Introduction To Vsphere Installation And Setup; Overview Of The Vsphere Installation And Setup Process - VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A - vSphere Enterprise Plus Setup Manual

Introduction to vSphere Installation
and Setup
vSphere 5.x provides various options for installation and setup. To ensure a successful vSphere deployment,
understand the installation and setup options, and the sequence of tasks required.
You have several options for installing and setting up ESXi, for managing vSphere with vCenter Server and
the vSphere Web Client, and for the database setup that you use with vCenter Server.

Overview of the vSphere Installation and Setup Process

vSphere is a sophisticated product with multiple components to install and set up. To ensure a successful
vSphere deployment, understand the sequence of tasks required.
N This overview does not apply to the vCenter Server Appliance. To deploy the vCenter Server
OTE
Appliance, see "Download and Deploy the VMware vCenter Server Appliance,"
The following illustration shows the order of installation for vCenter Server components.
vCenter Single Sign-On
Installing vSphere includes the following tasks:
1 Read the vSphere release notes.
2 Verify that your system meets vSphere hardware and software requirements. See
Requirements,"
3 Install vCenter Server.
a (Optional) Set up the vCenter Server database. See
page 30.
N For small installations (up to 5 hosts and 50 virtual machines), you can use the bundled
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express database, which you can choose to have the vCenter Server
installer create during the vCenter Server installation.
b Review the topics in
VMware, Inc.
vSphere Web Client vCenter Inventory Service
vCenter Server
on page 13.
Chapter 3, "Before You Install vCenter Server,"
vCenter Server
"Preparing vCenter Server Databases,"
on page 29.
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on page 94.
Chapter 2, "System
on
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