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3 Create a new vCenter Single Sign-On domain or join an existing domain.
Option Description
Create a new Single Sign-On domain Creates a vCenter Single Sign-On domain.
a Enter the domain name, for example vsphere.local.
b Set the password for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator account.
This is the password for the user administrator@your_domain_name.
c Enter the site name for vCenter Single Sign-On.
The site name is important if you are using vCenter Single Sign-On in multiple
locations. The site name must contain alphanumeric characters. Choose your
own name for the vCenter Single Sign-On site. You cannot change the name
after installation.
Extended ASCII and non-ASCII characters are unsupported in site names.
Your site name must include alphanumeric characters and a comma (,),
period (.), question mark (?), dash (-), underscore (_), plus sign (+) or equals
sign (=).
d Click Next.
Join an existing vCenter Single Sign-
On domain
Joins the Platform Services Controller appliance to an existing vCenter Single
Sign-On domain as a replication partner of an existing
Platform Services Controller instance. You must provide the information about the
partner Platform Services Controller instance that you want to join.
a Enter the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the partner
Platform Services Controller instance.
b Enter the HTTPS port of the partner Platform Services Controller instance.
c Enter the vCenter Single Sign-On domain name of the partner
Platform Services Controller instance.
d Enter the password of the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user.
e Click Next.
f Select whether to create or join an existing vCenter Single Sign-On site.
4 Review the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) page and choose if you
want to join the program.
For information about the CEIP, see the Configuring Customer Experience Improvement Program
section in vCenter Server and Host Management.
5 On the Ready to complete page, review the configuration settings for the Platform Services Controller
appliance, click Finish, and click OK to complete stage 2 of the deployment process and set up the
appliance.
6 (Optional) After the initial setup finishes, click the https://platform_services_controller_fqdn/psc to
go to the Platform Services Controller Web interface, or click the
https://platform_services_controller_fqdn:443 to go the Platform Services Controller Getting
Started page.
7 Click Close to exit the wizard.
You are redirected to the Platform Services Controller Getting Started page.
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