

Insert valid credentials which have permissions to deploy VMs from OVF. Inser the destination ESXi host or existing vCenter where you want to deploy the new vCSA. Read and Accept the VMware End User License Agreement. First one will deploy the vCSA appliance while the second one will setup and configure it based on our input. The installation process is separated in 2 phases.
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Since this is new deployment select Install from the menu. Run the installer.exe to start the installation wizard. In this article we are using the Windows one.Īfter you mount the ISO go the vcsa-ui-installer folder and then select the desired OS, in our case win32. The installer software is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS. This guide is going trough the UI version of the installer. To start the deployment of the vCSA you will need to mount the downloaded ISO on your workstation and run the vCSA installer. VMware vCenter Server Appliance Installation Steps VMware Account and Download Permissions are required to download the installation packages. Always select the latest version/update available. To download the required packages for the vCenter (vCSA) installation you will need to go the VMware Downloads page.

All vSphere components and services should use the same NTP and DNS servers.Destination ESXi hosts must be version 6.5 or higher.X-Large environment (up to 2,500 hosts or 45,000 virtual machines) Large environment (up to 1,000 hosts or 10,000 virtual machines) Medium environment (up to 400 hosts or 4,000 virtual machine) Small environment (up to 100 hosts or 1,000 virtual machines) Tiny environment (up to 10 hosts or 100 virtual machines) vCenter comes in few flavors, select the one that is most appropriate to your environment:.VMware vCenter Server Appliance Installation Steps.Download VMware vCenter Server Appliance deployment package.
