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Steps PSC Converge to vCenter in GUI(vSphere 6.7)

  Convergence is the process of reconfiguring or converting a vCenter Server instance with an external Platform Services Controller to a vCenter Server instance with an embedded Platform Services Controller. Convergence Internal Workflow illustrates the process of converging a single standalone vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller to a vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller. Check vCenter is standalone or linked vCenter, plan accordingly to perform vCenter Converge. In Case of Linked vCenter, This testing is performed on vCenter 6.7 Example Linked List of vCenter and PSC vCenter1 vCenter2 vCenter3 vCenter4 vCenter5 PSC1 PSC2 PSC3 PSC1 mapped to vCenter 1 and vCenter2, PSC2 Mapped to vCenter3 and vCenter4 and PSC3 mapped to vCenter5  Each PSC mapped to 2 vCenter, last PSC mapped to 1 vCenter Take Backup of vCenter  Check all PSC and vCenter are in same version, if there version mismatch. make all component version identical. Download Current
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vCenter's PSC LADP 696 SSL certificate binding/replacement

vCenter VCSA will have default self-sign certificate which communicate with 443 over https. There are three method of certificate 1.       Self-Sign Certificate 2.       Custom certificate 3.       VMCA We are discussing with vCenter replaced certificate either custom and VMCA. I am using custom method. Mostly organization will have their CA server locally or outsourced or public CA server service. Embedded vCenter you need to replace certificate on one appliance, incase of external vCenter you need to replace on PSC and vCenter. Before replacing and after replacing certificate you can check SSL certificate details with this command “openssl s_client -connect localhost:443” This is article we going to secure LDAP on VSCA. The LDAP(Secure) on PSC Identity Source Configuration Wizard. vCenter LDAP is integrated on PSC. If its embedded vCenter you can perform this Steps on vCenter. If vCenter is external, you need to perform this step on PSC not on vCenter. Befo

Replacing vCenter VCSA Custom certificate

While VMware vCenter provides a centralized platform for managing across the hybrid cloud, an expired certificate can turn into an IT nightmare. Recently, one of our clients experienced an issue with VMware vCenter 6.5. The platform became unavailable because the certificate expired. This expired certificate was not self-signed or automatically created during new vCenter installation, but instead issued by a trusted certificate authority (CA). Dasher’s expert engineers recommend replacing the certificate on your vCenter and checking the expiration date to prevent a vCenter outage. When a vCenter machine certificate expires, most communication and services will not work properly and fail to function (due to multiple services that are assigned to use that certificate for secure communication). In this case, our client could not login vCenter, manage it and other third-party integration plugins, or backup software failed with tasks. How to recover a VCenter machine certificate

Preparing a new VMware Cloud Foundation Deployment

With the release of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 3.0, major changes were made to the deployment and architecture of the platform and as a result, there are new pre-requisites that need to be met before bringing up can occur. 1. Physical prerequisites This is where the architecture changes come into play. VCF 3.0 includes a new Bring Your Own Network design methodology that is drastically different than the very prescribed networking in previous versions. This was from direct feedback from customers, and it shows that they’re listening and willing to make changes based on said feedback.  Racking and cabling of the hosts is still the same, but there are no longer any requirements around how the networking is cabled or configured if VLAN tagging is enabled and the ports are available. This opens up VCF to being supported on what would previously have been a non-VCF architecture. This provides a great deal of flexibility in switching vendors as well as throughput choices. The dis