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Break Glass from VMware vSphere Client

Use the Break Glass task to gain immediate access to an endpoint that you do not have privileged access to.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Host Information screen, select Privileged Accounts Management.

   The Privileged Accounts Management tab opens, displaying the privileged accounts available for you to break glass.

2. Select the privileged account to check out and select Break Glass.
3. Fill in the justification and click Check Out.

   CA Access Control for Virtual Environments submits the task and, if successful, displays the account password in the confirmation message.

Note: After you check out the password, the following options are also displayed in the Actions menu: Check in, Login Application, and Show Password.