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13 Wait for the OVA deployment to finish, and click Continue to proceed with stage 2 of the deployment
process to set up and start the services of the newly deployed appliance.
Note If you exit the wizard by clicking Close, you must log in to the vCenter Server Appliance
Management Interface to set up and start the services.
The newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform Services Controller is running on
the target server but the services are not started.
Stage 2 - Set up the Newly Deployed vCenter Server Appliance With an
External Platform Services Controller
When the OVA deployment finishes, you are redirected to stage 2 of the deployment process to set up
and start the services of the newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance with an external
Platform Services Controller.
Procedure
1 Review the introduction to stage 2 of the deployment process and click Next.
2 Configure the time settings in the appliance, optionally enable remote SSH access to the appliance,
and click Next.
Option Description
Synchronize time with the ESXi host Enables periodic time synchronization, and VMware Tools sets the time of the
guest operating system to be the same as the time of the ESXi host.
Synchronize time with NTP servers Uses a Network Time Protocol server for synchronizing the time. If you select this
option, you must enter the names or IP addresses of the NTP servers separated
by commas.
3 Provide the FQDN or IP address of the Platform Services Controller instance with which you want to
register the vCenter Server Appliance, enter the vCenter Single Sign-On HTTPS port, domain name,
and administrator password, and click Next.
If the Platform Services Controller instance is a Windows installation, provide the system name of the
host machine on which the Platform Services Controller is running.
4 On the Ready to complete page, review the configuration settings for the vCenter Server Appliance,
click Finish, and click OK to complete stage 2 of the deployment process and set up the appliance.
5 (Optional) After the initial setup finishes, click the https://vcenter_server_appliance_fqdn/vsphere-
client to go to the vSphere Web Client and log in to the vCenter Server instance in the
vCenter Server Appliance, or click the https://vcenter_server_appliance_fqdn:443 to go the
vCenter Server Appliance Getting Started page.
6 Click Close to exit the wizard.
You are redirected to the vCenter Server Appliance Getting Started page.
The newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance joined the vCenter Single Sign-On domain and site of the
Platform Services Controller instance with which you registered the appliance.
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