Locked out of Virtual Machine?

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TiMMay333

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Ok I will try

Yes using AD permissions not local permissions.

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I created another user without any users in the membership inheritence.

Still had the same problem.

Am I doing something wrong?

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bgoering

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try this:

if this is virtual center (vCenter) then try to authenticate to it using a local user that is part of the local administrators group only, like in the image
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Like I mentioned in the very first post. Can you connect to the host as root?

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Yup it's VCenter but that did not work.

I created test user and added it to the local administrators group only. No luck

I even tried creating an AD user and removed domain users and added a groups with rights within that VMachine but not with any "users" membership. Still no luck.

Any other ideas? What about this?
http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/819-Locked-out-of-vCenter.html

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Chk
Yes I can connect to the ESX server as host (not the vcenter because it's running server 2003)
I login as root which has administrator role.
I can perform all actions.

Like I asked though. Is this a workaround or is their something I can do once I'm in? We use VCenter for administration so I can't ask everybody to start logging into individual servers to access certain machines. That defeats the purpose of VCenter.

Any ideas? What about this link? http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/819-Locked-out-of-vCenter.html
Only problem is I don't know how to access the vpxd.cfg file after shutting it down or where in the config file I need to edit.

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Paul Solovyovsky

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Chk,
How do I change active directory permissions via loggin in as root?
It only allows me to change local accounuts like root exc.

Snyderkv, my apologies. I didn't quite understand the problem. Here is a VMware KB article stating how to change the permissions back by modifying the SQL Table. It's nearly the same process as in the link you provided.
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1005680

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Ok sweet now were talkin

I'll get back

Also, the vpxd.cfg file is located at the following path on the vCenter server.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter
As to where to insert the security line, I'm not sure

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looks like I'm going to have to dig deeper for the vpxd.cfg fix. I don't have the sql management studio on the Vcenter. I tried installing workstation components but it said it was already installed.

bgoering

You can install management stiudio and connect to the database on the vcenter server

sql management studio should be installed on the SQL server. OR is the database installed local on vCenter?
The vpxd file is at C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\vpxd.cfg.
You'll need to stop at least the VirtualCenter Server service before modifying it. Like I said above, I'm not really sure where to edit it. I don't think it makes a difference. Just make a copy of the file as a backup, just in case.