For medium to large infrastructures, there are always multiple Active Directory domains available. We can use VCM to manage servers in multiple domains. This recipe explains what you need to do for that.
There should be a proper name resolution. If there is a firewall in between, then the ports stated in the first chapter must be open.
We need a network authority account per domain in order to manage the machines in that domain and VCM functions such as collecting data, patching, and so on.
We need to add the domains and network authority account and finally associate them with one another.
Go to Administration | Settings | Network Authority
We have three options:
Available Domains (identified while performing the installation); we can add new ones if required
Available Accounts (we assigned one NAA while performing VCM deployment)
Assigned Accounts