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If an external Platform Services Controller stops responding or if you want to distribute the load of an
external Platform Services Controller, you can repoint the vCenter Server instances to another
Platform Services Controller in the same domain and site.
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You can repoint the vCenter Server instance to an existing functional Platform Services Controller
instance with free load capacity in the same domain and site.
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You can install or deploy a new Platform Services Controller instance in the same domain and site to
which to repoint the vCenter Server instance.
Prerequisites
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If the old Platform Services Controller instance has stopped responding, remove the node and clean
up the stale vmdir data by running the cmsso-util unregister command. For information about
decommissioning a Platform Services Controller instance, see https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2106736.
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Verify that the old and the new Platform Services Controller instances are in the same vCenter Single
Sign-On domain and site by running the vdcrepadmin -f showservers command. For information
about using the command, see https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2127057.
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If you want to repoint a vCenter Server Appliance that is configured in a vCenter HA cluster, remove
the vCenter HA configuration. For information about removing a vCenter HA configuration, see
vSphere Availability.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vCenter Server instance.
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For a vCenter Server Appliance, log in to the vCenter Server Appliance shell as root.
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For a vCenter Server instance on Windows, log in as an administrator to the vCenter Server
virtual machine or physical server.
2 If the vCenter Server instance runs on Windows, in the Windows command prompt, navigate to
C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\bin.
3 Run the cmsso-util repoint command.
cmsso-util repoint --repoint-psc psc_fqdn_or_static_ip [--dc-port port_number]
where the square brackets [ ] enclose the command options.
Here, psc_fqdn_or_static_ip is the system name used to identify the Platform Services Controller.
This system name must be an FQDN or a static IP address.
Note The FQDN value is case-sensitive.
Use the --dc-port port_number option if the Platform Services Controller runs on a custom
HTTPS port. The default value of the HTTPS port is 443.
4 Log in to the vCenter Server instance by using the vSphere Web Client to verify that the
vCenter Server instance is running and can be managed.
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