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2V0-621 · Question #46

Refer to the Exhibit. An administrator is adding an Active Directory over LDAP Identity Source for vCenter Single Sign-On, as indicated in the Exhibit. What is the correct value to configure for the D

The correct answer is A. The domain's NetBIOS name.. The Domain alias field in vCenter SSO for an Active Directory over LDAP identity source must be set to the domain's NetBIOS name, which allows users to authenticate using the short DOMAIN\username format.

Section 1 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Security

Question

Refer to the Exhibit. An administrator is adding an Active Directory over LDAP Identity Source for vCenter Single Sign-On, as indicated in the Exhibit. What is the correct value to configure for the Domain alias?

Exhibit

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Options

  • AThe domain's NetBIOS name.
  • BThe fully qualified domain name.
  • Cvsphere.local
  • DA user defined label.

How the community answered

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  • A
    86% (24)
  • B
    7% (2)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    4% (1)

Why each option

The Domain alias field in vCenter SSO for an Active Directory over LDAP identity source must be set to the domain's NetBIOS name, which allows users to authenticate using the short DOMAIN\username format.

AThe domain's NetBIOS name.Correct

The Domain alias in vCenter SSO corresponds to the NetBIOS (short) name of the Active Directory domain, such as 'CORP' for 'corp.example.com'. This value is what users type before the backslash when logging in with the DOMAIN\username format, and it must match the actual NetBIOS name registered in AD.

BThe fully qualified domain name.

The fully qualified domain name (e.g., corp.example.com) belongs in the Domain name field, not the alias field.

Cvsphere.local

vsphere.local is the default built-in SSO domain and has no relevance to an external Active Directory identity source alias.

DA user defined label.

The alias must reflect the actual NetBIOS name so authentication resolves correctly; an arbitrary user-defined label would cause login failures.

Concept tested: vCenter SSO Active Directory LDAP identity source configuration

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-authentication/GUID-B23B1360-8838-4FF2-B074-71643C4CB040.html

Topics

#SSO#Active Directory#LDAP identity source#NetBIOS name

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