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7 Connect to the ESXi host or vCenter Server on which you want to deploy the vCenter Server
appliance to use for the restore operation.
Option Steps
You can connect to an
ESXi host on which to
deploy the appliance
to use for the restore
operation.
1 Enter the FQDN or IP address of the ESXi host.
2 Enter the HTTPS port of the ESXi host.
3 Enter the user name and password of a user with administrative privileges on the ESXi
host, for example, the root user.
4 Click Next.
5 Verify that the certificate warning displays the SHA1 thumbprint of the SSL certificate
that is installed on the target ESXi host, and click Yes to accept the certificate
thumbprint.
You can connect to
a vCenter Server
instance and browse the
inventory to select an
ESXi host or DRS cluster
on which to deploy the
appliance to use for the
restore operation.
1 Enter the FQDN or IP address of the vCenter Server instance.
2 Enter the HTTPS port of the vCenter Server instance.
3 Enter the user name and password of user with vCenter Single Sign-On
administrative privileges on the vCenter Server instance, for example, the
administrator@ your_domain_name user.
4 Click Next.
5 Verify that the certificate warning displays the SHA1 thumbprint of the SSL certificate
that is installed on the target vCenter Server instance, and click Yes to accept the
certificate thumbprint.
6 Select the data center or data center folder that contains the ESXi host or DRS cluster
on which you want to deploy the appliance, and click Next.
Note You must select a data center or data center folder that contains at least one
ESXi host that is not in lockdown or maintenance mode.
7 Select the ESXi host or DRS cluster on which you want to deploy the appliance, and
click Next.
8 Accept the certificate warning.
9 Enter a name for the vCenter Server appliance, set up the password for the root user, and click
Next.
10 Select the deployment size for the new vCenter Server appliance depending on the size of
your vSphere inventory.
Deployment Size Option
Description
Tiny Deploys an appliance with 2 vCPUs and 14 GB of memory.
Suitable for environments with up to 10 hosts or 100 virtual machines
Small Deploys an appliance with 4 CPUs and 21 GB of memory.
Suitable for environments with up to 100 hosts or 1,000 virtual machines
Medium Deploys an appliance with 8 CPUs and 30 GB of memory.
Suitable for environments with up to 400 hosts or 4,000 virtual machines
Large Deploys an appliance with 16 CPUs and 39 GB of memory.
Suitable for environments with up to 1,000 hosts or 10,000 virtual machines
X-Large Deploys an appliance with 24 CPUs and 58 GB of memory.
Suitable for environments with up to 2,500 hosts or 45,000 virtual machines
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