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We have demonstrated that we can create a dedicated service account user nsx-svc@vsphere.local to register NSX Manager with the vCenter and SSO services. This way, we avoid using the default SSO administrator administrator@vsphere.local account for NSX services.
One of the reasons for creating a dedicated user is for traceability, as this user will be used by NSX for vSphere-related tasks, such as preparing ESXi hosts and creating logical switches, logical routers, and NSX Edge Service Gateways.
In the following screenshot, we can see that in NSX Managers | NSX Manager IP | Monitor | Audit Logs, a user corp.localgreg created a logical switch and created an NSX Edge Gateway called EdgeGateway01; however, in the recent tasks, ...
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