Specifications

8 Select Create a standalone VMware vCenter Server instance or Join a VMware vCenter Group using
Linked Mode to share information.
Joining a Linked Mode group enables the vSphere Web Client to view, search, and manage data across
multiple vCenter Server systems.
NOTE This option does not appear if you are upgrading the VirtualCenter or vCenter Server database
schema. You can join a Linked Mode group after the installation is complete.
9 If you join a group, enter the fully qualified domain name and LDAP port number of any remote
vCenter Server system.
10 Accept or change the port numbers to connect to vCenter Server.
11 (Optional) Select Increase the number of available ephemeral ports.
12 Select the size of your vCenter Server inventory to allocate memory for several Java services that are
used by vCenter Server.
This setting determines the maximum JVM heap settings for VMware VirtualCenter Management
Webservices (Tomcat), Inventory Service, and Profile-Driven Storage Service. You can adjust this
setting after installation if the number of hosts in your environment changes. See the recommendations
in the topic vCenter Server Hardware Requirements.
13 Enter the information to register vCenter Server with vCenter Single Sign-On.
The vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user name is [e-mail], and the password
must match the password you entered when you installed vCenter Single Sign-On. The Lookup Service
URL takes the form https://SSO_host_FQDN_or_IP:7444/lookupservice/sdk, where 7444 is the default
vCenter Single Sign-On HTTPS port number. Your entry should match the entry you made when you
installed vCenter Single Sign-On. If you entered a different port number when you installed vCenter
Single Sign-On, use that port number.
NOTE If you installed vCenter Single Sign-On in a vCenter Server Appliance, you can enter the vCenter
Single Sign-On administrator user as root@localos. In this case, the password is the root password of the
vCenter Server Appliance. The Lookup Service URL takes the form
https://vCenter_Appliance_IP_or_host_name:{7444}/lookupservice/sdk.
14 If prompted to install or overwrite a certificate, follow the prompt.
15 Register a vCenter Server administrator with vCenter Single Sign-On, and select the check box if the
administrator is a group.
The administrator or group you register here is granted the necessary privileges to administer the
vCenter Server instance that you are installing.
16 Enter the Inventory Service URL.
The Inventory Service URL takes the form https://Inventory_Service_host_FQDN_or_IP:10443. 10443 is
the default Inventory Service HTTPS port number. If you entered a different port number when you
installed Inventory Service, use that port number here.
17 Either accept the default destination folder or click Change to select another location.
The installation path cannot contain any of the following characters: non-ASCII characters, commas (,),
periods (.), exclamation points (!), pound signs (#), at signs (@), or percentage signs (%).
18 Click Install.
Multiple progress bars appear during the installation of the selected components.
19 Click Finish.
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