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Creating Server Administrator Users For VMware ESXi 5.X and ESXi 6.X
To add a user to the Users table:
1. Log in to the host using the vSphere Client.
2. Click the Users & Groups tab and click Users.
3. Right-click anywhere in the Users table and click Add to open the Add New User dialog box.
4. Enter login, user name, a numeric user ID (UID), and password; specifying that the user name and
UID are optional. If you do not specify the UID, the vSphere Client assigns the next available UID.
5. To allow a user to access the ESXi host through a command shell, select Grant shell access to this
user. Users that access the host only through the vSphere Client do not need shell access.
6. To add the user to a group, select the group name from the Group drop-down menu and click Add.
7. Click OK.
Disabling Guest And Anonymous Accounts In Supported Windows Operating
Systems
NOTE: You must be logged in with Administrator privileges.
1. Open the Computer Management window.
2. In the console tree, expand Local Users and Groups and click Users.
3. Double-click Guest or IUSR_system name user account to see the Properties for those users, or
right-click the Guest or IUSR_system name user account and then select Properties.
4. Select Account is disabled and click OK.
A red circle with an X appears over the user name to indicate that the account is disabled.
Configuring The SNMP Agent
Server Administrator supports the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP—a systems
management standard—on all supported operating systems. The SNMP support may or may not be
installed depending on your operating system and how the operating system was installed. In most cases,
SNMP is installed as part of your operating system installation. An installed supported systems
management protocol standard, such as SNMP, is required before installing Server Administrator.
You can configure the SNMP agent to change the community name and to send traps to a management
station. To configure your SNMP agent for proper interaction with management applications such as the
Dell OpenManage Essentials, perform the procedures described in the following sections.
NOTE: The default SNMP agent configuration usually includes a SNMP community name such as
public. For security reasons, you must rename the default SNMP community names. For information
about renaming the SNMP community names, see
Changing The SNMP Community Name.
NOTE: For IT Assistant to retrieve management information from a system running Server
Administrator, the community name used by IT Assistant must match a community name on the
system running Server Administrator. For IT Assistant to modify information or perform actions on a
system running Server Administrator, the community name used by IT Assistant must match a
community name that allows Set operations on the system running Server Administrator. For IT
Assistant to receive traps (asynchronous event notifications) from a system running Server
Administrator, the system running Server Administrator must be configured to send traps to the
system running IT Assistant.
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