About Storage Policy
Server Sessions
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 thevCenter Server. See vCenter LoginByToken Example.
- Use theRetrieveServiceContentmethod 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
