After changing the vCenter Single Sign-On credentials used to register VMware Cloud Director Availability with the vCenter Server Lookup service, repair the Manager Service with all local instances of the Replicator Service. You must repair all VMware Cloud Director Availability On-Premises Appliance instances paired with the vCenter Server Lookup service instance with changed vCenter Single Sign-On credentials. You must also repair all paired cloud sites.

After changing the vCenter Single Sign-On credentials in vCenter Server, you can perform the following steps in any order.

Procedure

  1. Repair the Replicator Service instances with the new vCenter Single Sign-On credentials.
    1. Open a Web browser and go to the Manager Service management interface at https://Appliance-IP-Address:8441/ui/admin.
    2. Select Appliance login and enter the root user credentials.
    3. Click Login.
    4. In the left pane, click Replicator Services.
    5. Select each Replicator Service with a site name that matches the current local site name, and click Repair.
    6. In the Details for the Replicator Service window, enter the appliance password, the new vCenter Single Sign-On credentials, and click Apply.
      The selected Replicator Service instance is configured with the new vCenter Single Sign-On credentials. Repeat repairing all remaining Replicator Service instances in the cloud site.
  2. (Optional) Repair the VMware Cloud Director Availability On-Premises Appliance instances that are paired with the vCenter Server Lookup service instance with the changed vCenter Single Sign-On credentials.
    1. Open a Web browser and go to https://On-Premises-Appliance-IP-Address.
    2. Select Appliance login and enter the root user credentials.
    3. Click Login.
    4. In the left pane, click Configuration.
    5. Under Site details, next to Pairing click Repair.
    6. Complete the Update Pairing wizard, and in the Lookup Service page, enter the new vCenter Single Sign-On credentials.
    Repeat this step to repair all VMware Cloud Director Availability On-Premises Appliance instances that are paired with the vCenter Server Lookup service instance which vCenter Single Sign-On credentials changed.
  3. Repair all paired cloud sites.
    1. Open a Web browser and go to the Cloud Service management interface at https://Appliance-IP-Address/ui/admin.
    2. Select Appliance login and enter the root user credentials.
    3. Click Login.
    4. In the left pane, click Sites.
    5. Select a remote cloud site and click Repair.
    6. In the Update Pairing window, click Update.
      Repeat this step and repair all paired cloud sites.

Results

The new vCenter Single Sign-On credentials for the vCenter Server Lookup service are propagated after repairing all Replicator Service instances, repairing all VMware Cloud Director Availability On-Premises Appliance instances, and repairing all cloud sites.