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5 Select the Is Enabled check box to activate the user profile.
If you do not select this check box, the user account is inactive and the user cannot log in to
vCenter Operations Manager.
6 Deselect the Is Locked check box.
If you select this check box, the user account is locked and the user cannot use
vCenter Operations Manager.
7 Select Change Pswd At Next Login to force the user to change his or her password at the next login.
8 Click OK to save your configuration.
After vCenter Operations Manager creates the user account, the account appears in the User Accounts pane.
By default, new users are set to use the light color scheme, the local browser time, and to have no administrative
privileges.
What to do next
Assign the user to a user group. See “Assign a User to a User Group,” on page 72.
Importing LDAP Users
If you use an LDAP database to manage users and groups, you can import users from one or more groups to
vCenter Operations Manager. When you import LDAP users, you can create user records and assign them to
vCenter Operations Manager groups in one operation.
When you import LDAP users to vCenter Operations Manager, only the user name is imported. The user
password is not imported. When an LDAP user logs in, vCenter Operations Manager queries the LDAP
database to validate the password. LDAP users cannot change their passwords in
vCenter Operations Manager.
You can import LDAP users manually or with autosynchronization. When you import LDAP users manually,
vCenter Operations Manager retrieves the users that match your criteria. With autosynchronization, you map
LDAP groups to vCenter Operations Manager groups. Autosynchronization runs at specified intervals. You
can import LDAP users manually at any time.
Before you can import LDAP users, you must define the LDAP host in vCenter Operations Manager. To use
SSL to communicate securely with the LDAP server, you must import a security certificate on the
vCenter Operations Manager server.
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Add or Modify an LDAP Host Definition on page 67
To import LDAP users, you must define the LDAP host in vCenter Operations Manager. You can also
modify existing LDAP host definitions.
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Configure Secure Communication for LDAP Import on page 68
You can import a security certificate to the vCenter Operations Manager server truststore file to
communicate securely with an LDAP host.
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Import LDAP Users Manually on page 68
When you import LDAP users manually, vCenter Operations Manager retrieves the LDAP users that
match your criteria. You can import all users, or select specific users, and assign users to
vCenter Operations Manager groups. You can manually import users at any time.
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Import LDAP Users with Autosynchronization on page 69
With autosynchronization, you map LDAP groups to vCenter Operations Manager groups. The import
retrieves all members of the LDAP groups and adds them to the mapped vCenter Operations Manager
groups.
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