Under the domain tab, you will have the option to select VSPHERE.LOCAL, Local Machine (in my case VSPHERE), or the domain of your machine. Once the role has been selected, click Add. Since domain admins or a local administrator traditionally have access to the vSphere Client for many SMB customers, I have selected Administrator for the assigned role. Next, click on the PLUS sign to pop up a new menu to be able to add users. On the next screen, on the left hand menu, click on the server you want to grant permissions (the server name is VSPHERE in the example below).Ĭlick on MANAGE, then click on PERMISSIONS.

On the next screen, use the account to login (the password for this account was configured when vCenter Server 5.5 was installed or when the vCenter server was upgraded to version 5.5).Ĭlick on vCenter on the left hand navigation bar.Ĭlick on vCenter Servers (the number of vCenter Servers will be displayed next to your label). With the version 5.5 upgrade, an icon should have been placed on the desktop linking directly to the vSphere Web Client.

The first thing will be to access the vSphere Web Client. Granting Access to vSphere Desktop Client This article explains how to grant access to a user or user groups to be able to access the vSphere Desktop Client. ”Īlthough many additional features were added into the web client, the only way to use the Update Manager plugin is still through the vSphere Client. If a user that previously had access tried to log into the vSphere Client, a warning would pop up, stating that “The vSphere Client could not connect to “ ” You do not have permission to login to server “. By default, the vSphere Client no longer worked with any users except the account.

When ESXi and vSphere 5.5 were released, VMware made a strong push towards using the vSphere Web Client.

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