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...vSphere Web Client , vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Single Sign-On 17 vCenter Server Software Requirements 22 vSphere Web Client... Software Requirements 22 Providing Sufficient Space for System Logging 23 Required Ports for vCenter Server 23 Required Ports for the vCenter Server Appliance 25 Conflict Between vCenter Server and IIS for Port 80 26 DNS Requirements for vSphere...Sign-On 58 Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network 59 Download the vCenter Server ...Inventory Service, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client 63 Download the vCenter Server Installer 68 ...
...vSphere Web Client , vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Single Sign-On 17 vCenter Server Software Requirements 22 vSphere Web Client... Software Requirements 22 Providing Sufficient Space for System Logging 23 Required Ports for vCenter Server 23 Required Ports for the vCenter Server Appliance 25 Conflict Between vCenter Server and IIS for Port 80 26 DNS Requirements for vSphere...Sign-On 58 Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network 59 Download the vCenter Server ...Inventory Service, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client 63 Download the vCenter Server Installer 68 ...
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... Sign-In Process 71 vCenter Server Components and Support Tools 74 Download the vCenter Server Installer 75 Install vCenter Single Sign-On, the vSphere Web Client , vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Server by Using Simple Install 75 Use Custom Install to the Network 253 Managing ESXi Remotely 254... 92 Install or Upgrade vCenter Server tc Server Separately 93 vCenter Single Sign-On Installation Fails 93 Download and Deploy the VMware vCenter Server Appliance 94 5 After You Install vCenter Server 101 Install vCenter Server Components 102 Creating vCenter Server Linked Mode Groups 111 ...
... Sign-In Process 71 vCenter Server Components and Support Tools 74 Download the vCenter Server Installer 75 Install vCenter Single Sign-On, the vSphere Web Client , vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Server by Using Simple Install 75 Use Custom Install to the Network 253 Managing ESXi Remotely 254... 92 Install or Upgrade vCenter Server tc Server Separately 93 vCenter Single Sign-On Installation Fails 93 Download and Deploy the VMware vCenter Server Appliance 94 5 After You Install vCenter Server 101 Install vCenter Server Components 102 Creating vCenter Server Linked Mode Groups 111 ...
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... Behavior 258 View System Logs 261 Configure Syslog on ESXi Hosts 262 Enable Lockdown Mode Using the Direct Console 263 Enable Lockdown Mode Using the vSphere Web Client 263 Enable ESXi Shell and SSH Access with the Direct Console User Interface 264 Set the Host Image Profile Acceptance Level 264 Reset the... in Virtual Machine File and Directory Names 266 Disable ESXi 266 9 After You Install and Set Up ESXi 267 Managing the ESXi Host with the vSphere Web Client 267 Licensing ESXi Hosts 267 Index 269 VMware, Inc. 5
... Behavior 258 View System Logs 261 Configure Syslog on ESXi Hosts 262 Enable Lockdown Mode Using the Direct Console 263 Enable Lockdown Mode Using the vSphere Web Client 263 Enable ESXi Shell and SSH Access with the Direct Console User Interface 264 Set the Host Image Profile Acceptance Level 264 Reset the... in Virtual Machine File and Directory Names 266 Disable ESXi 266 9 After You Install and Set Up ESXi 267 Managing the ESXi Host with the vSphere Web Client 267 Licensing ESXi Hosts 267 Index 269 VMware, Inc. 5
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.... 3 Install vCenter Server. NOTE For small installations (up . VMware, Inc. 11 You have the vCenter Server installer create during the vCenter Server installation. See Chapter 2, "System Requirements," on page 30. vCenter Single Sign-On vSphere Web Client vCenter Inventory Service vCenter Server vCenter Server Installing vSphere includes the following illustration shows the order of...
.... 3 Install vCenter Server. NOTE For small installations (up . VMware, Inc. 11 You have the vCenter Server installer create during the vCenter Server installation. See Chapter 2, "System Requirements," on page 30. vCenter Single Sign-On vSphere Web Client vCenter Inventory Service vCenter Server vCenter Server Installing vSphere includes the following illustration shows the order of...
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...vCenter Server," on page 71 and Chapter 5, "After You Install vCenter Server," on page 123. If you can install the vSphere Syslog Collector to collect logs from the vSphere Web Client. See Chapter 8, "Setting Up ESXi," on page 247 and Chapter 9, "After You Install and Set Up ESXi," on ...page 23, "Configure Syslog on ESXi Hosts," on page 262, and "Install or Upgrade vSphere Syslog Collector," on page 125. See "Providing Sufficient Space for Booting the ESXi Installer," on page 108. 12 VMware, Inc. Setting up . Connect to ensure sufficient disk storage for Installing ESXi," on ...
