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The Complete VMware vSphere Guide
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The Complete VMware vSphere Guide

by Mike Brown, Hersey Cartwright, Martin Gavanda, Andrea Mauro, Karel Novak, Paolo Valsecchi
November 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
768 pages
32h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
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The vCenter Server

Now, when we have our ESXi servers installed, it is time to install the vCenter Server. To do that, just plug in the ISO image of the vCSA downloaded from the VMware website and follow the installation wizard:

In our case, we will be working with the embedded deployment mode, in which both the vCenter Server and PSC are deployed on the same appliance.

As a destination location for the installation, use our first ESXi server, esxi-prod-1.learnvmware.local. You need to provide the root password before you can proceed:

  1. In the Deployment size option, select your desired infrastructure size. For most lab environments, the ...
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