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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Server Installation and Setup
- Contents
- About vCenter Server Installation and Setup
- Introduction to vSphere Installation and Setup
- Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance
- File-Based Backup and Restore of vCenter Server
- Image-Based Backup and Restore of a vCenter Server Environment
- After You Deploy the vCenter Server Appliance
- Log In to vCenter Server by Using the vSphere Client
- Install the VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in
- Repoint vCenter Server to Another vCenter Server in a Different Domain
- Repoint a Single vCenter Server Node to an Existing Domain without a Replication Partner
- Repoint a vCenter Server Node to an Existing Domain with a Replication Partner
- Repoint a vCenter Server Node to a New Domain
- Syntax of the Domain Repoint Command
- Understanding Tagging and Authorization Conflicts
- vCenter Server Domain Repoint License Considerations
- Troubleshooting vCenter Server Installation or Deployment
appliances. The VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager Extension is an optional service of the
vCenter Server appliance.
VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager
The vCenter Lifecycle Manager automates the process of virtual machines and removing them
from service at the appropriate time. vCenter Lifecycle Manger automatically places servers
based on their location, organization, environment, service level, or performance levels. When
a solution is found for a set of criteria, the machine is automatically deployed.
Overview of the vCenter Server Appliance
The vCenter Server appliance is a preconfigured virtual machine that is optimized for running
vCenter Server and the associated services.
The vCenter Server appliance package contains the following software:
n Photon OS
®
3.0
n The vSphere authentication services
n PostgreSQL
n VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager Extension
n VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager
Version 8.0 of vCenter Server is deployed with virtual hardware version 10, which supports 64
virtual CPUs per virtual machine in ESXi.
During the deployment, you can choose the vCenter Server appliance size for your vSphere
environment size and the storage size for your database requirements.
vCenter Server uses the VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager Extension service. An external
vSphere Lifecycle Manager instance on Windows is no longer required for vSphere centralized
automated patch and version management. For information about the vCenter Server see vCenter
Server Components and Services.
vCenter Server supports high availability. For information about configuring vCenter Server in a
vCenter High Availability cluster, see
vSphere Availability
.
vCenter Server supports file-based backup and restore. For information backing up and restoring,
see Chapter 3 File-Based Backup and Restore of vCenter Server.
For information about the vCenter Server maximums, see VMware Configuration Maximums.
Understanding vSphere Domains and Domain Names
Each vCenter Server is associated with a vCenter Single Sign-On domain. The domain name
defaults to vsphere.local, but you can change it during deployment. The domain determines the
local authentication space.
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