VCenter Web Client and VSphere Client

[Sheridan]

I'm just lobbed a vCenter appliance on one our esxi6 hosts to have a proper look and have added the host to the vCenter. This works fine and I can see this host and all the VMs ok. Problem is I can no longer login to that host directly using the vSphere client, I used to use the root login directly, but neither that or the [email protected] account (from the vCenter appliance) work.

 

I'm baffled as to what I've missed? I've added the localos\root login in the permissions tab to manage that host through the vCenter configuration but it says 'you do not have permission to login to the server'. Trying the [email protected] results in teh message 'Cannot complete login due to incorrect username or password'

 

I'd still like to use the vSphere client whilst familiarising myself with the vCenter tools, but is this not possible once a host has been added to vCenter?

[pantscat]

Check for lockdown modes - I suspect v6 might be a little more over zealous than previous ones: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2015/03/vsphere-6-0-lockdown-modes.html

[Sheridan]

Check for lockdown modes - I suspect v6 might be a little more over zealous than previous ones: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2015/03/vsphere-6-0-lockdown-modes.html

 

Ah -ha! Brilliant, thanks for that. It was set to Normal and Disabling has let me back on. Nice one, I wouldn't have found that for ages.

 

I'm obviously planning on using vCenter fully when my hosts are all online, but in the meantime I like the client for quick results.

 

Help yourself to a hobnob!

[pantscat]

No worries! :-D

 

It's all fresh in my brain - got my VCP6 exam in a week!

[Davit2005]

If I remember VCSA 6.5 did not enable Lockdown by default. I did have an issue with SSH to the host but the vSphere client worked fine.

 

6.5 they have made some good HA improvements and the ability to upgrade hosts is so much easier. The good thing about using update manager to upgrade hosts is that you can easily roll back.

 

I took the last place from 4.1 up to 6. 4.1 to 5.1 was a simple matter of upgrading vcenter. With the jump from 5.1 to 6 I jus setup a new vcenter copying the rules and creating new host profiles from existing hosts.

Edited January 19, 2017 by Davit2005

[Sheridan]

Yeah this is all prep and practice for me moving a load of physical hosts to vms in a HA cluster - I must have changed the lockdown mode myself but don't remember doing it!

[pantscat]

To be fair, it does look pretty innocuous when you go through the wizard to add a host! If you're not familiar, it's easily done.