Accept or not participation in CEIP and click Next.Change the location of vCenter Server binaries to a different drive than Operating System.Enter vCenter Inventory Service URL (if changed before) and click Next.Register vCenter Single Sign-On administrator.Select right size of your environment to correctly setup Java JVM for vCenter Server.Otherwise, select Create a standalone VMware vCenter Server instance.
#VMWARE ESXI 6 WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2 INSTALL#
#VMWARE ESXI 6 WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2 FULL#
We selected during Database creation to use Full recovery model and this is why we received this warning screen.Select vCenter Server Database which was installed earlier.Provide vCenter Server key or skip it to be installed in evaluation mode.Select language to install and click OK.Select install and wait for Installer to appear.Click Install and wait for it to finish.Accept SSL SHA1 fingerprint and click Yes.Insert Single Sign On credentials and click Next.Select inventory size to adjust JVM Memory settings.Provide ports for vCenter Inventory Service.Enter the domain name of vCenter Inventory Service local system.Change destination of binaries to be installed.Click Next and proceed with the installation.Start installer and select language to install.Click install and wait for it to finish.Accept SSL SHA1 fingerprint and click Next.Provide Single Sign-On credentials and click Next.There is VMware KB which describes issue in depth: kb. If you will select different directory than default one you will receive HTTP Error 404. Install Web Client into default directory.Click next and continue to next screen.
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Click the install button and follow installer.On the last screen, we will see the summary of SSO installation.I selected dedicated disk to avoid filling it up with Operating System files. Provide path where do you want to have vCenter Server binaries installed.If you want to change it you can do it here. If you want to read more about other options follow this KB’s: Select In this tutorial I will select first option Standalone vCenter Single Sign-On server.Standalone vCenter Single Sign-On server.On the next screen, you will see three options to select from:.On the next screen, you will see vCenter Single Sign-On Prerequisites Check where you see all details and click Next.Select Custom Install and start with vCenter Single Sign-On installation.Insert ISO into your server and start the installer.vCenter Server components installation vCenter Single Sign-On To recap - we installed SQL Server 2014, we created vCenter Server Database and we created ODBC connectivity. In last post, I will cover installation of vCenter Server on Windows Server 2012 R2 with SQL Server 2014.