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Table 2‑8. Required Information During Stage 2 of the GUI Deployment Process (Continued)
Required for Required Information Default Your Entry
Password for the administrator
account,
administrator@your_domain_name
n
Must be at least 8 characters, but
no more than 20 characters in
length
n
Must contain at least one
uppercase letter
n
Must contain at least one
lowercase letter
n
Must contain at least one number
n
Must contain at least one special
character, such as ampersand (&),
hash key (#), and percent sign (%)
-
n
vCenter Server Appliance
with an external
Platform Services Controller
n
Platform Services Controller
appliance as a subsequent
instance in an existing
domain
FQDN or IP address of the
Platform Services Controller instance
that you want to join
You must join a
Platform Services Controller instance
of the same version.
-
HTTPS port of the
Platform Services Controller instance
443
vCenter Single Sign On domain name
of the Platform Services Controller
instance
For example, vsphere.local.
-
Password of the vCenter Single Sign
On administrator user for the domain
-
vCenter Single Sign-On site name
You can join an existing site or create
a new site.
-
n
vCenter Server Appliance
with an embedded
Platform Services Controller
n
Platform Services Controller
appliance
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
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