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SmartFabric Services with Multisite vSAN Stretched Cluster Deployment Guide
Notes, cautions, and warnings Introduction Hardware Used in this Guide Topology Deployment Planning SFS switch configuration Configure DCI switches Configure Fabric Interconnects Configure Networks Add ESXi hosts to topology Configure a jump host Deploy the DNS server and the vCenter Server
Deploy VM for DNS/NTP server
Deploy the vCenter Server
ESXi services and witness host configuration Deploy the vSAN Stretched Cluster Migrate the vCenter Server and the DNS server Add User VMs Deploy OMNI Validated Components Technical Resources CLI Command Output

Deploy the vCenter Server

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Deploy the vCenter Server

  • The vCenter server is deployed to the services host from the jump host. Ensure the target system, esx-svcs01, has a datastore large enough for the vCenter, the DNS/NTP server, and OMNI. See the Minimum requirements section of this guide for storage requirements on the ESXi services host.

    1. From the jump host, mount or extract the VMware vCenter Server appliance .iso file.
    2. Run the installer program for the operating system installed on your jump host. For example, \vcsa-ui-installer\win32\installer.exe.
    3. Click Install > NEXT.
    4. Review the terms of the license agreement, and, if you agree, check the box to accept, and then click NEXT.
    5. For the Deployment target, enter the IP address of the ESXi services host, 192.168.11.5 in this example, and the root credentials.
    6. Click NEXT.
    7. Enter a VM name for the vCenter server and set the root password.
    8. Click NEXT.
    9. Select a deployment size and storage size for your environment. Small with the Default storage size is selected for this example.
    10. Click NEXT.
    11. Select the datastore and then click NEXT.
    12. Enter the vCenter network settings.
      Note: Settings used in this example are shown in the figure below.

      Figure 59. vCenter Server network settings
    13. Click NEXT.
    14. Review the Ready to complete stage 1 page.
      Note: Settings used in this example are shown in the figure below.

      Figure 60. vCenter Server deployment settings - Stage 1
    15. If you are satisfied with the settings, click FINISH.
      When stage 1 is complete, the successful deployment screen displays.
      Figure 61. Stage 1 complete
    16. Click CONTINUE to start stage 2.
    17. On the Introduction screen, click NEXT.
      The vCenter Server Configuration screen displays.
      1. Enter the Time synchronization mode. For this example, Synchronize time with the NTP servers is selected.
      2. Enter the NTP server, ntp.dell.lab, if applicable.
      3. Change SSH access to Enabled. This is recommended for vCenter Server High Availability as indicated on the screen.
      4. Click NEXT.
    18. On the SSO Configuration screen, select Create a new SSO domain.
      The Single Sign-On domain name is set to vsphere.local in this example.
    19. Enter and confirm the Single Sign-on password and then click NEXT.
    20. If you want to join the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program, select the Join VMware’s customer experience improvement program box and then click NEXT.
    21. Review the Ready to complete stage 2 page.
      The settings used in this example are shown in the following figure.
      Figure 62. vCenter Server deployment settings - stage 2
    22. If you approve the settings, click FINISH > OK.
      When stage 2 is complete, the successful setup screen displays.
      Figure 63. Stage 2 complete