vCenter VCSA 6.5 – Repoint to New PSC

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 David Ring VMware, VxRAIL FQDN, LOAD BALANCER, PSC, REPOINT, VVD, VxRAIL

Please also see related post:

VCSA 6.0U2 Lookup SSO Domain Name & Site Name

The following details how to repoint a vCenter VCSA using an external PSC within the same site to a different PSC FQDN. One reason for completing such a task is in the event of your active PSC failing you can simply repoint VC to a second PSC in the same site. The reason I completed such a task was part of a VxRAIL VVD deployment leveraging a load balanced PSC config which required to repoint the VxRAIL management VC to the LB FQDN.

If you wish to confirm the current configuration status of PSC & VC simply navigate via the Web Client:

Home->Admin->System Config->Nodes->Objects

vcsarepoint0 Continue reading →

vSphere VCSA 6.x – Enabling Bash Shell (SCP Access)

September 22, 2016March 12, 2018 David Ring VMware BASH SHELL, PSC, root access, scp, SSH, vCenter, VCSA, winscp

This post was a result of requiring access to the VCSA BASH Shell console in order to perform such functions as certificate-manager (/usr/lib/vmware-vmca/bin/certificate-manager).

The default Shell access when you initially login to the VCSA via SSH is the basic Appliance Shell:

vcsa-cert-1

Continue reading →

vCenter 6.0 – Active Directory Identity Source

May 18, 2016March 12, 2018 David Ring FEHC, VMware Active Directory, Identity Source, PSC, SSO, vCenter 6.0

There are two options for Active Directory Identity Sources with PSC (SSO) 6.0:

Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication)
Active Directory as an LDAP server

Note: there are underlying issues using ‘AD Integrated Windows Authentication’ when VMware SRM is part of a solution.

The chosen SSO identity source outlined in this example is ‘Active Directory as an LDAP Server’. This is also the identity source configuration used for an EHC solution.

Continue reading →