vSphere 6.5 U1 Join Active Directory without Flash

[ArrowSIVAC]

Tried various versions and browsers (Chrome, IE, Firefox) to join vCenter Appliance to Active Directory. Flash client isn't loading. HTML5 Client doesn't have capability at this time.

Needed a way to join vCenter to Active Directory with vSphere 6.5 U1.

Join vSphere 6.5 U1 to Active Directory with CLI

1. SSH to vCenter Appliance
2. Access shell
3. Run query command to check existing status and path
   Query Command:

/opt/likewise/bin/domainjoin-cli query

     4. Run join command to join to active directory

Join Command:

/opt/likewise/bin/domainjoin-cli join domain.com administrator password

      5. Reboot vCenter Appliance

Credit to these posts for helping troubleshoot:

https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/how-to-join-vmware-vcenter-server-appliance-to-the-microsoft-a...

http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2015/04/easily-automate-esxi-6-0-active-directory-join-using-domainjo...

[theaaronstrong]

I'm not running 6.5U1, but have you tried the beta release of Flash? We had this issue in our 6.0 vSphere environment it worked. Might be work a shot?

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html