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Table Of Contents
Contents
Updated Information 5
About This Book 7
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Introduction to VMware vCenter Orchestrator 9
Key Features of the Orchestrator Platform 9
Orchestrator User Roles and Related Tasks 10
Orchestrator Architecture 11
Deprecated Features in Orchestrator 4.1 12
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Orchestrator System Requirements 13
Hardware Requirements for Orchestrator 13
Operating Systems Supported by Orchestrator 13
Supported Directory Services 13
Browsers Supported by Orchestrator 14
Orchestrator Database Requirements 14
Level of Internationalization (i18n) Support 14
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Orchestrator Components Setup Guidelines 17
Orchestrator Configuration Maximums 17
vCenter Server Setup 17
Directory Services Setup 18
Orchestrator Database Setup 18
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Installing and Upgrading Orchestrator 19
Install vCenter Server and Orchestrator 19
Install Orchestrator Standalone 21
Install the Orchestrator Client on a 32-Bit Machine 23
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Upgrading to Orchestrator 4.1 and Migrating the Orchestrator Data 25
Upgrading an Orchestrator Instance Running on a 32-Bit Machine 25
Back Up the Orchestrator Configuration Data 26
Back Up Modified and Custom Orchestrator Elements 27
Install Orchestrator with vCenter Server on a 64-Bit Machine and Import the Configuration
Data 27
Upgrading an Orchestrator Instance Running on a 64-Bit Machine 29
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Uninstall Orchestrator 31
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Configuring Orchestrator 33
Start the Orchestrator Configuration Service 34
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