Tag Archives: vCSA 6.0

Invalid Credentials – Join an SSO domain in an existing vCenter 6.0 platform service controller.

VC6.0 Appliance Installation Issue. We already created one primary platform service controller ( PSC ) and when trying to install the second PSC\VC which connects to the primary PSC, it is failing with the error “ invalid credentials “ and … Continue reading

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vCSA 6.0 “Firstboot Script Execution Error – Failed to run vdcpromo”

Platform Service controller – PSC installation was failing when we try to connect to join the PSC in the same domain name but with different site name. ” Failed to run vdcpromo “ We have one PSC installed in the … Continue reading

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Replacing vCenter 6.0 SSL Certificate.

To generate the certificate we need to have Microsoft Certificate Authority server with the vSphere 6.0 Template for SSL Certificate.Pls check my other blog on creating the new template for vSphere 6.0. update 04\02\2016 Before proceeding to change the certificate, … Continue reading

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Creating a new Template for vSphere 6.0 to use for Machine SSL and Solution User certificate.

Pls check my previous blogs about the PSC , F5 PSC LB, vCSA installation and PSC AD configuration. Login to the windows CA issuing server and type certtmpl.msc which starts up the Certificate Templates Console. Go to the Templates folder , right … Continue reading

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Joining a Platform Service Controller to the AD Domain (vCSA 6.0)

Pls check my previous blog on PSC , F5 PSC LB and vCSA installation and configuration.In this blog we can see the PSC AD configuration. In vCSA 6.0 the way we connect the AD is changed when compare to the … Continue reading

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Install and Configure VMware vCSA 6.0 with External Platform Service Controller ( PSC )

Pls check my previous blog about Installing the PSC and Configuring the F5 Load Balancer and in this blog we can see the installation of the vCSA and configuring it with the External PSC. Before Starting the Installation it is … Continue reading

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F5 Load Balancer Configuration for the HA Platform Services Controller ( PSC )

Pls check my previous blog on configuring the PSC  in HA and here we can see the F5 configuration for the load balancer. Node 1: PSCSSO1.domain.local\10.10.10.1 Node2:PSCSSO2.domain.local\10.10.10.2 LB: PSCSSO.domain.local\10.10.10.3 We need to download the lb.p12 file from the ha Folder … Continue reading

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Invalid Credentials: Issue with connecting VC6 to an external VMware PSC High Availability deployment.

After finishing the load balancer F5 configuration for the external PSC , I tried to install the VCenter Appliance to connect the external PSC. When I provided the external PSC credentials to the LB FQDN\IP it was throwing the error … Continue reading

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Deploying Platform Services Controller ( PSC ) in HA mode behind a Load Balancer.

In this blog we can see the configuration of High Availability External Platform Services Controller ( PSC ) Appliance .A fresh, or new, vCenter Single Sign-On high availability deployment is recommended when there are multiple vCenter Server systems or vCenter … Continue reading

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How to SCP files to VMware vCenter Appliance 6.0 ( vCSA)

When I was trying to copy the files using winscp or SCP from the other linux system to the vCSA , ended up with the below error. Unknown command : ‘scp’ This is because we need to change the shell … Continue reading

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