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Table 2‑6. Ports Required for Communication Between Components (Continued)
Port Protocol Description Required for
Used for Node-to-
Node
Communication
9443 TCP vSphere Web Client HTTPS Windows
installations and
appliance
deployments of
vCenter Server
No
11711 TCP vCenter Single Sign-On LDAP - For backward
compatibility with
vSphere 5.5 only.
vCenter Single Sign-
On 5.5 to
Platform Services
Controller 6.0
11712 TCP vCenter Single Sign-On LDAPS - For backward
compatibility with
vSphere 5.5 only.
vCenter Single Sign-
On 5.5 to
Platform Services
Controller 6.0
To congure the vCenter Server system to use a dierent port to receive vSphere Web Client data, see the
vCenter Server and Host Management documentation.
For more information about rewall conguration, see the vSphere Security documentation.
vCenter Server Database Configuration Notes
After you select a supported database type, make sure you understand any special conguration
requirements.
Table 2-7 is not a complete list of databases supported with vCenter Server and the
vCenter Server Appliance. For information about specic database versions and service pack congurations
supported with vCenter Server, see the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes. The
vCenter Server Appliance supports the same Oracle database versions as vCenter Server. Only special
database conguration notes not listed in the Product Interoperability Matrixes are provided in Table 2-7.
N vSphere Update Manager also requires a database. Use separate databases for vCenter Server and
vSphere Update Manager.
vCenter Server databases require a UTF code set.
Table 2‑7. Configuration Notes for Databases Supported with vCenter Server
Database Type Configuration Notes
PostgreSQL For vCenter Server 6.0, the bundled PostgreSQL database is suitable for environments with
up to 20 hosts and 200 virtual machines. For the vCenter Server Appliance, you can use the
embedded PostgreSQL database for environments with up to 1,000 hosts and 10,000 virtual
machines.
I If you use the embedded PostgreSQL database, uninstalling vCenter Server on
Windows, uninstalls the embedded database, and all data is lost.
When you upgrade vCenter Server 5.x to vCenter Server 6.0, the bundled Microsoft SQL
Server Express database is migrated to PostgreSQL.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
R2 SP2 or higher
Ensure that the machine has a valid ODBC DSN entry.
N This database is not supported for the vCenter Server Appliance.
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