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Prerequisites
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Deploy or install the external Platform Services Controller instance as a replication partner of the
existing embedded Platform Services Controller instance in the same vCenter Single Sign-On site.
Note You can determine the current vCenter Single Sign-On site by using the vmfad-cli command.
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For a vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform Services Controller, log in to the
appliance shell as root and run the command.
/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli get-site-name --server-name localhost
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For a Windows installation of vCenter Server instance with an embedded
Platform Services Controller, log in to the Windows machine as an administrator, open the
Windows command prompt, and run the command.
C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\vmafdd\vmafd-cli get-site-name --server-name localhost
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Create snapshots of the vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller and the
external Platform Services Controller instance, so that you can revert to the snapshots if the
reconfiguration fails.
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If you want to reconfigure a vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform Services Controller
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 with an embedded Platform Services Controller.
Option Steps
For a vCenter Server Appliance with
an embedded
Platform Services Controller
Log in to the appliance shell as root.
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If you have direct access to the appliance console, press Alt+F1.
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If you want to connect remotely, use SSH or another remote console connection
to start a session to the appliance.
For a Windows installation of
vCenter Server with an embedded
Platform Services Controller
Log in to the Windows machine as an administrator, open the Windows command
prompt, and navigate to C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\bin.
2 Verify that all Platform Services Controller services are running.
Run the service-control --status --all command.
The Platform Services Controller services that must be running are VMware License Service,
VMware Identity Management Service, VMware Security Token Service, VMware Certificate Service,
and VMware Directory Service.
3 Run the cmsso-util reconfigure command.
cmsso-util reconfigure --repoint-psc psc_fqdn_or_static_ip --username username --
domain-name domain_name --passwd password [--dc-port port_number]
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