When you install vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller, Platform Services Controller, or vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller, the wizard prompts you for the installation information. It is a best practice to keep a record of the values that you entered in case you must reinstall the product.
You can use this worksheet to record the information that you need for the installation of vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller, Platform Services Controller, or vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller.
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All deployment types | System name of the local system A system name to use for managing the local system. The system name must be an FQDN. If a DNS is not available, provide a static IP address. |
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Name for the new vCenter Single Sign-On domain | vsphere.local | |||
User name | administrator | You cannot change the default user name during installation. | |||
Password for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator account The password must be at least 8 characters, but no more than 20 characters in length. The password must conform to the following requirements:
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Site name A name for the vCenter Single Sign-On site. |
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FQDN or IP address of the Platform Services Controller instance that you want to join You must join a Platform Services Controller instance of the same version. |
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HTTPS port of the Platform Services Controller instance | 443 | ||||
Password of the vCenter Single Sign On administrator user for the domain | - | ||||
vCenter Single Sign-On site name You can join an existing site or create a new site. |
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vCenter Server service account information Can be the Windows local system account or a user service account.
Note: Starting with vSphere 6.5, the
vCenter Server services run as child processes of the VMware Service Lifecycle Manager service.
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Windows local system account | |||
Account user name Only if you use a user service account |
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Account password Only if you use a user service account |
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vCenter Server database Can be the embedded VMware Postgres database or an existing external database |
embedded Postgres database | |||
Data source name (DSN) Only if you use an existing external 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 Only if you use an existing external database. Non-ASCII characters are not supported. |
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Database password Only if you use an existing external database. |
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All deployment types | HTTP port | 80 | |||
HTTPS port | 443 | ||||
Syslog Service port | 514 | ||||
Syslog Service TLS port | 1514 | ||||
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Secure Token Service port | 7444 | |||
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Auto Deploy Management port | 6502 | |||
Auto Deploy Service port | 6501 | ||||
ESXi Dump Collector port | 6500 | ||||
ESXi Heartbeat port | 902 | ||||
vSphere Web Client port | 9443 | ||||
All deployment types | Destination folder
The installation paths cannot contain non-ASCII characters, commas (,), periods (.), exclamation points (!), pound signs (#), at signs (@), or percentage signs (%). |
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Join or do not participate in the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) For information about the CEIP, see the Configuring Customer Experience Improvement Program section in vCenter Server and Host Management. |
Join the CEIP |