Lockdown mode and the vMA

[thomps01]

If I've configured my vMA for active directory authentication I assumed I'd be ok to login and run scripts / commands etc on the ESX/ESXi hosts which are added as targets, but what if the ESXi hosts have lockdown mode enabled?

I've not tried it so I'm looking for someone who has.

Will I still be able to use my AD accounts to run the scripts etc or will lockdown mode stop this?

Also, I use my vMA as a syslog server, are there any issues with this?

Thanks

[lamw]

Take a look at this blog post for the details - http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/02/esxi-lockdown-mode-does-not-play-nice.html

[thomps01]

Thanks, I'd not seen this.

Shocking.

So no ESXi lockdown mode for me then, far too disruptive.

[Dave_Mishchenko]

You could use legacy (ESXi 4.0) lockdown mode - http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1017628.