vSphere v6.0 introduced two supported architectures: a vCenter Server with an embedded PSC, and vCenter Server with an external PSC. The following components are part of the vCenter Server installations:
- The PSC group of infrastructure services contains vCenter Single Sign-On, License service, Lookup service, and VMware Certificate Authority.
- The vCenter Server group of services includes vCenter Server, vSphere Web Client, Inventory Service, vSphere Auto Deploy, vSphere ESXi Dump Collector, VMware vSphere Syslog Collector on Windows, and VMware vSphere Syslog Service for the vCenter Server.