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5.5, this user was administrator@vsphere.local. With vSphere 6.0, you can
change the vSphere domain when you install vCenter Server or deploy the
vCenter Server Appliance with a new Platform Services Controller. Do not
name the domain name with your Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP
domain name.
VMware Directory
Service (vmdir)
The VMware Directory service (vmdir) is associated with the domain you
specify during installation and is included in each embedded deployment
and on each Platform Services Controller. This service is a multi-tenanted,
multi-mastered directory service that makes an LDAP directory available on
port 389. The service still uses port 11711 for backward compatibility with
vSphere 5.5 and earlier systems.
If your environment includes more than one instance of the
Platform Services Controller, an update of vmdir content in one vmdir
instance is propagated to all other instances of vmdir.
Starting with vSphere 6.0, the VMware Directory Service stores not only
vCenter Single Sign-On information but also certificate information.
Identity Management
Service
Handles identity sources and STS authentication requests.
How vCenter Single Sign-On Aects Installation
Starting with version 5.1, vSphere includes a vCenter Single Sign-On service as part of the
vCenter Server management infrastructure. This change affects vCenter Server installation.
Authentication with vCenter Single Sign-On makes vSphere more secure because the vSphere software
components communicate with each other by using a secure token exchange mechanism, and all other
users also authenticate with vCenter Single Sign-On.
Starting with vSphere 6.0, vCenter Single Sign-On is either included in an embedded deployment, or part
of the Platform Services Controller. The Platform Services Controller contains all of the services that are
necessary for the communication between vSphere components including vCenter Single Sign-On,
VMware Certificate Authority, VMware Lookup Service, and the licensing service.
The order of installation is important.
First installation If your installation is distributed, you must install the
Platform Services Controller before you install vCenter Server or deploy the
vCenter Server Appliance. For an embedded deployment the correct
installation order happens automatically.
Subsequent
installations
For approximately up to four vCenter Server instances, one
Platform Services Controller can serve your entire vSphere environment.
You can connect the new vCenter Server instances to the same
Platform Services Controller. For more than approximately four
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