#VMware Administration – 2. Install, configure & manage vCenter Server 6.5
vCenter Server is the centralized management utility for VMware and is used to manage virtual machines, multiple ESXi hosts, and all dependent components from a single centralized location.
I have covered the following things in one video !! have some patience and apologies for mistakes !!
1. Install & Configure Windows 2016 Server: Check the previous video for config details
– Install has been completed
– Install VMware Tools
– Configure RDP
– NIC Teaming
– Assign IP Address : 192.168.40.40
– Change Computer Name
– Disable firewall settings
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2. Install & Configure vCenter Server 6.5 on Windows 2016
– 2000 hosts & 25,000 VM’s
– you can connect multiple vCenter’s in one console.
– Install vCenter Embedded Platform Service Controller
– Install vCenter with Postgres SQL ( Lab purpose only)
Platform Service Controller
– Authentication & Authorization will be taken care by PSC
– License management will be taken care by PSC
– Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise+, Essential & Essential+
– Certificate management: when you add any host into vCenter, it will generate a Certificate to provide passwordless authentication.
vCenter:
– Inventory, datacenter objects integrity
– Distributed Networking
– vSphere HA
– DRS
– FT
– Update Manager
– Template & Clones
– vApps…..
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3. Login into vCenter WebConsole
– Craete DATACENTER
– Add ESXi Hosts into vCenter
– Create Cluster
– Add hosts into Prodcluster1
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