VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A - vSphere Enterprise Plus Setup Manual page 86

vSphere Installation and Setup
5 If the installer prompts you, enter the JDBC URL for your existing vCenter Server database.
The installer should generate and validate the JDBC URL for the vCenter Server database. If the
installer fails to connect to the database by using the generated JDBC URL, the installer prompts you to
specify the JDBC URL.
6 Set the vCenter Server service account information.
If you are using a nonbundled database, enter the administrator name and password that you use
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when you log in to the system on which you are installing vCenter Server.
If you are using the bundled SQL Server database, select Use Windows Local System Account.
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You need the user name and password to log in to vCenter Server after you install it.
The Fully Qualified Domain Name text box displays the FQDN of the system that you are installing
vCenter Server on. The vCenter Server installer checks that the FQDN is resolvable. If not, a warning
message appears when you click Next. Change the entry to a resolvable FQDN. You must enter the
FQDN, not the IP address.
7 Select Create a standalone VMware vCenter Server instance or Join a VMware vCenter Group using
Linked Mode to share information.
Joining a Linked Mode group enables the vSphere Web Client to view, search, and manage data across
multiple vCenter Server systems.
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schema. You can join a Linked Mode group after the installation is complete.
8 If you join a group, enter the fully qualified domain name and LDAP port number of any remote
vCenter Server system.
9 Enter the port numbers that you want to use or accept the default port numbers.
10 (Optional) Select Increase the number of available ephemeral ports.
11 Select the size of your vCenter Server inventory to allocate memory for several Java services that are
used by vCenter Server.
This setting determines the maximum JVM heap settings for VMware VirtualCenter Management
Webservices (Tomcat), Inventory Service, and Profile-Driven Storage Service. You can adjust this
setting after installation if the number of hosts in your environment changes. See the recommendations
in the topic vCenter Server Hardware Requirements.
12 Enter the information to register vCenter Server with vCenter Single Sign-On.
The vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user name is administrator@vsphere.local, and the password
must match the password you entered when you installed vCenter Single Sign-On. The Lookup Service
URL takes the form https://SSO_host_FQDN_or_IP:7444/lookupservice/sdk, where 7444 is the default
vCenter Single Sign-On HTTPS port number. Your entry should match the entry you made when you
installed vCenter Single Sign-On. If you entered a different port number when you installed vCenter
Single Sign-On, use that port number.
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Single Sign-On administrator user as root@localos. In this case, the password is the root password of the
vCenter Server Appliance. The Lookup Service URL takes the form
https://vCenter_Appliance_IP_or_host_name:{7444}/lookupservice/sdk.
13 If prompted to install or overwrite a certificate, follow the prompt.
14 Enter the vCenter Single Sign-On user or group to add as a vCenter Server administrator.
The administrator or group you enter here is granted the necessary privileges to administer the vCenter
Server instance that you are installing.
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