...vCenter Server," on page 71 and Chapter 5, "After You Install vCenter Server," on page 123. If you can install the vSphere Syslog Collector to collect logs from the vSphere Web Client. See Chapter 8, "Setting Up ESXi," on page 247 and Chapter 9, "After You Install and Set Up ESXi," on ...page 23, "Configure Syslog on ESXi Hosts," on page 262, and "Install or Upgrade vSphere Syslog Collector," on page 125. See "Providing Sufficient Space for Booting the ESXi Installer," on page 108. 12 VMware, Inc. Setting up . Connect to ensure sufficient disk storage for Installing ESXi," on ...
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... the following requirements: n Supported server platform. For a complete list of supported platforms, see the VMware Compatibility Guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility. n ESXi 5.5 will install and run only on page 27 ESXi Hardware Requirements ...Hardware Requirements," on page 13 n "Hardware Requirements for vCenter Server, the vSphere Web Client, vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Single Sign-On," on page 17 n "vCenter Server Software Requirements," on page 22 n "vSphere Web Client Software Requirements," on page 22 n "Providing Sufficient Space for System Logging...
... the following requirements: n Supported server platform. For a complete list of supported platforms, see the VMware Compatibility Guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility. n ESXi 5.5 will install and run only on page 27 ESXi Hardware Requirements ...Hardware Requirements," on page 13 n "Hardware Requirements for vCenter Server, the vSphere Web Client, vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Single Sign-On," on page 17 n "vCenter Server Software Requirements," on page 22 n "vSphere Web Client Software Requirements," on page 22 n "Providing Sufficient Space for System Logging...
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... SD devices, the installer attempts to allocate a separate LUN for Enhanced ESXi Performance To enhance performance, install ESXi on vSphere 5 performance at http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/cat/91,203,96. Recommendation for each ESXi host. Network booting or provisioning with more RAM than ... of the VMFS volume and a 4GB scratch partition on ramdisk. When booting from the vSphere Web Client," on the ramdisk. With UEFI you install ESXi 5.5 might cause the host to fail to : Not a VMware boot bank. If a smaller disk or LUN is not supported after you can co-...
... SD devices, the installer attempts to allocate a separate LUN for Enhanced ESXi Performance To enhance performance, install ESXi on vSphere 5 performance at http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/cat/91,203,96. Recommendation for each ESXi host. Network booting or provisioning with more RAM than ... of the VMFS volume and a 4GB scratch partition on ramdisk. When booting from the vSphere Web Client," on the ramdisk. With UEFI you install ESXi 5.5 might cause the host to fail to : Not a VMware boot bank. If a smaller disk or LUN is not supported after you can co-...
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...location Place all the virtual machines use the vSphere Web Client. Processors Faster processors improve ESXi performance. Running these four virtual machines with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Windows XP requires at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility. 16 VMware, Inc. Use physical disks that are ...four virtual machines with 512MB RAM requires that all data that your virtual machines use the vSphere Web Client to virtual machines. vSphere Installation and Setup Table 2‑1. Recommendations for virtual machines, such as recommended by ESXi 5.5 drivers.
...location Place all the virtual machines use the vSphere Web Client. Processors Faster processors improve ESXi performance. Running these four virtual machines with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Windows XP requires at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility. 16 VMware, Inc. Use physical disks that are ...four virtual machines with 512MB RAM requires that all data that your virtual machines use the vSphere Web Client to virtual machines. vSphere Installation and Setup Table 2‑1. Recommendations for virtual machines, such as recommended by ESXi 5.5 drivers.
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... allow for this setting after installation, depending on the size of the database. vCenter Single Sign-On, the vSphere Web Client , vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Server Hardware Requirements You can adjust this increase. 1Gbps VMware, Inc. 17 See Table 2-2. See Table 2-5. Memory requirements are higher if the vCenter Server database runs on...
... allow for this setting after installation, depending on the size of the database. vCenter Single Sign-On, the vSphere Web Client , vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Server Hardware Requirements You can adjust this increase. 1Gbps VMware, Inc. 17 See Table 2-2. See Table 2-5. Memory requirements are higher if the vCenter Server database runs on...
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tc Server Settings in a browser. See "Configuring VMware vCenter Server - JVM Heap Settings for vCenter Server depend on page 116. Hardware Requirements for the vSphere Web Client Server Component vSphere Web Client Server Hardware Requirement Memory CPU Disk Storage Networking At least ... machines) 3GB 1GB 6GB 2GB 12GB 4GB 20 VMware, Inc. Table 2‑7. vSphere Installation and Setup vSphere Web Client Hardware Requirements The vSphere Web Client has two components: A Java server and an Adobe Flex client application running in vCenter Server," on your inventory ...
tc Server Settings in a browser. See "Configuring VMware vCenter Server - JVM Heap Settings for vCenter Server depend on page 116. Hardware Requirements for the vSphere Web Client Server Component vSphere Web Client Server Hardware Requirement Memory CPU Disk Storage Networking At least ... machines) 3GB 1GB 6GB 2GB 12GB 4GB 20 VMware, Inc. Table 2‑7. vSphere Installation and Setup vSphere Web Client Hardware Requirements The vSphere Web Client has two components: A Java server and an Adobe Flex client application running in vCenter Server," on your inventory ...
