Prepare for the vCenter Server installation by recording the values that vCenter Server and related components require.
The vCenter Single Sign-On, vSphere Web Client, vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Server installation wizards prompt you for the installation or upgrade information. Keep a record of the values entered, in case you must reinstall vCenter Server. You can print this topic as a worksheet to record the information that you need for the installation or upgrade of vCenter Single Sign-On, the vSphere Web Client, Inventory Service, and vCenter Server.
| Required Information | Default | Your Entry | |
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| vCenter Single Sign-On HTTPS port. | 7444 | ||
| vCenter Single Sign-On deployment type. Choose from the following options:
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| Domain name. | vsphere.local | You cannot change the domain name from the default during installation. | |
| User name. | administrator@vsphere.local | You cannot change the user name from the default during installation. | |
| Password for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator account in the default domain. You must use the same vCenter Single Sign-On password name when you install or upgrade vCenter Single Sign-On, Inventory Service, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client. By default, the password must have at least eight characters, at least one lowercase character, one uppercase character, one number, and one special character. See the vSphere Security documentation for information about changing the password policy. The following characters are not supported in passwords: non-ASCII characters, semicolon (;), double quotation mark ("), single quotation mark ('), circumflex (^), and backslash (\). |
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| Site name. Your name for the vCenter Single Sign-On site. Used as a logical container for grouping vCenter Single Sign-On instances that belong to the same domain. To place vCenter Single Sign-On instances behind a load balancer, you must install the primary and high-availability vCenter Single Sign-On instances as replicating partners in the same geographic location with the same site name. |
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| Partner host name. Required only if you are installing additional vCenter Single Sign-On servers. The partner host name is the IP address or DNS name of the existing vCenter Single Sign-On server to replicate from. |
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| Required Information | Default | Your Entry | |
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| Setup Language. This selection controls the language only for the installer. |
English | ||
| Destination folder. The folder to install the vSphere Web Client in. The installation path cannot contain the following characters: non-ASCII characters, commas (,), periods (.), exclamation points (!), pound signs (#), at signs (@), or percentage signs (%). If 8.3 name creation is disabled on the host machine, do not install the vSphere Web Client in a directory that does not have an 8.3 short name or has a name that contains spaces. This situation will make the vSphere Web Client inaccessible. |
C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure | ||
| vSphere Web Client HTTP port. | 9090 | ||
| vSphere Web Client HTTPS port. | 9443 | ||
| vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user name. The entry is case sensitive, and must match the administrator user name you enter when you install vCenter Single Sign-On |
administrator@vsphere.local | ||
| Password for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator account in the default domain. You must use the same vCenter Single Sign-On password when you install or upgrade vCenter Single Sign-On, Inventory Service, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client. |
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| Lookup Service URL. The Lookup Service URL takes the form https://SSO_host_FQDN_or_IP:7444/lookupservice/sdk, where 7444 is the default vCenter Single Sign-On HTTPS port number. This entry must match the URL you enter when you install vCenter Inventory Service. |
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| Required Information | Default | Your Entry | |
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| Setup Language. This selection controls the language only for the installer. |
English | ||
| Destination folder. The folder to install Inventory Service in. The installation path cannot contain the following characters: non-ASCII characters, commas (,), periods (.), exclamation points (!), pound signs (#), at signs (@), or percentage signs (%). |
C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure | ||
| Fully Qualified Domain Name. The FQDN for the Inventory Service local system. |
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| vCenter Inventory Service HTTPS port. | See Required Ports for vCenter Server. | 10443 | |
| vCenter Inventory Service management port. | 10109 | ||
| vCenter Inventory Service Linked Mode communication port. | 10111 | ||
| Inventory size.
