6.7

Collect vCenter Server Log Files
After you install vCenter Server, you can collect the vCenter Server log files for diagnosing and
troubleshooting purposes.
Note This procedure provides information about how to collect the log files for a Windows installation of
vCenter Server. For information about exporting a support bundle and browsing the log files in the
vCenter Server Appliance, see vCenter Server Appliance Configuration.
Procedure
1 Log in as an administrator on the Windows machine where vCenter Server is installed.
2 Navigate to Start > Programs > VMware > Generate vCenter Server log bundle to generate the
log bundle.
You can generate vCenter Server log bundles even if you are unable to connect to the vCenter Server
by using the vSphere Web Client
The log files for the vCenter Server system are generated and saved in a .tgz archive on your desktop.
Identity Sources for vCenter Server with vCenter Single
Sign-On
You can use identity sources to attach one or more domains to vCenter Single Sign-On. A domain is a
repository for users and groups that the vCenter Single Sign-On server can use for user authentication.
An administrator can add identity sources, set the default identity source, and create users and groups in
the vsphere.local identity source.
The user and group data is stored in Active Directory, OpenLDAP, or locally to the operating system of the
machine where vCenter Single Sign-On is installed. After installation, every instance of vCenter Single
Sign-On has the identity source your_domain_name, for example vsphere.local. This identity source is
internal to vCenter Single Sign-On.
vCenter Server versions earlier than version 5.1 supported Active Directory and local operating system
users as user repositories. As a result, local operating system users were always able to authenticate to
the vCenter Server system. vCenter Server version 5.1 and version 5.5 uses vCenter Single Sign-On for
authentication. See the vSphere 5.1 documentation for a list of supported identity sources with vCenter
Single Sign-On 5.1. vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 supports the following types of user repositories as
identity sources, but supports only one default identity source.
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Active Directory versions 2003 and later. Shown as Active Directory (Integrated Windows
Authentication) in the vSphere Client. vCenter Single Sign-On allows you to specify a single Active
Directory domain as an identity source. The domain can have child domains or be a forest root
domain. VMware KB article 2064250 discusses Microsoft Active Directory Trusts supported with
vCenter Single Sign-On.
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