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Service Description
vAPI Endpoint Provides a single point of access to vAPI services. For a list of general seings that you can
congure for this service, see “vAPI Endpoint,” on page 59.
Services that you can configure in vCenter Server
You can congure the following services on a vCenter Server instance that runs on a Windows machine:
Service Name Description
Auto Deploy Lets you perform stateless ESXi caching. See “Auto Deploy Service,” on page 53.
Content Library Service Manages OVF templates, ISO images, and scripts for vSphere administrators. See “Content
Library Service,” on page 54.
Transfer Service Provides support for moving content, such as VM templates, scripts, and ISO images across
sites and vCenter Server instances.
N Runs as a child service of the Content Library Service.
For a list of seings you can congure for this service, see “Transfer Service Properties,” on
page 55.
Ovf Service Supports the provisioning of OVF based virtual machines.
N Runs as a child service of the Content Library Service.
For a list of seings you can congure for this service, see “VMware Open Virtualization
Format Service,” on page 56.
ImageBuilder Service Lets you manage and customize Image Proles.
VMware Performance
Charts Service
Collects and processes statistical performance data for managed entities into reports in
image format that it provides to the vSphere Web Client. See “VMware Performance Charts
Service,” on page 56.
VMware vSphere
Authentication Proxy
Provides support for joining unaended ESXi hosts to an Active Directory domain by using
an account with delegated privileges, enhancing security for PXE-booted hosts and hosts
that are provisioned using Auto Deploy.
VMware vSphere ESXi
Dump Collector Service
Collects core dumps from remote hosts. See “VMware vSphere ESXi Dump Collector,” on
page 58.
vAPI Endpoint Provides a single point of access to vAPI services. For a list of general seings that you can
congure for this service, see “vAPI Endpoint,” on page 59.
Auto Deploy Service
vSphere Auto Deploy uses the Auto Deploy Service for stateless ESXi caching. You can change the default
conguration properties of the Auto Deploy service.
Auto Deploy and the Auto Deploy Service are installed as part of the vCenter Server installation.
Property Default Value Description
cachesize_GB 2 Auto Deploy cache size in gigabytes.
The maximum size of an ESXi image
or host prole uploads.
loglevel INFO The default Auto Deploy log level.
Includes information, warnings, errors,
and fatal errors.
managementport 6502 Auto Deploy management port. The
port on which interfaces that create
rules for Auto Deploy, such as vSphere
PowerCLI, communicate.
serviceport 6501 Auto Deploy service port. Auto
Deploy uses this port to power on ESXi
hosts.
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