I am currently running a small vsphere 5 environment with the vCenter Server Appliance version 5.0.0.3324 Build 472350.
I have an issue where normal active directory authentication fails after the account has it's password changed. I can log on successfully using Windows Credentials but not if I type out the password.
It looks like vCenter is successfully talking to my domain controllers; I can query user and groups with no problem and I can see the log entry on the DC for successful kerberos login by the vCenter server. However, I do not see any failed login attempts from when I manualy type in the passwords.
If I create a new account in AD and grant it permissions at the vsphere level, I have no problems logging in. But once I change the password, that account can only log on using Windows credentials.
In the vCenter settings - Active Directory, I have validation enabled, if that matters.
So, anyone have any idea what could be causing this problems? Is vCenter caching my credentials somewhere?