VCenter Appliance and AD groups issue

[RTCampbell]

Hi, and sorry if this has already been asked, but I cant seem to find an answer.

My issue is I installed the VCenter Appliance (5.5) in my environment and am in the process of migrating some host over to it. Recently we had to rename some Groups in AD to better explaingling their use (ex; ESXi Vcenter Admins vice ESXI Admins).  My problem is when I try to add permissions to VCenter I am only seeing the old AD name and not the new one. I have the applicance configured to query AD via SPN and not LDAP. Can anyone shed some light on my issue of what I may be missing?

Thank you.

[RTCampbell]

Anyone?

[nzorn]

Have you tried restarting the appliance or removing and re-adding the AD source?

[RTCampbell]

Thanks for the reply. Yes, rebooted and re-added the source a couple of times. The wierd part is that it sees any new groups I create in AD, just not the ones I renamed.

[nzorn]

Interesting, what happens if you rename a user? Does it show the old name or the new name?

[nzorn]

Are you on 5.5a?  I just created a group named "Testing - Test" and verified it showed up in vCSA, then renamed it in AD to "Testing" and then it showed up with the new name in vCSA.  I am running VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.0.5101 Build 1398493.

[RTCampbell]

I haven't tried renameing a user. We are currently running 5.1 and 5.5(appliance) side by side (middle of a migration). The 5.1 VCenter see's all new and renamed groups. 5.5 only sees the new groups. I'm to the point were I'm just gonna build new groups and add them to 5.5......it will make life a lot easier and less aggravating. 🙂

[RTCampbell]

5.5.0, 1398495

[nzorn]

Looks like your's is a newer version....my system shows: No update is available

Interesting

[RTCampbell]

I just installed it about a week to week and a half ago. I'm just gonna drop it and create new groups.......it's only three or four groups needing to be created. It's just the fact of "why" doesnt it work that is irking me. Anyway, thanks for your time and suggestions, at least I dont feel like I crazy now.

[nzorn]

I installed mine last week, I can't find anything about the version you are running.  Here is the problem I'm having: Re: vCSA 5.5.0a - Users with spaces are unable to authenticate

[RTCampbell]

Sorry for the misinfo, i just checked my version # again and I am running the same version as you. Are you authenticating to AD via LDAP or SPN?

[nzorn]

Active Directory Integrated Windows Authentication, and I choose Machine Account.