I thought that I've read somewhere that when installing vCenter 5.1 it is recommended that you install it using the service account that will be vCenter will be using to run but I'm not able to find that recommendation again.
I have to write procedures for installing vCenter and it was easier to install it using a domain admin account, then change the account it uses via the services window. So i did that, installed using my account, and change the account that it used to a service account and it installed and runs. I've changed my password and the service no longer wants to start. Even if i would have installed vCenter 5.1 using the service account i would think that when i change the service account password and change the login information within the services window it would still have failed, i haven't tried this but from my perspective that's what it looks like.
How can i break the tie with my account? Is changing the login credentials via the services window enough?
Thanks
Hi,
This procedure is required only if you re-register vCenter Inventory Service to the same Single Sign-On instance that Inventory Service was originally registered to. When you re-register Inventory Service to the same Single Sign-On instance, you must first remove the Inventory Service account from the Single Sign-On application users. Otherwise, the re-registration will fail with the error, AlreadyRegistered
.
To remove the Inventory Service account:
During vCenter Inventory Service installation or upgrade, the Inventory Service is registered with a vCenter Single Sign-On instance, and the Inventory Service stores the location of the vCenter Single Sign-On instance. When you relocate a vCenter Single Sign-On instance or switch to a different Single Sign-On instance, update the corresponding Inventory Service instance. If a Single Sign-On instance fails or is corrupted, you can also use this procedure to re-point the Inventory Service to a different Single Sign-On instance.
If changes occur to any of these entities, re-register the Inventory Service with vCenter Single Sign-On using:
Notes: If you are re-registering the Inventory Service to the same Single Sign-On instance, you must first remove the Inventory Service account from the Single Sign-On application users. For more information, see the Remove the Inventory Service account section of this article.
To re-register the Inventory Service with vCenter Single Sign-On:
C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Inventory Service\scripts
C:\Program Files\
, adjust the path. regTool.cmd
file with a text editor. The regTool.cmd
file is located at:installation_path\Inventory Service\sso
set LOG4J_CONF=
, enclose %TOOLDIR%
in quotation marks:"%TOOLDIR%"
is-change-sso.bat
command to update the stored configuration information of the Inventory Service:is-change-sso.bat ssoServerUrl "ssoAdminuser" "ssoAdminPassword"
is-change-sso.bat https://machinename.corp.com:7444/lookupservice/sdk "admin@System-Domain" "SSO_pw1!"
is-change-sso.bat https://machinename.corp.com:7444/lookupservice/sdk "administrator@vSphere.local" "SSO_pw1!"
net stop vimQueryService
net start vimQueryService
The vCenter Inventory Service URL configuration is now updated and the Inventory Service is re-registered with vCenter Single Sign-On.
Reference --> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=203362...
Thanks, i wont be able to try this out for a couple of weeks so i cant confirm.