Update-VcenterRootPasswordExpiration¶

Synopsis¶

Updates the root user password expiration policy for a vCenter instance.

Syntax¶

expire¶

Update-VcenterRootPasswordExpiration -server <String> -user <String> -pass <String> -domain <String> [-email <String>] [-maxDays <String>] [-warnDays <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

neverexpire¶

Update-VcenterRootPasswordExpiration -server <String> -user <String> -pass <String> -domain <String>
 [-neverexpire] [<CommonParameters>]

Description¶

The Update-VcenterRootPasswordExpiration cmdlet configures the root user password expiration policy of a vCenter instance.

The cmdlet connects to SDDC Manager using the -server, -user, and -pass values:

Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to SDDC Manager
Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to vCenter
Configures the root user password expiration policy

Examples¶

Example 1¶

Update-VcenterRootPasswordExpiration -server [sddc_manager_fqdn] -user [admin_username] -pass [admin_password] -domain [workload_domain_name] -email [email_address] -maxDays 999 -warnDays 14

This example configures the password expiration settings for a vCenter instance root account to expire after 999 days with email for warning.

Example 2¶

Update-VcenterRootPasswordExpiration -server [sddc_manager_fqdn] -user [admin_username] -pass [admin_password] -domain [workload_domain_name] -neverexpire

This example configures the password expiration settings for a vCenter instance root account to never expire.

Parameters¶

-server¶

The fully qualified domain name of the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-user¶

The username to authenticate to the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-pass¶

The password to authenticate to the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-domain¶

The name of the workload domain to update the policy for.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-email¶

The email address to send password expiration warnings to.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: expire
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-maxDays¶

The maximum number of days before the root user password expires.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: expire
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-warnDays¶

The number of days before the root user password expires in which to send a warning email.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: expire
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-neverexpire¶

Switch to configure the root user password to never expire.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: neverexpire
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Common Parameters¶

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.