Connect to VC from non-domain PC

[msadler]

Is it possible to connect to a VC server from a machine that is not on any domain? When I try, it prompts me for a username and password, but it never accepts my domain credentials regardless of how I type them in. I connect fine from my workstation that is on the domain. We have a number of VM's on a set of ESX servers that are outside the corporate domain because they are used by customers for training. I'm trying to setup some PowerShell scripts to manage them, but can't seem to do it from another virtual machine on those ESX servers because none of them are on any domain.

[halr9000]

Yes, this should work fine, I do it all the time. I suspect a simple problem here. Are you using the "domain\user" convention for the username? If not, try that, if you are, try taking it off. If that doesn't help, you may need to look at the DC's security log to look for audit failures. I'm not sure that you would see these in VC's logs, but you might. I don't know this portion of VC that well. Actually, it should show something in the vpxd logs I would think.

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[msadler]

I've tried the following conventions for the username:

domain\username

username

VCHostName\LocalUser (I tried setting up a local user on the VC Server)

LocalUser

They all respond with this message:

Connect-VIServer : Failed to connect to the VI server at: with user: <username>.

Nework connectivity error occured. Please verify that the network address and port are correct.

At line:1 char:6

+ get-vc <<<<

[halr9000]

Well the obvious next step: go to https://vcserver/sdk in your browser. That is the very same web service which the VI Toolkit uses to do everything.

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