirin]

For my money you should look into VC database to find out whether this is possible by the structure or not. Here's an example: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/81313

Maybe there can be applied some dirty hack for the DB.

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[kac2]

check out Mini Monitor. this might be something you would be interested in.

http://nickapedia.com/2010/02/15/vsphere-mini-monitor-now-with-more-cowbell/

[peterdabr]

I decided to write my own powershell script that can acomplish vcenter session monitoring and termination. I'm about 60% done and I will share it on my blog once I'm done with it