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- On a Windows machine or VM, locate the VMware-VCSA installer image.
- Mount the image, navigate to the vcsa-ui-installer folder, and double-click win32.
- Double-click installer.exe
- Click Install.
- Click Next.
- Accept the terms of the license agreement, and click Next.
- Leave the default (vCenter Server with an Embedded Platform Services Controller) selected, and click Next.
- Enter the FQDN or IP address of the host onto which the vCenter Server Appliance will deploy.
- Provide the server’s credentials, and click Next.
- At the Configure Network Settings page, configure the network settings for your environment, and click Next.
- Review your settings, and click Finish.
- When the deployment completes, click Next.
- At the Introduction page, click Next.
- At the Appliance configuration page, select the time synchronization mode and SSH access settings, and click Next. We used a local NTP server and enabled SSH.
- Select Create a new SSO domain.
- Provide a password, and confirm it.
- Provide an SSO Domain name and SSO Site name, and click Next.
- At the CEIP page, click Next.
- At the Ready to complete page, click Finish.
- When the installation completes, click Close.
- Using the vSphere web client, log into the vCenter server using the credentials you previously provided.