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
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
- Log in to the management interface of the Platform Services Controller virtual appliance.
- Verify the Health Status and the Single Sign-On status for this Platform Services Controller.
- In the Navigator, click Summary.
- On the Summary page, under Health Status, verify the following states.
Setting
Value
Overall Health
Good
CPU
Good
Memory
Good
- On the Summary page, under Single Sign-On, verify the following state.
Setting
Value
Status
Running
- Verify the version of the Platform Services Controller.
- In the Navigator, click Update.
- 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
- Log in to the Platform Services Controller administration interface.
- Verify the connection status between the Active Directory and the Platform Services Controller.
- Verify the identity sources for the Platform Services Controller.
- In the Navigator, click Configuration, and click the Identity Sources tab.
- 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)
- Verify the certificate of the Platform Services Controller.
- In the Navigator, click Certificate Store.
- On the Certificate Store page, select __MACHINE_CERT from Store.
- 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
- Verify that all Platform Services Controller services are available and running.
- Repeat the procedure for the remaining Platform Services Controller instances in Region A and Region B.