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Deploy a Platform Services Controller Appliance by Using the GUI
You can use the GUI installer to perform an interactive deployment of a Platform Services Controller
appliance as the first instance in a new vCenter Single Sign-On domain or as a replication partner in an
existing vCenter Single Sign-On domain. You must run the GUI deployment from a Windows, Linux, or
Mac machine that is in the network on which you want to deploy the appliance.
Important You must deploy the replicating Platform Services Controller instances in a sequence.
Figure 2‑4. Deployment Workflow of a Platform Services Controller Appliance
Start the deployment
End of the deployment
Stage 1 - Deploy the OVA file
as a Platform Services
Controller appliance
Stage 2 - Set up the
newly deployed Platform
Services Controller appliance
Prerequisites
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See Prerequisites for Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Services Controller
Appliance.
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See Required Information for Deploying a vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Services Controller
Appliance.
Procedure
1 Stage 1 - Deploy the OVA File as a Platform Services Controller Appliance
With stage 1 of the deployment process, you deploy the OVA file, which is included in the
vCenter Server Appliance installer, as a Platform Services Controller appliance.
2 Stage 2 - Set up the Newly Deployed Platform Services Controller Appliance
When the OVA deployment finishes, you are redirected to stage 2 of the deployment process to set
up and start the services of the newly deployed Platform Services Controller appliance.
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