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vSphere Installation and Setup
Table 3‑3. Information Required for vCenter Single Sign-On Installation. (Continued)
Required Information
vCenter Single Sign-On deployment type.
Choose from the following options:
vCenter Single Sign-On for your first vCenter Server. Select
n
this option to create a new vCenter Single Sign-On server,
which will become the first vCenter Single Sign-On server in a
new domain..
vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server in an
n
existing
site. Select this option to create an additional vCenter Single
Sign-On server that replicates information from an existing
vCenter Single Sign-On server in the domain.
vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server with a
n
new
site. Select this option to create an additional vCenter Single
Sign-On server that replicates information from an existing
vCenter Single Sign-On server in a different site.
Domain name.
User name.
Password for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator account in
the default domain.
You must use the same vCenter Single Sign-On password name
when you install or upgrade vCenter Single Sign-On, Inventory
Service, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client.
I Be sure to record the password. If you need to restore
MPORTANT
the vCenter Single Sign-On configuration from a backup, the
restore process requires the password you enter for the original
vCenter Single Sign-On installation, even if you change the
password later.
By default, the password must have at least eight characters, at
least one lowercase character, one uppercase character, one
number, and one special character. See the vSphere Security
documentation for information about changing the password
policy. The following characters are not supported in passwords:
non-ASCII characters, semicolon (;), double quotation mark ("),
single quotation mark ('), circumflex (^), and backslash (\).
Site name.
Your name for the vCenter Single Sign-On site.
Partner host name. Required only if you are installing additional
vCenter Single Sign-On servers.
The partner host name is the DNS name of the existing vCenter
Single Sign-On server to replicate from.
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Default Your Entry
vsphere.local You cannot change the
domain name from the
default during
installation.
administrator@vsphere You cannot change the
.local user name from the
default during
installation.
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