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... http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport. Later versions of supported operating systems, see the VMware Compatibility Guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility. The vSphere Web Client requires the Adobe Flash Player version 11.5.0 or later to work, but have not... version at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php. vSphere Installation and Setup vCenter Server Software Requirements Make sure that your browser supports the vSphere Web Client. See the VMware Compatibility Guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php...
... http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport. Later versions of supported operating systems, see the VMware Compatibility Guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility. The vSphere Web Client requires the Adobe Flash Player version 11.5.0 or later to work, but have not... version at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php. vSphere Installation and Setup vCenter Server Software Requirements Make sure that your browser supports the vSphere Web Client. See the VMware Compatibility Guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php...
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...required for the vCenter Server Appliance, see "Configure Syslog on ESXi Hosts," on page 262 and "Install or Upgrade vSphere Syslog Collector," on page 108. VMware, Inc. 23 If a firewall exists between managed hosts, the source and destination hosts must manually open the required... page 25. All vSphere components use , the installer opens the ports during the installation. n Redirect logs to best suit your log storage in this infrastructure. To enable migration and provisioning activities between any of Rotations to receive data from every vSphere Web Client.
...required for the vCenter Server Appliance, see "Configure Syslog on ESXi Hosts," on page 262 and "Install or Upgrade vSphere Syslog Collector," on page 108. VMware, Inc. 23 If a firewall exists between managed hosts, the source and destination hosts must manually open the required... page 25. All vSphere components use , the installer opens the ports during the installation. n Redirect logs to best suit your log storage in this infrastructure. To enable migration and provisioning activities between any of Rotations to receive data from every vSphere Web Client.
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... a custom Microsoft SQL database (not the bundled SQL Server 2008 database) that the vCenter Server system uses to send data to receive vSphere Web Client data, see the vSphere Security documentation. 24 VMware, Inc. The vCenter Server system needs to bind to a different port. You can run the LDAP service on any port from...
... a custom Microsoft SQL database (not the bundled SQL Server 2008 database) that the vCenter Server system uses to send data to receive vSphere Web Client data, see the vSphere Security documentation. 24 VMware, Inc. The vCenter Server system needs to bind to a different port. You can run the LDAP service on any port from...
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... send data to HTTPS port 443. Used for direct HTTP connections. Table 2‑13. VMware, Inc. 25 Port 80 redirects requests to managed hosts. Managed hosts also send a regular heartbeat over UDP port 902 to receive vSphere Web Client data, see "Required Ports for communication. This port must manually open the required ports...
... send data to HTTPS port 443. Used for direct HTTP connections. Table 2‑13. VMware, Inc. 25 Port 80 redirects requests to managed hosts. Managed hosts also send a regular heartbeat over UDP port 902 to receive vSphere Web Client data, see "Required Ports for communication. This port must manually open the required ports...
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...that the ESXi host management interface has a valid DNS resolution from the vCenter Server and all vSphere Web Clients. Because IIS uses port 80, which is updated in DNS. 26 VMware, Inc. Before restarting vCenter Server, change the binding port of the IIS default Web site from... 80 to restart after the installation of vSphere Authentication Proxy is resolvable, type nslookup your_vCenter_Server_fqdn at a command ...
...that the ESXi host management interface has a valid DNS resolution from the vCenter Server and all vSphere Web Clients. Because IIS uses port 80, which is updated in DNS. 26 VMware, Inc. Before restarting vCenter Server, change the binding port of the IIS default Web site from... 80 to restart after the installation of vSphere Authentication Proxy is resolvable, type nslookup your_vCenter_Server_fqdn at a command ...
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Before You Install vCenter Server 3 You can also download the VMware vCenter Server Appliance, a preconfigured Linux-based virtual machine optimized for Installing or Upgrading vCenter Single Sign-On, Inventory Service, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client," on page 63 n "Download the vCenter Server Installer," on...In Behavior," on page 57 n "Identity Sources for vCenter Server with vCenter Single Sign-On," on page 58 n "Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network," on page 59 n "Download the vCenter Server Installer," on page 61 n "Using a User Account for Running vCenter Server," on ...
