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6 Provide the system name of the Platform Services Controller that you already installed or deployed,
the HTTPS port to use for communication with the vCenter Single Sign-On server, as well as the
vCenter Single Sign-On password, and click Next.
Important Make sure that you use either the IP address or the FQDN that you provided during the
installation of the Platform Services Controller. If you provided the FQDN as a system name of the
Platform Services Controller, you cannot use an IP address, and the reverse. When a service from
vCenter Server connects to a service running in the Platform Services Controller, the certificate is
verified. If the IP address or FQDN changes, the verification fails and vCenter Server cannot connect
to the Platform Services Controller.
7 Approve the certificate provided by the remote machine.
8 Select the vCenter Server service account and click Next.
Note Starting with vSphere 6.5, the vCenter Server services are not standalone services under
Windows SCM, instead they run as child processes of the VMware Service Lifecycle Manager
service.
Option Description
Use Windows Local System Account The vCenter Server service runs in the Windows Local System account.
This option prevents you from connecting to an external database by using
Windows integrated authentication.
Specify a user service account The vCenter Server service runs in an administrative user account with a user
name and password that you provide.
Important The user credentials that you provide must be of a user who is in the
local administrator group and who has the Log on as a service privilege.
9 Select the type of database that you want to use and click Next.
Option Description
Use an embedded database
(PostgreSQL)
vCenter Server uses the embedded PostgreSQL database. This database is
suitable for small scale deployments.
Use an external database vCenter Server uses an existing external database.
a Select your database from the list of available DSNs.
b Type the user name and the password for the DSN.
If your database uses Windows NT authentication, the user name and password
text boxes are disabled.
10 For each component, accept the default port numbers, or if another service is using the defaults,
enter alternative ports, and click Next.
11 (Optional) Change the default destination folders and click Next.
Important Do not use folders that end with an exclamation mark (!).
12 Review the summary of the installation settings and click Install to start the installation.
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