Specifications

Basic System Administration
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10 Tofinishthetask,clickOK.
Theserveraddsthepermissiontothelistofpermissionsfortheobject.
Thelistofpermissionsreferencesallusersandgroupsthathaverolesassignedto
theobject,andindicateswhereintheVirtualCenterhierarchytheroleisassigned.
Adjusting the Search List in Large Domains
Ifyouhavedomainswiththousandsofusersorgroupsinthem,adjustthesearch
settingsforuseintheSelectUsersorGroupsdialogbox.
To adjust users and groups search parameters
1FromtheVIClientconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServer,chooseAdministration>
VirtualCenterManagementServerConfiguration.
TheVirtualCenterConfigurationwizardappears.
2Whenthewizardis
displayed,clicktheActiveDirectorylistitem.
3 Changethevaluesasneeded:
 ActiveDirectoryTimeout–Specifiesinsecondsthemaximumamountof
timeVirtualCenterallowsthesearchtorunontheselecteddomain.Searching
verylargedomainscantakeaverylongtime.
 EnableQueryLimitandUsers&Groupsvalue–Specifiesthemaximum
numberofusersandgroupsVirtualCenterdisplaysfromtheselecteddomain
intheSelectUsersorGroupsdialogbox.Tospecifynomaximumlimit,
deselectthecheckbox.
 EnableValidationandValidationPeriod–Specifiesthetimeinminutes
betweenpermissionschecks.VirtualCenterverifiesthatallusersandgroups
knowntoVirtualCentercurrentlyexistinWindows.
Forexample,ifuserSmithwasassignedpermissionsandinthedomainthe
user’snamewaschangedtoSmith2,VirtualCenterconcludesthatSmith
no
longerexistsandremovespermissionsforthatuser.
Similarly,ifuserSmithisremovedfromthedomain,allpermissionsare
irrelevant.ThatisuntilanewuserSmithisaddedtothedomain.Thenewuser
SmithreceivesallthepermissionstheolduserSmithwasassigned,unlessyou
usethisoptiontodeleteolduserSmithfromthesystem.
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OTEThisprocedureappliesonlytoVirtualCenteruserlists.ESXServeruserlists
cannotbesearchedinthesameway.