VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook

Reconfiguring an added target server

An added target server can be reconfigured for a change in the authentication policy, a change in the users authenticating the target, or to recover a fastpass user in the event of a local credstore corruption.

How to do it…

The following procedures will guide you through the steps required for the following actions:

• Changing the authentication policy
• Changing or recovering a user

Changing the authentication policy

The following procedure will help you change the authentication policy of a target that has already been added to vMA:

1. Issue the following command:

   vifp reconfigure <servername>  --authpolicy <authpolicy type>
   

   Example:

   vifp reconfigure vcenterhost001.vdescribed.lab  --authpolicy fpauth
   

2. When prompted, supply ...