The inventory size of your vCenter Server deployment:
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| User name for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user account. You must use the same vCenter Single Sign-On user name and password name when you install vCenter Single Sign-On, and install or upgrade Inventory Service, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client. |
administrator | ||
| Lookup Service URL. The Lookup Service URL takes the form https://SSO_host_FQDN_or_IP:7444/lookupservice/sdk, where 7444 is the default vCenter Single Sign-On HTTPS port number. If you enter a different port number when you install vCenter Single Sign-On, use that port number. |
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| Required Information | Default | Your Entry | |
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| Setup Language. This selection controls the language only for the installer. |
English | ||
| vCenter Server license key. If you omit the license key, vCenter Server is installed in evaluation mode. After you install vCenter Server, you can enter the vCenter Server license in the vSphere Web Client. |
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| Data source name (DSN). Required if you use an existing database. Not required if you are using the bundled Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express database. Leading and trailing spaces are not supported. Remove spaces from the beginning or end of the DSN. |
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| Database user name. | Required to use an existing database. Not required if you are using the bundled database. Non-ASCII characters are not supported. | ||
| Database password. | |||
| JDBC URL for database. Required if you use an existing database. The vCenter Server installer should generate and validate the JDBC URL for the vCenter Server database. If the installer fails to connect to the database by using the generated JDBC URL, the installer prompts you to specify the JDBC URL. The format of the JDBC URL depends on the database that you are using. See JDBC URL Formats for the vCenter Server Database.v |
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| vCenter Server Service account information. Can be the Microsoft Windows system account or a user-specified account. Use a user-specified account if you plan to use Microsoft Windows authentication for SQL Server. |
Microsoft Windows system account | ||
| Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for the vCenter Server machine The FQDN of the system that you are installing vCenter Server on. The vCenter Server installer checks that the FQDN is resolvable. If not, a warning message appears. Change the entry to a resolvable FQDN. You must enter the FQDN, not the IP address. |
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| Standalone or join group. Join a Linked Mode group to enable the vSphere Web Client to view, search, and manage data across multiple vCenter Server systems. |
Standalone | ||
| Fully qualified domain name of Directory Services for the vCenter Server group. The FQDN of a remote instance of vCenter Server. Required if this instance of vCenter Server is joining a group. The local and remote instances will be members of a Linked Mode group. |
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| LDAP port for the Directory Services for the remote vCenter Server instance. The LDAP port of the remote instance. Required if this instance of vCenter Server is joining a Linked Mode group. See Required Ports for vCenter Server. |
389 | ||
| vCenter Server HTTPS port. | See Required Ports for vCenter Server. | 443 | |
| vCenter Server HTTP port. | 80 | ||
| Heartbeat port (UDP) used for sending data to ESX/ESXi hosts. | 902 | ||
| VMware VirtualCenter Management Web Services HTTP port |
8080 | ||
| VMware VirtualCenter Management Web Services HTTPS port. | 8443 | ||
| Web Services change service notification port. | 60099 | ||
| LDAP port for the Directory Services for the local vCenter Server instance. |
389 | ||
| SSL port for the Directory Services for the local vCenter Server instance. |
636 | ||
| Ephemeral ports. Select Increase the number of available ephemeral ports if your vCenter Server manages hosts on which you will power on more than 2000 virtual machines simultaneously. This option prevents the pool of available ephemeral ports from being exhausted. |
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| Inventory size.
The inventory size of your vCenter Server deployment:
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| User name for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user account. | You must use the same vCenter Single Sign-On user name and password name when you install vCenter Single Sign-On, and install or upgrade Inventory Service, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client. | administrator | |
| Password for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user account. | |||
| Lookup Service URL. The Lookup Service URL takes the form https://SSO_host_FQDN_or_IP:7444/lookupservice/sdk, where 7444 is the default vCenter Single Sign-On HTTPS port number. If you enter a different port number when you install vCenter Single Sign-On, use that port number. |
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| Inventory Service URL. The inventory Service URL takes the form https://Inventory_Service_host_FQDN_or_IP:10443. 10443 is the default Inventory Service HTTPS port number. If you enter a different port number when you install Inventory Service, use that port number. |
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| Destination folder. The folder to install vCenter Server in. The installation path cannot contain the following characters: non-ASCII characters, commas (,), periods (.), exclamation points (!), pound signs (#), at signs (@), or percentage signs (%). |
C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure | ||
