How to converge to vCenter Server Appliance with embedded Platform Services Controller when using PSC HA

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information on VMware Convergence Tool for migrating vCenter Server Appliance with external Platform Services Controller to vCenter Server Appliance with embedded Platform Services Controller when using PSC HA.

For more information, see VMware Documentation on the basics of convergence tool.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7.x

Resolution

1. Converge all vCenter Server Appliances using either method:

    a. Converge to an Embedded Platform Services Controller Node Using the vSphere Client

    b. Converging to an Embedded Platform Services Controller Node Using the Command-Line Utility

    
2. Decommission all external Platform Services Controllers using either method:

    a. Decommission the Platform Services Controller Using the vShere Client

    b. Decommission the Platform Services Controller Using the Command-Line Utility

    
3. Using SSH, log into any of the previously converged vCenter Server Appliances as the root user.

4. Run the cmsso-util command to unregister the PSC HA service endpoints.

   cmsso-util unregister --node-pnid <psc-ha-vip-fqdn> --username [e-mail]

    
    Note: The command will display an error "ERROR unregistering computer account."
    This is expected as there is no computer account object associated with the PSC HA FQDN

    For more information about cmsso-util, see KB 2106736

5. Run this command to confirm that no PSC HA service endpoints contains the decommissioned PSC HA VIP

    python /usr/lib/vmidentity/tools/scripts/lstool.py list --url http://localhost:7080/lookupservice/sdk 2> /dev/null | grep URL | grep <psc-ha-vip-fqdn>

or newer version

/usr/lib/vmware-lookupsvc/tools/lstool.py list --url http://localhost:7080/lookupservice/sdk 2> /dev/null | grep URL | grep <psc-ha-vip-fqdn>

6. Remove the PSC HA configuration from the Load Balancer. (Consult the respective load balancer documentation)

Additional Information

Decommission of external PSC after successful converge upgrade/migration