VMware Single Sign-On (SSO) Logs
Ever wondered what kind of logs are generated by SSO? Turns out there are a ton of them! Read on to find out what gets logged where. Of course, VMware has made it easy for us to collect all...
How to Backup and Restore the VMware Directory Services (vmdir) database
Ever wondered how to backup the SSO “Database” in vSphere 5.5? Read on!Backup VMDIRYou can use the vdcbackup utility to facilitate this task. vdcbackup is located by default in the vmdir installation folder (C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VMware\CIS\vmdir) or (/usr/lib/vmware-vmdir/bin).It is executed by...
Services in SSO (vSphere 5.5)
SSO is actually quite complex in the sense that there are quite a few services running under the umbrella of this SSO service. VMware Directory Service A directory service is a software system that stores, organizes and provides...
SSO in Vsphere 5.5
Single Sign-On 2.0 has a completely new architecture, and has only a few components which are retained from the original system for legacy support (specifically the Admin Service and Lookup Server). The below figure shows the architecture of SSO in...
SSO in vSphere 5.1 and its associated problems
In this post, I will cover a basic overview of the SSO 5.1 architecture.The figure below illustrates the high level architecture of SSO in vSphere 5.1. Problems with the ServicesIn vCenter 5.1, the SSO system is comprised of two services:...