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intratelmh
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‎07-11-2017 06:09 AM

vUM3.5 and bad NSX Manager credentials (RO account)

Hi all!

We've just started testing metering our bundle with NSX Enterprise. And seems to me that nsx manager acccount need more than ReadOnly privilleges (as stated in user guide and vmware pub doc). Only admin privilleges gives us possibility to add NSX Manager product to vUM.

RO account gives error: "Bad credentials for NSX Manager"  and on admin is ok.

We use same account for vCenter and there is no problem (RO).

Is there any more deep instructions for connecting NSX with vUM? We've tried to debug this case on our own (vUM log level change) but we got same info like on vUM web.

We do not want to leave it as is (vum account with admin privilleges) so it is important thing for us.

Maybe we just do not need to connect NSX into vUM? We use bundle with NSX Enterprise and this is NOT standalone.

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avinashmangalor
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‎07-13-2017 03:58 AM

Hi All,

               Please find the update below :-

NSX has two modes user, as mentioned below:-

             1) Normal access with "Admin" user name. This is normally used for Web and API / /cli accesses.  2) Privilged mode access with "Admin" username. This is normally used to change the configuration of NSX. This effects NSX functionality settings.

Usage meter users can use normal web/API/cli level of admin access. This is application level access.

Privilaged Mode access is NSX system level access.

Although "Privilaged mode access also works with Usage meter. This access is usually saved for NSX administrator, who sets NSX functionality.

Information courtesy:- kb.vmware.com/s...ernalId=2078825

Securing VMware NSX for vSphere 6.0 CLI User Accounts and ...

kb.vmware.com

Securing VMware NSX for vSphere 6.0 CLI User Accounts and Privileged mode (2078825)

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