Verify the Platform Services Controller Instances

Validate the operational status of the Platform Services Controllers in Region A and Region B after you perform a software maintenance operation in the SDDC.

About this task

Perform the following verification tasks against each Platform Services Controller instance:

• Health Status

• Version

• Authentication (Active Directory connectivity and identity sources)

• Certificate

• Services

Table 1. URLs and FQDNs of the Platform Services Controller Instances

Setting	Cluster	Region A	Region B
FQDN	Management	sfo01m01psc01.sfo01.rainpole.local	lax01m01psc01.lax01.rainpole.local
	Shared edge and compute	sfo01w01psc01.sfo01.rainpole.local	lax01w01psc01.lax01.rainpole.local
VAMI	Management	https://sfo01m01psc01.sfo01.rainpole.local:5480	https://lax01m01psc01.lax01.rainpole.local:5480
	Shared edge and compute	https://sfo01w01psc01.sfo01.rainpole.local:5480	https://lax01w01psc01.lax01.rainpole.local:5480
Administration UI	Management	https://sfo01m01psc01.sfo01.rainpole.local/psc	https://lax01m01psc01.lax01.rainpole.local/psc
	Shared edge and compute	https://sfo01w01psc01.sfo01.rainpole.local/psc	https://lax01w01psc01.lax01.rainpole.local/psc

Procedure

1. Log in to the management interface of the Platform Services Controller virtual appliance.
   1. Open a Web browser and go to https://sfo01m01psc01.sfo01.rainpole.local:5480.
   2. Log in using the following credentials.

      Setting	Value
      User name	root
      Password	mgmtpsc_root_password

2. Verify the Health Status and the Single Sign-On status for this Platform Services Controller.
   1. In the Navigator, click Summary.
   2. On the Summary page, under Health Status, verify the following states.

      Setting	Value
      Overall Health	Good
      CPU	Good
      Memory	Good

   3. On the Summary page, under Single Sign-On, verify the following state.

      Setting	Value
      Status	Running

3. Verify the version of the Platform Services Controller.
   1. In the Navigator, click Update.
   2. On the Update page, under Current version details, verify the following details are correct.

      Setting	Value
      Vendor	VMware, Inc.
      Appliance Name	VMware vCenter Server Appliance
      Update Version	vcenter_appliance_version
      Description	VMware Platform Services Controller

4. Log in to the Platform Services Controller administration interface.
   1. Open a Web browser and go to https://sfo01m01psc01.sfo01.rainpole.local/psc.
   2. Log in using the following credentials.

      Setting	Value
      User name	[e-mail]
      Password	vsphere_admin_password

5. Verify the connection status between the Active Directory and the Platform Services Controller.
   1. In the Navigator, click Appliance Settings and click the Manage tab.
   2. On the Manage page, under Active Directory, verify that following details are correct.

      Setting	Value
      Domain	SFO01.RAINPOLE.LOCAL
      Organizational Unit	-

6. Verify the identity sources for the Platform Services Controller.
   1. In the Navigator, click Configuration, and click the Identity Sources tab.
   2. On the Identity Sources page, verify the following identity sources are listed.

      Type	Domain
      -	vsphere.local
      Local OS	localos
      Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication)	rainpole.local (default)

7. Verify the certificate of the Platform Services Controller.
   1. In the Navigator, click Certificate Store.
   2. On the Certificate Store page, select __MACHINE_CERT from Store.
   3. Select __MACHINE_CERT from the list, click Show Details and verify that the following details are correct.

      Setting	Value
      Issued By	certificate_authority
      Status	The certificate is valid
      Signature Algorithm	SHA256withRSA

8. Verify that all Platform Services Controller services are available and running.
   1. Open an SSH connection to the virtual machine sfo01m01psc01.sfo01.rainpole.local.
   2. Log in using the following credentials.

      Setting	Value
      User name	root
      Password	mgmtpsc_root_password

   3. Run the following command and verify the status of services.

      service-control --status

   4. Verify the output as follows:

      Running:
       applmgmt lwsmd pschealth vmafdd vmcad vmdird vmdnsd vmonapi vmware-cis-license vmware-cm vmware-psc-client vmware-rhttpproxy vmware-sca vmware-statsmonitor vmware-sts-idmd vmware-stsd vmware-vapi-endpoint vmware-vmon

9. Repeat the procedure for the remaining Platform Services Controller instances in Region A and Region B.