Deploy 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.

Prerequisites

  1. Download a copy of the vCenter installer file and mount the installer ISO to a local drive.

    Note:

    To download vCenter, see the Telco Cloud Platform Essentials or Advanced downloads page.

  2. Verify that the FQDN that you use with vCenter (TCP_MGMT_VC) is registered in the DNS server for forward and reverse lookup.

  3. Verify that the FQDN and IP address can be resolved.

  4. Verify that ESXi is reachable from the system where the vCenter installer is mounted.

  5. Ensure that the Management ESXi (ESXi_MGMT_01) host is installed and configured with the local or NFS datastore (or both) and the VM management port group with VLAN ID assigned.

  6. Ensure that the NTP server is installed and configured.

Procedure

  1. Install the Management vCenter Instance.
  2. Create the Management Data Center and Cluster.
  3. Create and Configure vSphere Distributed Switches.
  4. Configure the vSAN Datastore.
  5. Configure vSphere DRS.
  6. Configure the Management Cluster for vSphere High Availability.