6.5.1

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]
where the square brackets [ ] enclose optional items.
Here, psc_fqdn_or_static_ip is the system name used to identify the external
Platform Services Controller instance. This system name must be an FQDN or a static IP address.
Note The FQDN value is case-sensitive.
The options username and password are the administrator user name and password of the vCenter
Single Sign-On domain_name.
Use the --dc-port option if the external Platform Services Controller runs on a custom HTTPS port.
The default value of the HTTPS port is 443.
For example, if the external Platform Services Controller runs on a custom HTTPS port 449, you must
run:
cmsso-util reconfigure --repoint-psc psc.acme.local --username administrator --
domain-name vsphere.local --passwd Password1! --dc-port 449
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.
The vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller is demoted, and the vCenter Server
is redirected to the external Platform Services Controller.
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