Use Windows session credentials

[DVDWSN]

How do I use this with the vSphere Client?

Or is it only ment for a

If that's not possible, is there a way to create an auto login via shortcut parameters or something?

[Vishy1]

You can use the shortcut to auto login

"C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe" -passthroughAuth -s VISERVERNAME

[sflanders]

For VI3 Client you can use the passthrough option or in the vSphere client you can select the checkbox to use current user authentication.

[DVDWSN]

I saw this same tip on another site. I tried it but it didn't work. A message window said "The opperation is not supported on the object."

For this to work wouldn't there have to be an account on the ESXi server with my windows username and password?

[krowczynski]

Is your Active Directory properly configured?

Any errors in the logfiles occured?

MCP, VCP

[TobiasKracht]

You can click on it with right button, holding Shift, and choose to run from another username.

StarWind Software R&D

[DVDWSN]

Ok well I think that answers my question.

This server isn't connected to a domain.

Any way to automate login without AD?

[sflanders · Accepted solution]

You can pass the flags -s <VISERVER> -u <USER> -p <PASSWORD> to the VI Client executable

[DVDWSN]

Thanks sflanders that's exactly what I was lookin for.

One last thing, is there an auto login flag so that you don't have to press Login?

[sflanders]

No. What I do is create a shortcut to the VI Client executable and change the target to something like: "C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe" -s vc.test.com -u root -p P@ssw0rd. Executing this shortcut will do what you want.

[DVDWSN]

Ah there we go. You need all three flags to have it auto login.

After your other post I just put in -u and -p and it didn't login automatically.

Thanks again.