We're having a problem with one of our ESXi servers losing it's domain authentication every 40-60 days it seems.We're running ESXi 4.1.0, build 348481 with the free license installed. There is no vCenter servers. Users connect directly to the ESXi host using the vSphere client.
When configuring this server, I set up the authentication services to use Active Directory. It joined to the domain no problem. I configured permissions using security groups from AD so that users would be able to log in using their AD accounts. About every 40-60 days, I get notice from users that they can no longer log in using their domain accounts. I end up having to go remove the ESXi host from the domain and then rejoin the domain.
I have not been able to find a resolution to this issue. The ESXi logs have not proved to helpful in this matter. At one point, I did see a kerberos error in the security log of one of our domain controllers for this host, but didn't think to save/document the error.
Has anyone experienced this issue? Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?