VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A - vSphere Enterprise Plus Setup Manual page 72

vSphere Installation and Setup
For guidance in making these decisions, review the sections in
Server," on page 29.
After you verify your hardware and software environment, you can start installation. Your interaction with
the installer and with vCenter Single Sign-On is shown in the figure below.
Figure 4‑1. Flowchart of vCenter Installation and User Management Process
Yes
Simple install
Yes
Log in to VC and
assign permissions
Done
.
The interaction proceeds as follows.
1 You decide whether to install the vCenter components in different locations.
For a single location, the process differs if you perform a first installation or you are installing
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multiple vCenter Server systems at the same location. Continue with step 2.
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No
No
First VC?
Custom install
Point to local SSO
during Install
No
Localos
only?
Log in SSO add
domain
Set default domain
Log in to VC and
assign permissions
Done
Chapter 3, "Before You Install vCenter
Yes
Different
locations?
Custom install SSO1
and VC1 at location 1
Custom install SSO2
and VC2 at location 2
Point SSO2 to SSO1
Set up SSO for
location 1
Different
locations
replicates domain info to
System
SSO2
Log in to VC1 and
assign permissions
Log in to VC2 and
assign permissions
Done
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