Reconfigure a Target Server

You can reconfigure a target server if you want to perform any of the following tasks:

■	Change the authentication mode of a vMA target from vi-fastpass to Active Directory or vice versa.

■	Change the configured user for the Active Directory target.

■	Recover users for the vi-fastpass target. A user needs to be recovered if the credential store on vMA is corrupted or if the credentials of users corresponding to vMA users are modified and not reflected in vMA.

To change the authentication policy

1	Log in to vMA as vi‑admin.

2	Run reconfigure

vifp reconfigure <servername> --authpolicy <authpolicy>

3	When prompted, provide your credentials.

■	If you reconfigure an Active Directory target to vi-fastpass authentication, then specify the root password for ESXi targets and the root username and password for vCenter targets.

■	If you reconfigure a vi-fastpass target to Active Directory authentication, then specify the root username for the target.

To change the configured user or to recover users

1	Log in to vMA as vi‑admin.

2	Run reconfigure.

vifp reconfigure <servername>

3	When prompted, provide your credentials.

■	If you reconfigure an Active Directory target, specify a username for the target.

■	If you reconfigure a vi-fastpass target, specify the root password of the ESXi target, and the password for username used to add the vCenter Server target.

Note If the target server is not initialized as the default target, then you must run the vifptarget -s command against the target server to re-initialize it with the new credentials after you reconfigure the target.

Example: Adding and Reconfiguring a Target

vi-admin@example-dhcp:~> vifp addserver 90.100.110.120

Enter username for 90.100.110.120: administrator

[email protected]'s password:

This will store username and password in credential store which is a security risk. Do you want to continue?(yes/no): yes

 

vi-admin@example-dhcp:~> vifp reconfigure 90.100.110.120

[email protected]'s password:

vi-admin@example-dhcp:~>