PowerCLI get ESXi 5.5 local account by connecting to vCenter

[asimch78]

Hello,

I need to create weekly report for local accounts on ESXi 5.5 servers.  All ESXi have a unique password which is stored in a secure database and there is not scripted way to access the password; ESXi lockdown mode is enabled also.  What is the best way to generate ESXi local account list?  All ESXi are managed by vCenter.

Thank you,

Asim

[LucD · Accepted solution]

So you have no way of doing a Connect-VIServer to the ESXi nodes ?

[asimch78]

I cannot use connect-viserver because each server has unique root password store in the DB, I cannot use a script to query the password.  Lockdown mode is also enabled on the ESXi servers.  I need to run this weekly for IRS-1075 & MARS-E compliance.

[LucD]

Then I don't see a way to get that info I'm afraid.
It's hard to see inside a locked box if you don't have the key.

[asimch78]

Hello LucD,

Thank you for the quick reply I figured that much but needed confirmation from an expert.  Even if I configure my script to disable lockdown temporarily I will still have an issue since I do not have a scripted way to pull get the root password from secure database and ESXi AD authentication I have found it to very unreliable.  I was hoping to there is a way to retrieve this information by connecting to the vCenter managing the ESXi server but looks like that is not possible.

Thank you for your support ; I really appreciate quick response from you.