March 2019
Intermediate to advanced
392 pages
11h 13m
English
When Lockdown Mode is enabled, the host is managed using the vSphere Client connected to the managing vCenter Server, VMware PowerCLI, or VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface (vCLI). The only difference is that access is authenticated through the vCenter Server, instead of by using a local account on the ESXi host. While Lockdown Mode is enabled, access to the host through SSH is unavailable, except for configured exception users.
There are three Lockdown Mode that can be configured for an ESXi host:
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