Platform Services in the
Environment
Last Updated December 19, 2024

The
registers its services with the
, but in some situations you might be unable to use the Lookup Service registration. In those situations, you must access an appliance endpoint directly.
A direct connection to the
can become necessary in configurations where the
is embedded in the appliance. When the appliance
is being restored from a backup, or when the embedded Lookup Service is restarting, you might be unable to look up the appliance's service registration.
For more information about embedded or external
configurations, see vSphere Deployment Configurations.
For more information about backup and restore operations, see Maintenance of the.