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Descriptions: VMware
vCenter Server appliance is a step towards making you worry free with too many
limitations, management challenges, and licensing, compare to windows based
vCenter server, where you have to have a Windows Server, then vCenter installed
on it, OS licenses, SQL licenses or SQL express with very less supported
capacity of VM instances and ESXi hosts in a cluster etc..
Installation of vCenter server appliance is very easy
compare to Windows based vCenter server installation. Yes, we are going to see
the installation steps one by one in this article.
IMP Perquisites:
1. vCenter Server Appliance Setup ISO image (its VMware-VCSA-all-6.0.0-5202527.ISO in my
case).
2. VMware Client Integration Plugin Installed on your local
machines from where you are willing to initiate the installation
3. Administrative access of any of the ESXi host or old vCenter
server if any
4. A New IP with all subnets details that you will be assigning
to this vCenter appliance
5. DNS Servers Details
Note: Before
proceeding with installation, you have to install client integration plugin on
the local machine from where you are willing to initiate the installation or
execute the setup file. Yes, you got it right… The installation will be
executed from your local machine but it will install the appliance on any of
the ESXi host or existing vCenter server that you will specify during
installation. Let’s see how?
Steps: Installing
VMware client integration plugin on local machine
Download the VMware Client Integration Plugin; it may look
like below one:
Install this plugin on your local machine
Once the installation of this plugin is completed, you may
proceed with vCenter appliance installation.
Steps: Installing
vCenter Server Appliance
Right click on the ISO image you downloaded from VMware
download centre > Click on Mount
Double
click on vcsa-setup file to start
the installation process
Click on Allow if
prompted
Click in Install
Check on I accept the
terms of the license agreement > Click Next
Select the Datacenter
> Click Next
Provide required credentials and IP/Name details of your
existing vCenter server or any of the ESXi host (in my case, I am using my
existing vCenter Server IP and credentials)> Click on Next
Select
any of the ESXi Host > Click Next
Provide Appliance Name and Root password details that you
wish to have for new vCenter Server Appliance > Click Next
Select the deployment type you wish (in my case, I am going
with “Install vCenter Server with an Embedded
Platform Service Controller” option) > Click Next
Select Create a new
SSO domain > Click Next
Provide all the required details and Click on Next
Select the Appliance
Size as per your requirement
Select the Appliance
Size and Click Next
Select the Datastore where you want to keep this Appliance
> Click Next
Check on Use an
embedded database (PostgreSQL) > Click Next
Fill in the required details and click Next
Click Next
Click on Finish to
start the Installation
Wait for the installation to be completed, it may take
approx. 30 minutes or more..
Installation completed, now you can access your vCenter
server appliance with the URL given in the completion windows.
It would be like https://your_vcenter_server_ip//vsphere-client
You can use user name as admnistrator@vsphere.local and
password that you had specified while installation.
Want to know how to do initial configuration of vCenter server e.g. AD integration, SSO configurations ?? Please see my another Article vCenter server appliance AD integration and SSO configurations
Cheers, please write me back if you have any query of
feedback.