6.0.1

issues Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
tokens. These security tokens represent the identity
of a user in one of the identity source types
supported by vCenter Single Sign-On.
Administration
server
The administration server allows users with
administrator privileges to vCenter Single Sign-On
to congure the vCenter Single Sign-On server and
manage users and groups from the
vSphere Web Client. Initially, only the user
[e-mail] has these privileges.
vCenter Lookup
Service
vCenter Lookup Service contains topology
information about the vSphere infrastructure,
enabling vSphere components to connect to each
other securely. Unless you are using Simple Install,
you are prompted for the Lookup Service URL when
you install other vSphere components. For example,
the Inventory Service and the vCenter Server
installers ask for the Lookup Service URL and then
contact the Lookup Service to nd vCenter Single
Sign-On. After installation, the Inventory Service and
vCenter Server system are registered in vCenter
Lookup Service so other vSphere components, like
the vSphere Web Client, can nd them.
VMware
Directory
Service
Directory service associated with the vsphere.local
domain. This service is a multi-tenanted, multi-
mastered directory service that makes an LDAP
directory available on port 11711. In multisite mode,
an update of VMware Directory Service content in
one VMware Directory Service instance results in the
automatic update of the VMware Directory Service
instances associated with all other vCenter Single
Sign-On nodes.
vCenter Server plug-ins
Applications that provide additional features and functionality to
vCenter Server. Typically, plug-ins consist of a server component and a client
component. After the plug-in server is installed, it is registered with
vCenter Server and the plug-in client is available to the vSphere Web Client
for download. After a plug-in is installed on the vSphere Web Client, it might
alter the interface by adding views, tabs, toolbar buons, or menu options
related to the added functionality.
Plug-ins leverage core vCenter Server capabilities, such as authentication and
permission management, but can have their own types of events, tasks,
metadata, and privileges.
Some vCenter Server features are implemented as plug-ins, and can be
managed using the vSphere Web Client Plug-in Manager. These features
include vCenter Storage Monitoring, vCenter Hardware Status, and vCenter
Service Status.
vCenter Server
database
A persistent storage area for maintaining the status of each virtual machine,
host, and user managed in the vCenter Server environment. The
vCenter Server database can be remote or local to the vCenter Server system.
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