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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
If the deployment fails, delete the newly deployed vCenter Server appliance, and restore the
vCenter Server nodes from their respective image-based backups. You must restore all the nodes
in the environment from their image-based backups. Failing to do so can cause the replication
partners to be out of synchronization with the restored node.
n To learn more about creating vCenter Enhanced Linked Mode deployments, see vCenter
Enhanced Linked Mode.
n To learn about image-based backs, see Chapter 4 Image-Based Backup and Restore of a
vCenter Server Environment.
Network Prerequisites
If you plan to assign a static IP address and an FQDN as a system name in the network settings
of the appliance, verify that you have configured the forward and reverse DNS records for the IP
address.
GUI Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance
You can use the GUI installer to perform an interactive deployment of a vCenter Server appliance.
When you perform the GUI deployment, you download the vCenter Server installer on a network
client machine, run the deployment wizard from the client machine, and provide the inputs that
are required for the appliance deployment and setup.
The GUI deployment process includes a series of two stages.
Figure 2-1. Stage 1 - OVA Deployment
The first stage walks you through the deployment wizard to choose the deployment type and
appliance settings. This stage completes the deployment of the OVA file on the target server with
the deployment type and appliance settings that you provide.
As an alternative to performing the first stage of the deployment with the GUI installer, you
can deploy the OVA file of the vCenter Server appliance by using the vSphere Client. After the
OVA deployment, you must log in to the vCenter Server Management Interface of the newly
deployed appliance to proceed with the second stage of the deployment process. See "Deploy
an OVF or OVA Template" in
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration
vSphere Virtual Machine
Administration for information about deploying an OVA file using the vSphere Client.
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