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jediller
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ESXi credentials become temporarily bad

Recently I have observed several instances of where ESXi  credentials have suddenly become bad, for no apparent reason.

This is true, from both a Web browser, and while attempting to use an ssh shell.

On some occasions, this appears to be temporary, and I can login with no intervention.

Other times, I had to login to the ESXi locally, by attaching a monitor and keyboard to the local machine.

With the local attachment, the password was good.

After I reboot the machine, then I can reach the ESXi machine through either browser or ssh command prompt as usual.:

Question: Am I describing a known problem, and if so if there a fix for it yet. If not, what information do I need to collect to open a problem.

From: slptool  the product level is: product="VMware ESXi 6.5.0 build-6765664"

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