finally getting to play around with the vcsa…

default credentials are “root” with the password “vmware”. by default the system will try to retrieve an IP address via DHCP. to configure the network settings from the command line run: /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net

the appliance can be configured at https://vcsa.mydomain.com:5480 (just an example hostname). once within the web management – vCenter Server->Authentication will allow you to join the appliance to AD. this will also configure the appliance to time sync with AD.

for database i chose embedded and for SSO i chose the following:
SSO deployment type: external (since we have SSO already configured on another vcenter server)
Account with right to register vCenter with the SSO server:
Username: administrator@vsphere.local
Password: <password>

Account that will be assigned as vCenter administrator:
Name: administrator@vsphere.local (i left it as this for simplicity sake, but i imagine this could be an AD user…)

Lookup service location:
URL: https://vcenter.mydomain.com:7444

a cool thing about SSO is that once i logged into either vcenter instance via the vsphere web client i could see the inventories of both vcenter servers.

some info from here:
http://virtualworlduk.co.uk/multiple-vcsas-with-external-sso-linked-on-single-web-client-v5-5/

info here regarding the backup of the postgres database:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2034505 (not quite a streamlined process yet)

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