Searching for SSO login events in the vSphere Client

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to search and view Single Sign-On (SSO) login events for vCenter Server using the vSphere Client.

Environment

vCenter Server 8.0
vCenter Server 7.0

Resolution

1. Log in to the vSphere Client.
2. Select the vCenter Server object in the vSphere Client inventory.
3. Navigate to the Monitor tab and click Events.
4. Filter the Event Type ID column by com.vmware.sso.
5. Review the filtered SSO login events.
   The following events are displayed on Description column.
     Login success : Successful login ####@#### from #### at MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS GMT in SSO
   
     Login failure : Failed login ####@#### from #### at MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS GMT in SSO

Additional Information

How to find vCenter Server login record