Authenticating Through
vCenter Server
and vCenter Single Sign-On
vCenter Server
and vCenter Single Sign-OnFor all
ESXi
hosts that are
managed by a vCenter Server
system
that is integrated with vCenter Single Sign-On, you can authenticate directly to the
vCenter Server
system, or you can authorize to vCenter Server
through
vCenter Single Sign-On. The best practice is to authenticate through vCenter
Single Sign-On.
You use the following options.
- server- Specifies thevCenter Serversystem that manages the host.
- vihost- Specifies theESXihost.
Example
esxcli --server <vc_hostname_or_IP> --vihost <esxi_hostname_or_IP> --username <user_name> --password <password> hardware clock get