Joing the vCenter server to a domain

[bunny101]

Greetings all!

The next phase of our migration to a newer vSphere is imminent.  One of the tasks is to join the Windows server (2008 R2) to an Active Directory domain.  It should be a simple as joining the domain, rebooting, and logging in as the local user to re-assign permissions.  However, I'm sure there's something I'm missing.

If anyone has run afoul of complications in this area, I'd be very grateful for any warnings you might have.

Thanks!

Gregg

[schepp]

Hi,

after joining the server to the domain, log in with your vsphere.local\administrator and go to the SSO configuration page. Check if the domain has been added to the identity sources.

If not add it. After that you can assign permission to AD users on the vCenter.

Tim

[linotelera]

On the 5.5 version you could choose the traditional way: simple join to domain and use active directory users in vsphere environment... in multi domain scenario you should use sso...

Please refer to vSphere 5.5 Documentation Center