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Table 3‑8. Required Information for Installing vCenter Server or Platform Services Controller
on Windows (Continued)
Required for Required Information Default Your Entry
All deployment types Destination folder
n
The folder in which to install vCenter Server or
Platform Services Controller
n
The folder in which to store data for vCenter Server or
Platform Services Controller
The installation paths cannot contain non-ASCII
characters, commas (,), periods (.), exclamation points (!),
pound signs (#), at signs (@), or percentage signs (%).
n
The
default
installati
on
folder is
C:\Pro
gram
File
s\VMwa
re.
n
The
default
folder
for data
storage
is
C:\Pro
gramDa
ta\VMw
are.
n
vCenter Server with an
embedded
Platform Services
Controller
n
Platform Services
Controller
Join or do not participate in the VMware Customer
Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)
For information about the CEIP, see the Configuring
Customer Experience Improvement Program section in
vCenter Server and Host Management.
Join the
CEIP
Installing vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller
on Windows
You can install vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller,
Platform Services Controller, or vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller on a
Windows virtual or physical machine.
You download the vCenter Server installer ISO file, mount it to the Windows host machine on which you
want to perform the installation, start the installation wizard, and provide the inputs that required for the
installation and setup.
Before installing vCenter Server that uses an external database, you must prepare your database. See
Preparing vCenter Server Databases for Install.
Important For topologies with external Platform Services Controller instances, you must install the
replicating Platform Services Controller instances in a sequence. After the successful deployment of all
Platform Services Controller instances in the domain, you can perform concurrent installations of multiple
vCenter Server instances that point to a common external Platform Services Controller instance.
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