Identify the Single Sign-On (SSO) deployment method for the vCenter Server

Ivo Beerens
Date : November 26, 2014
Categories : sso ,VMware ,vSphere
Tags : deployment ,srm ,sso ,VMware ,vSphere

With vSphere 5.5 you have the following deployment methods for Single Sign-On (SSO):

vCenter Single Sign-On for your first vCenter Server
vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server in an existing site (formerly HA Cluster)
vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server with a new site (formerly Multisite)

Once SSO is installed it can be usefull to identify what deployment options are used for example in a Site Recovery Manager (SRM) deployment. The following steps can be used to identify what deployment option are used for SSO on a vCenter Server 5.5:

Browse to the following directory on the vCenter Server: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter
Use a type command to display the LS_ServiceID.prop file. The file contains the site name and identifier. For example: SiteName1:10b042be-9b7a-467c-aa05-047a895c60fb
Repeat the above steps on the other vCenter Server(s)

If the string is the same in both sites SSO has deployed as: “vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server in an existing site”. If the string is different, the vCenter Single Sign-On instance is deployed as: “vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server with a new site”.