Which value should be entered for the default tenant when configuring the SSO settings on the vRealize Automation Appliance?

Question

Options

• Avsphere.local
• Bsystem-domain
• Csystem.local
• Dvsphere-local

• A
  91% (21)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

vsphere.local is the default SSO tenant domain automatically created by VMware's Platform Services Controller (PSC) during vSphere installation, and since vRealize Automation integrates directly with vSphere SSO for authentication, this same domain is used when configuring SSO on the vRA Appliance.

Option B (system-domain) is incorrect - this term relates to Cloud Foundry/Tanzu architecture, not the vSphere SSO tenant. Option C (system.local) is a plausible-sounding fabrication with no role in VMware SSO configuration. Option D (vsphere-local) is a deliberate near-miss trap - it swaps the dot for a hyphen, which makes it invalid as a domain name and is not how VMware names the tenant.

Memory tip: Think "vSphere uses a dot-local domain, just like any real domain" - vsphere.local follows standard DNS notation, while the hyphenated version (vsphere-local) would be syntactically unusual and should immediately stand out as wrong on exam day.

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