Update-EsxiPasswordComplexity¶

Synopsis¶

Updates the password complexity for all ESX hosts in a cluster.

Syntax¶

Update-EsxiPasswordComplexity [-server] <String> [-user] <String> [-pass] <String> [-domain] <String> [-cluster] <String> [-policy] <String> [-history] <Int32> [[-detail] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description¶

The Update-EsxiPasswordComplexity cmdlet configures the password complexity policy on an ESX host. 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 the workload domain exists in the SDDC Manager inventory
Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to vCenter
Gathers the ESX hosts for the cluster specified
Configures the password complexity policy for all ESX hosts in the cluster

Examples¶

Example 1¶

Update-EsxiPasswordComplexity -server [sddc_manager_fqdn] -user [admin_username] -pass [admin_password] -domain [workload_domain_name] -cluster [cluster_name] -policy "retry=5 min=disabled,disabled,disabled,disabled,15" -history 5

This example configures all ESX hosts within the cluster in the workload domain

Example 2¶

Update-EsxiPasswordComplexity -server [sddc_manager_fqdn] -user [admin_username] -pass [admin_password] -domain [workload_domain_name] -cluster [cluster_name] -policy "retry=5 min=disabled,disabled,disabled,disabled,15" -history 5 -detail false

This example configures all ESX hosts within the cluster in the workload domain but does not show the detail per host.

Parameters¶

-server¶

The fully qualified domain name of the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
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: 2
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: 3
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: 4
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-cluster¶

The name of the cluster to update the policy for.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 5
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-policy¶

The policy to apply to the ESX hosts.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 6
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-history¶

The number of previous passwords that a password cannot match.

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 7
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-detail¶

Return the details of the policy. One of true or false. Default is true.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 8
Default value: True
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.