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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
9 Select the storage location for the vCenter Server appliance where all the virtual machine
configuration files and virtual disks will be stored.
Option Action
Install on an existing datastore accessible
from the target host
Select a datastore from the list of compatible datastores.
Install on a new vSAN cluster containing
the target host
Specify the required details to create a new vSAN cluster or a vSAN
Express Storage Architecture (vSAN ESA) cluster to store the vCenter
Server appliance.
Install on an existing vSAN datastore and
claim additional disks
Specify the required details to create a cluster on the vSAN datastore.
This option is displayed only if your environment contains a vSAN
datastore.
To enable thin provisioning, select Enable Thin Disk Mode. NFS datastores are thin
provisioned by default.
10 (Optional) If you selected vSAN as your storage location, you must claim disks for storage.
n For vSAN, claim disks separately for cache tier and capacity tier.
n For vSAN ESA, claim disks from the list of compatible disks.
11 On the Configure network settings page, set up the network settings.
The IP address or the FQDN of the appliance is used as a system name. It is recommended to
use an FQDN. However, if you want to use an IP address, use static IP address allocation for
the appliance, because IP addresses allocated by DHCP might change.
Option
Action
Network Select the network to which to connect the appliance.
The networks displayed in the drop-down menu depend on the network
settings of the target server. If you are deploying the appliance directly on an
ESXi host, non-ephemeral distributed virtual port groups are not supported
and are not displayed in the drop-down menu.
IP version Select the version for the appliance IP address.
You can select either IPv4 or IPv6.
IP assignment Select how to allocate the IP address of the appliance.
n static
The wizard prompts you to enter the IP address and network settings.
n DHCP
A DHCP server is used to allocate the IP address. Select this option only if
a DHCP server is available in your environment.
If there is an enabled DDNS in your environment, you can enter a
preferred fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for the appliance.
Common Ports You can customize the HTTP and HTTPS ports (optional).
If specifying a custom HTTP and HTTPS port number, ensure that you do not
use a port number already in use by vCenter Server, or the default HTTP and
HTTPS ports of 80 and 443.
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