Add an ESXi Host as a vMA Target for Active Directory Authentication

Use the following procedure to add an ESXi host as a vMA target for Active Directory authentication.

Procedure

1	Log in to vMA as vi-admin.
2	Add an ESXi server as a vMA target by running the following command: vifp addserver server3.mycomp.com --authpolicy adauth --username ADDOMAIN\\user1 Here, --authpolicy adauth indicates that the target needs to use the Active Directory authentication. If you run this command without the --username option, vMA prompts for the name of the user that can connect to the ESXi Server. You can specify this user name as shown in the following example: `Enter username for machinename.example.com:ADDOMAIN\user1` If --authpolicy is not specified in the command, then fpauth is taken as the default authentication policy.
3	Verify that the target server has been added. The display shows all target servers and the authentication policy used for each target. vifp listservers --long server1.mycomp.com ESX adauth server2.mycomp.com ESX fpauth server3.mycomp.com ESXi adauth vc1.mycomp.com vCenter adauth
4	Set the target as the default for the current session: vifptarget --set \| -s <server>
5	Verify that you can run a vSphere CLI command without authentication by running a command, for example: esxcli network nic list The command runs without prompting for authentication information. Important If the name of a target server changes, you must remove the target server by using vifp removeserver with the old name, then add the server using vifp addserver with the new name.