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Wardy8124
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Does VCenter really need to be in a domain?

All, I've been looking for information to specifically tell me why Vcenter needs to be in an AD domain where as the previous version could sit in a work group. Yes I know its a pre-req and yes I know that if it does sit in an AD you can apply admin priv's to certain AD groups but when it's a smaller environment I can't see the point. Can anyone help me out here? Will it work if its not in AD? What would the risks be?

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Ward8124

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Kasraeian
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Hi,

vCenter can work on both work group and Domain.

You can use work group for small implementation.

When you using vCenter in domain, you can use the user you defined in domain and get them the access or permissions.



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dickybird
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Please refer to pager 93 @ESX and VC Server installtion giude. The guide can be found @ http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.

They say it needs to be in AD Domain so it can discover all systems avialable on network and domain for consolidation purposes if you want to perform consolidation activity for your domain servers..basically P2V etc.

You can have it in workgroup but you may not be able to discover other servers as mentioned in document.

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