You can manage the vCenter Server from the vCenter Server Management Interface or from the vCenter Server shell.
For more information about managing vCenter Server, see vCenter Server Configuration.
Interface | Description |
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vCenter Server Management Interface | Use this interface to reconfigure the system settings. See Manage vCenter Server Using the Management Interface. |
vCenter Server shell | Use this command-line interface to perform service management operations on VMCA, VECS, and VMDIR. See Managing Certificates Using the vSphere Certificate Manager Utility and vSphere Certificates and Services CLI Command Reference. |
Manage vCenter Server Using the Management Interface
You can use the vCenter Server Management Interface to configure the system settings.
Procedure
Results
You see the Summary page of the vCenter Server Management Interface.
Manage vCenter Server Using the vCenter Server Shell
You can use service management utilities and CLIs from the vCenter Server shell. You can use TTY1 to log in to the console, or can use SSH to connect to the shell.
Procedure
Add a vCenter Server to an Active Directory Domain
If you want to add an Active Directory identity source to vCenter Server, you must join the vCenter Server to an Active Directory domain.
If you are unable to use vCenter Server Identity Provider Federation, or Active Directory over LDAPS, vCenter Server supports Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA). To use IWA, you must join the vCenter Server to your Active Directory domain.
Procedure
- Using the vSphere Client, log in to vCenter Server as a user with administrator privileges in the local vCenter Single Sign-On domain (vsphere.local by default).
- Select Administration.
- Expand Single Sign On and click Configuration.
- Under the Identity Provider tab, click Active Directory Domain.
- Click Join AD, enter the domain, optional organizational unit, and user name and password, and click Join.
- Restart vCenter Server.
What to do next
To attach users and groups from the joined Active Directory domain, add the joined domain as a vCenter Single Sign-On identity source. See Add or Edit a vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Source.