Aria Operations for Networks GUI Login don't allow spaces in password

Products

• VCF Operations for Networks
• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

Aria Operations for Networks environment works as expected, but issue is faced with GUI login with password with space and users are unable to login.

This issue is seen with local user accounts passwords and with LDAP/LDAPs password which have space.

 

Environment

Aria Operations for Networks 6.x
vRealize Network Insight 6.x

Cause

Aria Operations for Networks does not allow space in password for GUI logins
Having a space in password is not a common / recommended practice. 

Resolution

Create a local user account without spaces.

Allowed characters are ?!@#$%^&*_-