You can use the API to decommission a Platform Services Controller.

After converging an external Platform Services Controller node to an embedded Platform Services Controller node, decommission the original external Platform Services Controller. Decommissioning a Platform Services Controller shuts it down and removes it from the single sign-on domain.

Note

If the Platform Services Controller is configured in an HA environment, you must use the host name of the load balancer instead of the Platform Services Controller host name and disable the virtual IP of the load balancer before decommissioning. If you encounter any complications with your environment, you can manually unregister nodes by using the cmsso-util unregister command as described in KB article 2106736.

Prerequisites
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Verify that no vCenter Server Appliance instances are pointing to the Platform Services Controller before decommissioning.

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Reconfigure any products deployed into the environment that use the Platform Services Controller to use the newly deployed embedded Platform Services Controller.

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(Optional) Make a backup of the Platform Services Controller before decommissioning to ensure no loss of data.

Procedure
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Provide authentication details for the Platform Services Controller.

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Establish a session.

3

Run the decommission operation.

What to do next

You can delete virtual machine for the decommissioned Platform Services Controller.

Ensure that any external solutions or products are registered with the new embedded Platform Services Controller.

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