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Command-Line Deployment and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1
vCenter Server Appliance Components
The vCenter Server Appliance consists of the following components.
 VMware Platform Services Controller
A group of infrastructure services such as vCenter Single Sign-On, License service, and VMware Certificate
Authority
 vCenter Server
A group of services such as vCenter Server, vSphere Web Client, Inventory Service, vSphere Auto Deploy, vSphere
ESXi Dump Collector, and vSphere Syslog Service for vCenter Server Appliance
vCenter Server Appliance Deployment Models
You can deploy the vCenter Server Appliance in one of the following deployment models.
For more information about vCenter Server deployment models, see the vSphere Installation and Setup documentation at
http://pubs.vmware.com.
vCenter Server Appliance Upgrade Paths
You can upgrade from the vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 3 or 5.5.x to 6.0 Update 1.
For more information about the vCenter Server upgrade paths, see the vSphere Upgrade documentation at
http://pubs.vmware.com.
Table 1. vCenter Server Appliance Deployment Models
vCenter Server Appliance Deployment Model Description
vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform
Services Controller
All services bundled with the Platform Services Controller
are deployed together with vCenter Server in the same
appliance.
IMPORTANT A vCenter Server with an embedded
Platform Services Controller deployment contains a
standalone Platform Services Controller. You cannot use
the embedded Platform Services Controller to replicate
vCenter Single Sign-On data. Setting up replication
partners between multiple vCenter Server instances with
embedded Platform Services Controllers is not supported.
vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform
Services Controller
All services bundled with the Platform Services Controller
are deployed as one appliance and vCenter Server is
deployed as another appliance.
IMPORTANT You must first deploy the Platform Services
Controller and then deploy the vCenter Server Appliance.