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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
Table 2-4. Required Information During Stage 2 of the GUI Deployment Process
Required Information Default Your Entry
Time synchronization settings
You can synchronize the time of the appliance
either with the time of the ESXi host or with one
or more NTP servers.
If you want to use more than one NTP servers, you
must provide the IP addresses or FQDNs of the
NTP servers as a comma-separated list.
Synchronize time with NTP
servers
Enable or disable SSH access
Note vCenter Server High Availability requires
remote SSH access to the appliance.
Disabled
Name for the new vCenter Single Sign-On domain
For example, vsphere.local.
-
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 (%)
-
Password of the vCenter Single Sign On
administrator user for the domain
-
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
Deploy the vCenter Server Appliance by Using the GUI
You can use the GUI installer to perform an interactive deployment of a vCenter Server appliance.
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.
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