VMware vCenter federations
You can join multiple vCenter Server systems using vCenter Linked Mode (introduced in vSphere 4.0) to build a single pane of glass and share information between vCenter instances, such as views, and manage the inventories of all the vCenter Server systems that are linked. With vSphere 6.0, a new vCenter Enhanced Linked Mode (ELM) was introduced to replace the existing Linked Mode capability that was based on Microsoft ADAM technology. In this way, it was finally possible to have Linked Mode capability for both Windows-based vCenter Server as well as the vCSA, with new features and functions, such as the cross-vCenter vMotion.
With ELM, it is possible to use a single SSO domain for all vCenters with single-pane-of-glass ...
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