6.5.1
Table Of Contents
- Platform Services Controller Administration
- Contents
- About Platform Services Controller Administration
- Updated Information
- Getting Started with Platform Services Controller
- vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller Deployment Types
- Deployment Topologies with External Platform Services Controller Instances and High Availability
- Understanding vSphere Domains, Domain Names, and Sites
- Platform Services Controller Capabilities
- Managing Platform Services Controller Services
- Managing the Platform Services Controller Appliance
- vSphere Authentication with vCenter Single Sign-On
- Understanding vCenter Single Sign-On
- Configuring vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Sources
- Identity Sources for vCenter Server with vCenter Single Sign-On
- Set the Default Domain for vCenter Single Sign-On
- Add a vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Source
- Edit a vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Source
- Remove a vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Source
- Use vCenter Single Sign-On With Windows Session Authentication
- vCenter Server Two-Factor Authentication
- Using vCenter Single Sign-On as the Identity Provider for Another Service Provider
- Security Token Service STS
- Managing vCenter Single Sign-On Policies
- Managing vCenter Single Sign-On Users and Groups
- Add vCenter Single Sign-On Users
- Disable and Enable vCenter Single Sign-On Users
- Delete a vCenter Single Sign-On User
- Edit a vCenter Single Sign-On User
- Add a vCenter Single Sign-On Group
- Add Members to a vCenter Single Sign-On Group
- Remove Members From a vCenter Single Sign-On Group
- Delete vCenter Single Sign-On Solution Users
- Change Your vCenter Single Sign-On Password
- vCenter Single Sign-On Security Best Practices
- vSphere Security Certificates
- Certificate Requirements for Different Solution Paths
- Certificate Management Overview
- Managing Certificates with the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
- Explore Certificate Stores from the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
- Replace Certificates with New VMCA-Signed Certificates from the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
- Make VMCA an Intermediate Certificate Authority from the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
- Set up Your System to Use Custom Certificates from the Platform Services Controller
- Managing Certificates from the vSphere Web Client
- Managing Certificates with the vSphere Certificate Manager Utility
- Certificate Manager Options and the Workflows in This Document
- Regenerate a New VMCA Root Certificate and Replace All Certificates
- Make VMCA an Intermediate Certificate Authority (Certificate Manager)
- Generate CSR with vSphere Certificate Manager and Prepare Root Certificate (Intermediate CA)
- Replace VMCA Root Certificate with Custom Signing Certificate and Replace All Certificates
- Replace Machine SSL Certificate with VMCA Certificate (Intermediate CA)
- Replace Solution User Certificates with VMCA Certificates (Intermediate CA)
- Replace All Certificates with Custom Certificate (Certificate Manager)
- Revert Last Performed Operation by Republishing Old Certificates
- Reset All Certificates
- Manual Certificate Replacement
- Managing Services and Certificates With CLI Commands
- Troubleshooting Platform Services Controller
- Determining the Cause of a Lookup Service Error
- Unable to Log In Using Active Directory Domain Authentication
- vCenter Server Login Fails Because the User Account Is Locked
- VMware Directory Service Replication Can Take a Long Time
- Export a Platform Services Controller Support Bundle
- Platform Services Controller Service Logs Reference
Option Description
--level <level>
Level for the Platform Services Controller.
Use 2 to explicitly set the level after an upgrade, for example,
because you want to use Platform Services Controller high
availability.
--login <admin_user_id>
The administrator of the local vCenter Single Sign-On domain,
administrator@vsphere.local by default.
--password <admin_password>
Password of the administrator user. If you do not specify the
password, you are prompted.
--server <psc_ip_or_fqdn>
Use this option if you do not want to target the affinitized
Platform Services Controller. Specify the IP address or FQDN of
the Platform Services Controller;
--domain-name <domain_name>
Optional name of the domain in which the
Platform Services Controller is running.
dir-cli list-domain-versions
Lists the domain functional level of each Platform Services Controller in the current domain or in the
domain that is specified by --domain-name <domain_name>. Also lists the highest domain functional
level that is possible that domain.
Run this command before you run dir-cli domain-functional-level set to make sure it is possible
to change the DFL.
Option Description
--level <level>
Level for the Platform Services Controller. Use 2 to explicitly set
the level after an upgrade. Use 1 if you explicitly want to
downgrade your environment, for example, because you want to
use an external Platform Services Controller.
--login <admin_user_id>
The administrator of the local vCenter Single Sign-On domain,
administrator@vsphere.local by default.
--password <admin_password>
Password of the administrator user. If you do not specify the
password, you are prompted.
--server <psc_ip_or_fqdn>
Use this option if you do not want to target the affinitized
Platform Services Controller. Specify the IP address or FQDN of
the Platform Services Controller;
--domain-name <domain_name>
Optional name of the domain in which the
Platform Services Controller is running.
dir-cli computer password-reset
Enables you to reset the password of the machine account in the domain. This option is useful if you have
to restore a Platform Services Controller instance.
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