VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A - vSphere Enterprise Plus Setup Manual page 270

vSphere Installation and Setup
B
banner, security 249
best practices, Auto Deploy 200
BIOS 251
BIOS UUID 157
boot command line options 143
boot commands, entering 142
boot disk, shared 261
boot failure in UEFI mode. 252
boot file (Auto Deploy) 167
boot operations 157
boot process, Auto Deploy 160
boot prompt 143
boot setting 251
boot.cfg file 154
bootloader kernel options 143
bulk licensing 171
C
CD-ROM, booting from virtual 252
CD/DVD, burning the ESXi ISO image 125
clearpart command 145
Client Integration Plug-in, installing 102
clients, firewall 23, 25
cluster location, assign with Auto Deploy 175
components included with the vCenter Server
installer 74
computer name
Oracle 31
SQL Server 31
configuration defaults, resetting 265
configuring ports 23, 25
configuring the keyboard 248
Connect-VIServer cmdlet 173–175, 179
connecting
Oracle database 46, 47
SQL Server database 40
Copy-DeployRule cmdlet 179
creating a SQL Server database 33
creating an Oracle database 44
custom packages, removing 266
D
data source name 31
database corruption, Auto Deploy 210
Database Monitoring,enabling for Microsoft SQL
Server user 42
Database Monitoring,enabling for Oracle
user 48
database roles, setting vCenter user rights 34
databases
maintaining 32
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Oracle 46
preparing 113
SQL Server 40, 41
DBO privileges 33
deactivating ESXi 266
default installation scripts 144
default root password 144
default storage behavior 258
defaults, restoring 265
deployment scenarios, vCenter Single Sign-
On 57
deployment modes, vCenter Single Sign-On 52
depots 242
DHCP
direct console 255, 256
for PXE booting the ESXi installer 130
vSphere Web Client 255
DHCP reservations, Auto Deploy 215
DHCP Scope 215
DHCP Server, Auto Deploy 215
DHCP server for Auto Deploy 167
direct console
boot setting 251
configuring the keyboard 248
DHCP 255, 256
DNS 256
IP addressing 255, 256
management network 253, 254
navigating 248
network adapters 254
network settings 253, 254
password configuration 251
redirecting by setting the boot options 249
redirecting to a serial port 249, 250
security banner 249
static addressing 255, 256
testing management network 256, 258
VLAN ID 255
direct console, redirecting to a serial port in an
Auto Deploy host 250
Directory Services 113, 115
disabling the management network 257
disk device names 154
Distributed Switch, See vSphere Distributed
Switch
distributed switches, permission 90
DNS 116, 256
DNS Requirements 26
DNS Server, Auto Deploy 216
DNS suffixes, direct console 256
domain controller 116
Download TFTP ZIP 167
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