Hi,
Preparing to upgrade my 6.5 environments to 6.7 U2 and have a question relating to the 6.7 U2 announcements regarding the depreciation of an external PSC.
My existing 6.5 environment consists of 2 clusters each managed by their own VCSA's connecting to a single PSC providing a single sign-on domain for both VCSA's. I am having trouble finding anything that will show me what my architecture would look like after 6.7 U2. I am aware I could still use the same architecture with 6.7, but I will have to deal with this sooner or later so I might as well deal with it now.
Thanks
That is correct. When everything is upgraded you will end up with two VCSA appliances, each with an embedded PSC in a single SSO domain. Do you want to keep everything in a single SSO domain? Do you want them in separate SSO domain's and if so, what is the justification for separating them?
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Is ELM there
as it seems 1 VC -- 1 PSC
1 VC --1 PSC
not understanding your question , elaborate more
Upgrading will not make a topology change. You should look into the vCenter Server Converge Tool to move to the embedded PSC.
Understanding the vCenter Server Converge Tool - VMware vSphere Blog
But what will my architecture look like after using the converge tool?
what is ELM?
My suggestion is to start with the 'The vSphere 6.7 Topology and Upgrade Planning Tool' and once you navigate through the tool and answer the questions it will not only show you what the target topology will look like but provide you a high-level procedure the you will follow using the installer. Based on the info you provided above you will end up with multiple VCSA appliances with embedded PSC's, very simple topology.
FYI...ELM stands for Enhanced Linked Mode
Thanks for the link to the upgrade planning tool. It was helpful to a point, however it seems to think I want to use linked mode. I will re-phrase my question below.
Current Setup is listed below. I am not using linked mode or anything like that. Just to separate vCenter appliances connecting to a single PSC that provides a single SSO domain accross both vCenters. When I login to either vCenter I can see and manage both vCenter servers.
VCSA1 VCSA2
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PSC
Question - What will this look like after I upgrade if I want to go to an embedded PSC? Will I have 2 VCSA's with an embedded PSC on each still with a single SSO domain?
Thanks
Upgrading will not change your topology. Your topology will be the same after the upgrade. You definitely want to migrate to embedded PSCs since external PSCs will eventually be deprecated.
That is correct. When everything is upgraded you will end up with two VCSA appliances, each with an embedded PSC in a single SSO domain. Do you want to keep everything in a single SSO domain? Do you want them in separate SSO domain's and if so, what is the justification for separating them?
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I want to keep my single sso domain.
I am aware of this. I stated that in my original post.
Yes, your single SSO domain will remain intact after upgrading your environment.
To clarify, there is an additional step to get to embedded PSCs, right?