Managing Vmware Vcenter Single Sign-On For Vmware Vsphere 6.X; Vmware Vcenter Single Sign-On Overview; Unlocking And Resetting The Vmware Vcenter Single Sign-On Administrator Password (Vmware Vsphere 6.0); Managing The Lockout Status Of Vmware Vcenter Single Sign-On Account (Vmware Vsphere 6.0) - Dell EMC VxBlock 240 Administration Manual

Managing VMware vCenter SSO for VMware
vSphere 6.x
VMware vCenter SSO is an authentication mechanism used to configure security policies and lock out or
disable an account for VMware vSphere 6.x. Default policies do not require modification. You may have to
modify policies or accounts if regulations require different policies or if you are troubleshooting a problem.
VMware vCenter SSO overview
VMware vCenter SSO is an authentication mechanism used to configure security policies and lock out or
disable an account for VMware vSphere. Default policies do not require modification. However, you might
have to modify policies or accounts if regulations require different policies or if you are troubleshooting a
problem.
Unlocking and resetting the VMware vCenter SSO
administrator password
The VMware vSphere knowledge base article KB 2034608 contains instructions to unlock a VMware
vCenter SSO administrator account.
About this task
For security purposes, the VMware vCenter administrator account is locked after three failed log on
attempts.
Procedure
Follow the procedure in the VMware knowledge base article 2034608.
Managing the lockout status of VMware vCenter SSO
View the lockout status of a VMware vCenter SSO account for VMware vSphere.
Procedure
1 Log on to the VMware vSphere Web Client as an SSO administrator. By default, the user is
administrator@vsphere.local.
2 From the home page, select Administration > Single Sign-On > Users and Groups.
3 Each tab shows information from the identity sources about configured accounts that are on the
system. Select the Users tab.
4 The Locked or Disabled columns show the status of each configured SSO account. Right-click
the appropriate account and select Enable/Disable or Unlock.
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The Locked Users and Disabled Users tabs show information for the identity sources
only.