Specifications

Enable IPv6 Support for vCenter Inventory Service
vCenter Inventory Service does not support binding on IPv6 interfaces by default. When you install vCenter
Server, vCenter Inventory Service supports only IPv4 by default. You can enable IPv6 support for vCenter
Inventory Service by modifying the Inventory Service dataservice.properties file.
Procedure
1 Stop the vCenter Inventory Service.
a From the Administrative Tools control panel, select Services.
b Right-click vCenter Inventory Service and select Stop.
2 In a text editor, open the
file:Inventory_Service_installation_directory/lib/server/config/dataservice.properties.
3 Change the line dataservice.nio.enabled = true to dataservice.nio.enabled = false
4 Restart the vCenter Inventory Service.
IPv6 support for vCenter Inventory Service is enabled.
Linked Mode Considerations for vCenter Server
Consider several issues before you configure a Linked Mode group.
Before you configure a Linked Mode group, consider the following issues.
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If you are upgrading a version 5.x vCenter Server that is part of a Linked Mode group, it will not be
removed from the group. If you are upgrading a pre-5.0 vCenter Server that is part of a Linked Mode
group, it will be removed from the group. vCenter Server does not support Linked Mode groups that
contain both version 5.x and pre-5.0 versions of vCenter Server. Similarly, vCenter Server does not
support Linked Mode groups that contain different 5.x versions of vCenter Server or different versions
of vCenter Single Sign-On. After all 5.x vCenter Server and vCenter Single Sign-On instances in a
Linked Mode group are upgraded to the same 5.x version, you can rejoin them.
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Each vCenter Server user sees the vCenter Server instances on which they have valid permissions.
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When you set up your vCenter Server Linked Mode group, you must install the first vCenter Server as
a standalone instance because you do not yet have a remote vCenter Server machine to join. Subsequent
vCenter Server instances can join the first vCenter Server or other vCenter Server instances that have
joined the Linked Mode group.
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If you join a vCenter Server to a standalone instance that is not part of a domain, you must add the
standalone instance to a domain and add a domain user as an administrator.
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The vCenter Server instances in a Linked Mode group do not need to have the same domain user login.
The instances can run under different domain accounts. By default, they run as the LocalSystem
account of the machine on which they are running, which means that they are different accounts.
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During vCenter Server installation, if you enter an IP address for the remote instance of vCenter Server,
the installer converts it into a fully qualified domain name.
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CAUTION If you need to uninstall and reinstall vCenter Server on more than one member of a Linked
Mode group, do so with a single vCenter Server at a time. Uninstalling and reinstalling multiple linked
vCenter Servers at the same time is not supported, and can cause errors that prevent vCenter Server
from connecting to vCenter Inventory Service. If it is necessary to uninstall and reinstall multiple linked
vCenter Servers at the same time, isolate them from the Linked Mode group first, and rejoin them to the
Linked Mode group after the reinstallation is complete.
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