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lvaibhavt
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vCenter 6 Installation accounts

Hi All,

When I started the installation for the vCenter 6 it returned an warning. I followed article http://virtual10.com/?p=833 and then was able to move on

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At the end of the installation I noticed that vCenter and other associated services were installed with an NT Account. Snapshot attached.

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If you dont work on the first warning then by default all the services get installed under local account. If you make the required changes then the services get installed under their service accounts.

I wanted to know

The recommended way to install vCenter 6 is by installing the services under their NT account or installing them on the local account?

If I have installed vCenter6 under NT service accounts then how can I reset password or what is the effective way to manage these accounts?

Do we have a documentation that I can read more about these virtual accounts

thanks in advance

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lvaibhavt
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Hi All,

any suggestions pls

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brunofernandez1

there is no "best" way. there is a secure way or a less secure way. if you use a service account, then is more secure than using the local system user

check also the deployment guide:

Installing vCenter Server 6.0 on a Windows Server requires a Windows 2008 SP2 or higher 64-bit operating system (OS). Two options are presented: Use the local system account or use a Windows domain account. With a Windows domain account, ensure that it is a member of the local computer’s administrator group and that it has been delegated the “Log on as a service” right and the “Act as part of the operating system” right. This option is not available when installing an external Platform Services Controller

https://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vmware-vcenter-server6-deployment-guide.pdf

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lvaibhavt
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Thanks for replying

How do I manage these virtual accounts. I mean do we have an option if we can reset password for the account. How do we manage these accounts

Thanks

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