Storage Policy Server Connection

The connection between a Storage Policy client and the Storage Policy Server is based on the client’s connection with a vCenter Server. 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 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.

Storage Policy Server Connection