How to Install vCenter 5.1 using Local Admin

[khu11]

Hi All,

I have created a new machine for vCenter 5.1 Installation, the system has been joined to domain. If i try to install vCenter using Local Admin account it gives me following error message :

"The user account currently logged in is not an active directory user. Automatic discovery of identity sources will not work"

I have been installing older version of vCenter using local admin account but never faced such issue.

Please suggest what this error is about?

Do I must need to install vCenter using domain account? (suppose if there is no domain what will happen)

Please reply.

Thanks and regards,

Khurram Shahzad

[JCMorrissey]

Hi

looks like the SSO piece is looking to find an Id source, vcenter 5.1 has a prerequisite

for SSO and needs to discover a ssource take a look at

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=203437...

to manually create one

[khu11]

And do we still need to perform the manual steps if we install vCenter using domain account?

Regards,

Khurram Shahzad

[JCMorrissey · Accepted solution]

Hi

You shouldn't have to as long your AD domain has a proper

indentity source configured to check:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=203374...