Install and configure the management cluster in the management workload domain that hosts the management VMs. What to read next Management Cluster Distribution and Naming ConventionThe management cluster components follow a naming convention that makes it easy to identify the placement and purpose of each component. Install and Configure ESXi for the Management DomainYou must install the ESXi Hypervisor on each physical host for the management domain. Deploying Management vCenter InstanceDeploy the management vCenter instance on one of the ESXi hosts. It is not mandatory to have the NFS datastore. Instead, you can deploy a vCenter on a single-host vSAN cluster. After setting up the management vCenter instance, configure the management cluster and add the remaining hosts to the cluster. Lastly, enable vSAN on the cluster and move the deployed vCenter from the NFS datastore to the vSAN datastore. Parent topic: Platform Deployment Process