Introducing the Platform Services Controller Interface

Platform Services Controller Interface

In vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1,using the Platform Services Controller Interface you can perform tasks, such as:

• Adding and Editing Users and Groups for Single Sign-On
• Adding Single Sign-On Identity Sources
• Configuring Single Sign-On Policies (e.g Password Policies)
• Adding Certificate Stores
• Adding and Revoking Certificates

 Login

• Connect to https://<fqdn-or-ip>/psc/ and login to the HTML5-based Platform Services Controller Interface with a Single-Sign On administrative user (e.g. administrator@vsphere.local.)

Once you’ve logged into the the Platform Services Controller Interface, you’ll be directed to the Home section.

Here you are presented with sections for Single Sign-On, Certificates and Appliance Settings.

Determining detailed build number information for VMware hosts

Build number information:

In some cases, after patches have been installed on an ESXi host, different build numbers are reported for different components.VMware ESXi hosts are patched according to a model where each patch bundle only updates a few components of the ESXi installation at a time. Not all components of the installation are upgraded during each patch installation. When a patch is applied, the build number of the updated components changes. As a result, the ESXi installation can have different components at different build numbers, depending upon which patch bundles have been applied.

To determine the system level of a host:
Log into your ESXi host. In the command prompt, type the command : vmware -l

To determine the build number of a host:

Log into your ESXi host. In the command prompt, type the command : vmware -v