A vCenter Server client uses an HTTP session cookie to maintain a persistent connection with the Server. A Storage Policy client uses the vCenter Server session cookie to establish the connection with the Storage Policy Server.
A client performs the following operations to establish vCenter Server and Storage Policy Server sessions.
- Obtain a SAML token from the VMware SSO Server. See vCenter Single Sign-On Client Example.
- Use the SAML token to login to the vCenter Server. See vCenter LoginByToken Example.
- Use the RetrieveServiceContent method to send the session cookie to the Storage Policy Server and establish the connection with the Server.
The following figure shows a representation of the server connections and operations involved in establishing a Storage Policy Server connection.
