6.0.1

Configure Runtime Settings for vCenter Server
You can change the vCenter Server ID, managed address, and name. Usually, you do not need to change
these seings, but you might need to make changes if you run multiple vCenter Server systems in the same
environment.
Prerequisites
Required privilege: Global.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to the vCenter Server instance.
2 Select the Manage tab.
3 Under , select General.
4 In the Edit vCenter Server Seings dialog box, select Runtime .
5 In vCenter Server unique ID, type a unique ID.
You can change this value to a number from 0 through 63 to uniquely identify each vCenter Server
system running in a common environment. By default, an ID value is generated randomly.
6 In vCenter Server managed address, type the vCenter Server system address.
The address can be IPv4, IPv6, a fully qualied domain name, an IP address, or another address format.
7 In vCenter Server name, type the name of the vCenter Server system.
If you change the DNS name of the vCenter Server, use this option to modify the vCenter Server name
to match.
8 Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.
What to do next
If you made changes to the vCenter Server system unique ID, you must restart the vCenter Server system for
these changes to take eect.
Configure User Directory Settings
You can congure some of the ways vCenter Server interacts with the user directory server that is
congured as an identity source.
For vCenter Server versions before vCenter Server 5.0, these seings apply to an Active Directory associated
with vCenter Server. For vCenter Server 5.0 and later, these seings apply to vCenter Single Sign-On
identity sources.
Prerequisites
Required privilege: Global.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to the vCenter Server instance.
2 Select the Manage tab.
3 Under , select General.
4 Click Edit.
5 Select User directory.
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