topic SMVI on a StandAlone Window Server in VMware Solutions Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-on-a-StandAlone-Window-Server/m-p/25258#M2542 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hey there,</P><P></P><P>I'm at a site where they haven't implemented Active Directory yet, its in the works, its a green field site.</P><P></P><P>They are implementing SMVI and I installed it on their vCenter server, when trying to connect and login as local administrator, I get the following message in the server.log file:</P><P></P><P>DEBUG - WindowsAuthenticationHandler: authenticate: User 'administrator' does not include domain name, cannot authenticate.</P><P></P><P>Server OS is W2k3 SP2 or whatever the latest is.</P><P></P><P>I'm using SMVI 1.2R1, latest from the web.</P><P></P><P>I've gotten around this by creating a local user from the SMVI CLI but don't like this solution.&nbsp; Is there a config option or something that will allow me to log in with local administrator?</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P><BR />Chris Green</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:23:06 GMT highvailsys 2025-06-05T07:23:06Z SMVI on a StandAlone Window Server https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-on-a-StandAlone-Window-Server/m-p/25258#M2542 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hey there,</P><P></P><P>I'm at a site where they haven't implemented Active Directory yet, its in the works, its a green field site.</P><P></P><P>They are implementing SMVI and I installed it on their vCenter server, when trying to connect and login as local administrator, I get the following message in the server.log file:</P><P></P><P>DEBUG - WindowsAuthenticationHandler: authenticate: User 'administrator' does not include domain name, cannot authenticate.</P><P></P><P>Server OS is W2k3 SP2 or whatever the latest is.</P><P></P><P>I'm using SMVI 1.2R1, latest from the web.</P><P></P><P>I've gotten around this by creating a local user from the SMVI CLI but don't like this solution.&nbsp; Is there a config option or something that will allow me to log in with local administrator?</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P><BR />Chris Green</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:23:06 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-on-a-StandAlone-Window-Server/m-p/25258#M2542 highvailsys 2025-06-05T07:23:06Z Re: SMVI on a StandAlone Window Server https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-on-a-StandAlone-Window-Server/m-p/25261#M2544 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Chris,</P><P></P><P>The SMVI user that you created should have certain VC privileges like datastore mount,datastore rename etc. Does the user have those?</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>Amrita</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:59:54 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-on-a-StandAlone-Window-Server/m-p/25261#M2544 amritad 2009-10-15T02:59:54Z