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Configuring Windows PSC for High Availability in vSphere 6.5/6.7
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Article ID: 338894
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Issue/Introduction
This article provides the procedure to configure Windows installed Platform Services Controller (PSC) Appliance 6.5/6.7 High Availability.
Environment
VMware vCenter Server 6.5.x
VMware vCenter Server 6.7.x
Resolution
This article is part of a series for configuring PSC HA, for the main article, see:
vSphere 6.5:
Configuring Platform Service Controller HA in vSphere 6.5
vSphere 6.7:
Configuring Platform Service Controller HA in vSphere 6.7
Configuring PSC HA 6.5 for SSL passthrough
To configure the PSCs for load balancing by running the
updateSSOConfig.py
and
updateLsEndpoint.py
scripts.
Notes
:
The
updateSSOConfig.py
script updates information local to each PSC and must be ran on all PSCs in the HA instance.
The
updateLsEndpoint.py
script updates the ServiceRegistration Endpoints in VMDir and only needs to be ran on one of the PSCs in the HA instance.
Running the
updateSSOConfig.py
script
Connect to the PSC with an administrative user.
Open an elevated privilege command prompt.
Navigate to
C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\vmware-sso\bin
with this command:
cd "C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\vmware-sso\bin"
Run this command:
"%VMWARE_PYTHON_BIN%"\python updateSSOConfig.py --lb-fqdn=psc-ha-vip.domain.com
Repeat these steps on any remaining PSCs.
Running the
updateLsEndpoint.py
script
Connect to the PSC with an administrative user.
Open an elevated privilege command prompt.
Navigate to
C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\vmware-sso\bin
with this command:
cd "C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\vmware-sso\bin"
Run this command
"%VMWARE_PYTHON_BIN%"python UpdateLsEndpoint.py --lb-fqdn=psc-ha-vip.domain.com --user=
administrative_user
--password=
password
Note
: Only perform this step on a single PSC node.
Configuring PSC HA 6.5 for SSL termination
To configure the PSCs for load balancing by running the
updateSSOConfig.py
and
updateLsEndpoint.py
scripts.
Notes
:
The
updateSSOConfig.py
script updates information local to each PSC and must be ran on all PSCs in the HA instance.
The
updateLsEndpoint.py
script updates the ServiceRegistration Endpoints in VMDir and only needs to be ran on one of the PSCs in the HA instance.
Running the
updateSSOConfig.py
script
Connect to the PSC with an administrative user.
Open an elevated privilege command prompt.
Navigate to
C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\vmware-sso\bin
with this command:
cd "C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\vmware-sso\bin"
Run this command:
"%VMWARE_PYTHON_BIN%"\python updateSSOConfig.py --lb-fqdn=psc-ha-vip.domain.com
For example:
"%VMWARE_PYTHON_BIN%"python updateSSOConfig.py --lb-fqdn=loadbalancer.vmware.com
Repeat these steps on any remaining PSCs.
Running the
updateLsEndpoint.py
script
Connect to the PSC with an administrative user.
Open an elevated privilege command prompt.
Navigate to
C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\vmware-sso\bin
with this command:
cd "C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\vmware-sso\bin"
Run this command
"%VMWARE_PYTHON_BIN%"python UpdateLsEndpoint.py --upgrade --lb-fqdn=psc-ha-vip.domain.com --user=administrative_user --password=password
For example:
"%VMWARE_PYTHON_BIN%"python UpdateLsEndpoint.py --upgrade --lb-fqdn=psc-ha-vip.vmware.com
[email protected]
--password=VMware123$
Note
: Only perform this step on a single PSC node.
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