vCenter Single Sign-On SDK 2.0 Release Notes

Release date: 17 APR 2018 | ESXi build 8169922, SDK build 7970399
For vSphere 6.7 GA. Last document update: 17 APR 2018
Check frequently for additions and updates to these release notes.

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Overview

The vCenter Single Sign-On SDK 2.0 is part of the vSphere Management SDK for vSphere 6.7.

VMware vSphere includes the vCenter Single Sign-On Server, which provides a Security Token Service for authentication in a vSphere datacenter. The vCenter Single Sign-On SDK provides an API that your client application can use to obtain SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) tokens for logging into a vCenter Server or a vCloud Suite SDK endpoint.

For information about how to use the vCenter Single Sign-On API, see the vCenter Single Sign-On Programming Guide. The VMware Single Sign-On SDK includes Java and C# examples. Information about the examples is included in the programming guide.

Distribution Kit

The vCenter Single Sign-On SDK is distributed as part of the vSphere Management SDK, which is a collection of vSphere SDKs based on web services. When you extract the contents of the distribution kit, the vCenter Single Sign-On SDK appears in the SDK/ssoclient sub-directory:

VMware-vSphere-SDK-6.7.0-buildNumber.zip
    SDK
        eam
        sms-sdk
        spbm
        ssoclient
        vsphere-ws

What's New in This Release

The vCenter Single Sign-On SDK now supports Java 8.

Documentation

For information about the vCenter Single Sign-On API, see the vCenter Single Sign-On Programming Guide. You can find this document on the VMware {Code} website in the vSphere Management SDK section.

Known Issues

  • Description for VASA system events and alarms is "Unknown Event ID:".

    The vSphere Client displays VASA system events for the root folder of the inventory or for the datastore associated with the storage device. The vCenter Server uses the string "Unknown Event ID:" for the event description instead of the message specified in the VASA Provider message catalog.