Add Another Administrator to ESXi

This is useful if you don’t want to give someone else your password, because you have used the same password for many, many other things, like the GOOOOD security practitioner you are.

2 step process

Step 1: Manage, Security & Users Tab, Users, Add User

Fill out the form, if the passwords don’t match or if the password isn’t complex enough, you won’t be able to proceed

Step 2: give the user permission

Hosts, Actions, Permissions

Add user

Use the left Drop Down box to select the user you created in Step 1. If all your users are assigned this list will be empty as the one shown in the screenshot. User the right list to select the permission level for this user. Click Add user and close.