I installed vMA 5.1 with vCenter 5.1.1a.
ssh vi-admin@vma_ip
#vMA has been joined to the AD domain:
vi-admin@vma:~> sudo domainjoin-cli query
vi-admin's password:
Name = vma
Domain = MYDOMAIN.LOCAL
Distinguished Name = CN=VMA,CN=Computers,DC=mydomain,DC=local
ssh MYDOMAIN\\vcenteradmin@vma_ip
vifp addserver testvcenter1.mydomain.local --authpolicy adauth --username MYDOMAIN\\vcenteradmin
vma:~> vifp listservers -l
testvcenter1.mydomain.local vCenter adauth
esxi-e1b1.mydomain.local ESXi adauth
If the target is a ESXi host, fastpass works:
vma:~> vifptarget -s esxi-e1b1.mydomain.local
vma:~[esxi-e1b1.mydomain.local]> esxcli system version get
Product: VMware ESXi
Version: 5.1.0
Build: Releasebuild-1065491
Update: 1
vma:~[esxi-e1b1.mydomain.local]> vifptarget -c
If the target is the vCenter, fastpass doesn't work:
vma:~> vifptarget -s testvcenter1.mydomain.local
vma:~[testvcenter1.mydomain.local]> esxcli -h esxi-e1b1.mydomain.local system version get
Enter username: MYDOMAIN\vcenteradmin (<-- credentials required!)
Enter password:
Product: VMware ESXi
Version: 5.1.0
Build: Releasebuild-1065491
Update: 1
"VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices" and "VMware VirtualCenter Server" are running with a domain user credentials.
If I set those services to run with LocalSystem user (instead of the domain user), fastpass authentication works flawlessy:
vma:~> vifptarget -s testvcenter1.mydomain.local
vma:~[testvcenter1.mydomain.local]> esxcli -h esxi-e1b1.mydomain.local system version get
Product: VMware ESXi (<-- NO credentials required!)
Version: 5.1.0
Build: Releasebuild-1065491
Update: 1
Is that a known bug?