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SaultGuy
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My Domain Account Keeps Getting Locked Out from VCenter

After changing my password which we do every 3 months, my account keeps getting locked out.  I traced it back to vCenter.  The event log indicates pre-kerberos authentication error.

I found vmware kb article to disable to the pre-kerberos authentication in AD.  Tha worked and no more locking out the account.  Problem is I cannot logon to vsphere web client until I enable pre-kerberos authentication than disable it right after i logon.  Very frustrating.

Running vsphere 6.5.  I upgraded vCenter to the latest release, still same issue.  We've had this setup for several years now and I've changed my password numerous times

Any thoughts?

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sjesse
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Do you use any powercli scripts or any applications that integrate with vcenter that you may have used your account?

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SaultGuy
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We do use Verita Netbackup plugin

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