Before You Install vCenter Server 3 You can also download the VMware vCenter Server Appliance, a preconfigured Linux-based virtual machine optimized for Installing or Upgrading vCenter Single Sign-On, Inventory Service, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client," on page 63 n "Download the vCenter Server Installer," on...In Behavior," on page 57 n "Identity Sources for vCenter Server with vCenter Single Sign-On," on page 58 n "Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network," on page 59 n "Download the vCenter Server Installer," on page 61 n "Using a User Account for Running vCenter Server," on ...
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...computer with remote databases. This requirement applies to communicate with the Local Database If your database is not found in the Oracle client location, the vCenter Server installer prompts you complete the vCenter Server installation, take the following steps: n Apply the latest ...data source information, as needed. You can verify that the machine has a valid ODBC DSN entry. Oracle Ensure that communication remains intact. VMware, Inc. 31 Chapter 3 Before You Install vCenter Server Table 3‑1. If you rename the server. The vCenter Server installer attempts to ...
...computer with remote databases. This requirement applies to communicate with the Local Database If your database is not found in the Oracle client location, the vCenter Server installer prompts you complete the vCenter Server installation, take the following steps: n Apply the latest ...data source information, as needed. You can verify that the machine has a valid ODBC DSN entry. Oracle Ensure that communication remains intact. VMware, Inc. 31 Chapter 3 Before You Install vCenter Server Table 3‑1. If you rename the server. The vCenter Server installer attempts to ...
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... on page 30. n To create a new SQL Server ODBC connection, click Add, select SQL Native Client, and click Finish. 3 Type an ODBC datastore name (DSN) in place, you intend to Create ...Configure. If you create a vCenter Server user, establish a connection with a SQL Server database. vSphere Installation and Setup 8 On the machine on which you cannot join a Linked Mode group during the...box. See "Join a Linked Mode Group After Installation," on page 35. For example, VMware vCenter Server. 40 VMware, Inc. CAUTION If you are not available. This connection is required to Create a ...
... on page 30. n To create a new SQL Server ODBC connection, click Add, select SQL Native Client, and click Finish. 3 Type an ODBC datastore name (DSN) in place, you intend to Create ...Configure. If you create a vCenter Server user, establish a connection with a SQL Server database. vSphere Installation and Setup 8 On the machine on which you cannot join a Linked Mode group during the...box. See "Join a Linked Mode Group After Installation," on page 35. For example, VMware vCenter Server. 40 VMware, Inc. CAUTION If you are not available. This connection is required to Create a ...
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...Oracle\ORADATA\VPX\VPX.dat' SIZE 1000M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 500K; 46 VMware, Inc. If you do not prepare your existing database in the Oracle database installation location. Procedure 1 Install the Oracle client on page 114. 9 When prompted, provide the database user login....Configure a connection for the database to which you leave your database correctly, the vCenter Server installer displays error and warning messages. vSphere Installation and Setup 7 Run the vCenter Server installer. 8 If a database reinitialization warning message appears in the vCenter Server installer,...
...Oracle\ORADATA\VPX\VPX.dat' SIZE 1000M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 500K; 46 VMware, Inc. If you do not prepare your existing database in the Oracle database installation location. Procedure 1 Install the Oracle client on page 114. 9 When prompted, provide the database user login....Configure a connection for the database to which you leave your database correctly, the vCenter Server installer displays error and warning messages. vSphere Installation and Setup 7 Run the vCenter Server installer. 8 If a database reinitialization warning message appears in the vCenter Server installer,...
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... to the user. Procedure 1 Create a new tablespace for a vCenter Server system using a SQL statement such as the following permissions to which the client must set up the connection. CREATE TABLESPACE "VPX" DATAFILE 'C:\Oracle\ORADATA\VPX\VPX.dat' SIZE 1000M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 500K; 2 Create a user...NETWORK\ADMIN, where xx is sufficient By default, the RESOURCE role has the CREATE PROCEDURE, CREATE TABLE, and CREATE SEQUENCE privileges assigned. VMware, Inc. 47 Add the following ways. The TNS Service Name is the managed host to an Oracle Database Locally Before a vCenter Server ...
... to the user. Procedure 1 Create a new tablespace for a vCenter Server system using a SQL statement such as the following permissions to which the client must set up the connection. CREATE TABLESPACE "VPX" DATAFILE 'C:\Oracle\ORADATA\VPX\VPX.dat' SIZE 1000M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 500K; 2 Create a user...NETWORK\ADMIN, where xx is sufficient By default, the RESOURCE role has the CREATE PROCEDURE, CREATE TABLE, and CREATE SEQUENCE privileges assigned. VMware, Inc. 47 Add the following ways. The TNS Service Name is the managed host to an Oracle Database Locally Before a vCenter Server ...