Hello all,
In my lab I have an ESXi 5.1 host that runs a Windows DC as a VM. I just installed vCenter Server 5.5u1a (all components) on a VM on my personal workstation to test out.
My Windows DC VM ended up being shut off today. I wanted to log into the web client and turn it back on.
I know I cannot use a Windows domain account because my DC is down. So, I tried to log in with the administrator@vsphere.local account. I can log in but nothing works. It does not show my vCenter server and I get the error messages: "Could not connect to one or more vCenter Server systems: https://myvcenterFQDN:443/sdk" and "Client is not authenticated to VMware Inventory service - https://myvcenterserverfqdn:10443"
Can someone tell me if this is by design? I would have thought I could log in and administer the vSphere environment with a local SSO account without depending on AD. Thanks!