PowerEdge: AD user password expiry alert in vSphere H5 Client

Summary: vCenter enables Active Directory (AD) and login by Active Directory users have notification "Password will expire in X days," customer must eliminate it.

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Symptoms

  1. vCenter login by Active Directory users have notification "Password expires in 26 days"
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  2. If swapped to Administrator user login vCenter, have not notification "Password expires in X day
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Cause

The Active Directory password expiration notification is separate from the vCenter Server SSO password expiration. The default password expiration notification for an Active Directory user is 30 days, but the password expiration depends on your Active Directory system. The vSphere Client controls the expiration notification. You can change the default expiration notification to meet the security standards in your corporation.

Resolution

  1. SSH log in to the vCenter Server CLI
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  2. Change directory to the location of the vSphere Client webclient.properties file
    Note: 5 Client - /etc/vmware/vsphere-ui/webclient.properties
    cd /etc/vmware/vsphere-ui
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  3. Open the webclient.properties file with a text editor
    vim  /etc/vmware/vsphere-ui/webclient.properties
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  4. Edit the following variable,  sso.pending.password.expiration.notification.days = 30 -à 5
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  5. Restart the vSphere Client
    service-control --stop vsphere-ui
    service-control --start vsphere-ui
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  6. vCenter logged in by Active Directory users again, the notification "Password expires in 26 days" was gone
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    Refer document and KB:
    VMware vSphere 7.0 Product Documentation
    https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.authentication.doc/GUID-861C3140-A9AE-42A5-83EF-BC2CCEA9E4C7.html
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    Changing "Password expires in X days" notification for Active Directory users in vSphere Web/H5 Client
    https://williamlam.com/2017/11/changing-password-will-expire-in-x-days-notification-for-active-directory-users-in-vsphere-web-h5-client.html
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Affected Products

Poweredge C4140, PowerEdge C6420, PowerEdge C6520, PowerEdge C6525, PowerEdge C6615, PowerEdge C6620, PowerEdge FC640, PowerEdge HS5610, PowerEdge HS5620, PowerEdge M640, PowerEdge M640 (for PE VRTX), PowerEdge M7701, PowerEdge M7725 , PowerEdge MX5016s, PowerEdge MX740C, PowerEdge MX750c, PowerEdge MX760c, PowerEdge MX840C, PowerEdge R250, PowerEdge R350, PowerEdge R450, PowerEdge R540, PowerEdge R550, PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R6415, PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R650xs, PowerEdge R6515, PowerEdge R6525, PowerEdge R660, PowerEdge R660xs, PowerEdge R6615, PowerEdge R6625, PowerEdge R670, PowerEdge R6715, PowerEdge R6725, PowerEdge R740, PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R740XD2, PowerEdge R7415, PowerEdge R7425, PowerEdge R750, PowerEdge R750XA, PowerEdge R750xs, PowerEdge R7515, PowerEdge R7525, PowerEdge R760, PowerEdge R760XA, PowerEdge R760xd2, PowerEdge R760xs, PowerEdge R7615, PowerEdge R7625, PowerEdge R770, PowerEdge R770AP, PowerEdge R7715, PowerEdge R7725, PowerEdge R7725xd, PowerEdge R840, PowerEdge R860, PowerEdge R940, PowerEdge R940xa, PowerEdge R960, PowerEdge T340, PowerEdge T350, PowerEdge T360, PowerEdge T440, PowerEdge T550, PowerEdge T560, PowerEdge T640, VMware Carbon Black, VMware ESXi 8.x, VMware ESXi 9.x, VMware OEM Products with ProSupport, VMware VSAN ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000192597
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 28 Aug 2025
Version:  2
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