Step 7: You first must select your Domain from the domain drop down list at the top of the window shown below.

Step 8: Once you have select the Domain that you integrated with you will be presented with a list of Users and Groups. You should select your User/Group and press the Add button and then click OK.

Step 9:  Now that you have added your Domain account or group you will see it in the lists of users as shown below.

Step 10: Once you have completed the steps above you will now be able to close your vSphere Client connection and connect back using your newly configured Active Directory Integration. Again you have two ways to enter your Domain credentials ( Domain\user or user@domain.com)

Step 11: Once your have logged in with your domain credentials you will be able to see in the lower right corner of the vSphere Client that you have authenticated with a Domain account.

Step 12:  Now the next step was to see which ways I could all use the new AD integration. From the picture below you can see that I was able to use the Domain logon to authenticate to ESXi 4.1 TSM (Tech Support Mode) from the console and from a remote SSH connection. I was able to use my id in the format shown below to authenticate but did not have any luck use the Domain\user format for these type of logons. This have have just been something in my lab so your mileage may vary.

Step 13: Lastly I wanted to see if I could authenticate to the DCUI ( Direct Console User Interface) of ESXi 4.1 using a Domain account. I was not able to have any success logging into the DCUI with the AD account using either format listed earlier. Which is kind of weird since I was able to use the AD logon for the TSM login form the console. If you had different results form this leave me a comment with what you did different I would love to hear.

Lastly I will be trying some of the others methods that I listed at the beginning for setting up the AD integration when I have some time. I will be sure to link them to this article. If you are curious you can see a very simplified version of this in the VMware KB article.

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Brian Suhr is a Senior Virtualization Engineer and Architect working for HP Enterprise Services. He’s worked in the IT Industry since 1991, and worked for several companies. He runs the blog virtualizetips to document tips and problems encountered during his projects and reads. A VMware Certified Professional (VCP VI3.5) MCSE on Windows NT – 2000, Cisco CCNA/CCDA. Brian is currently working on upgrading my VCP to vSphere and will be pursuing VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) next.

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