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  • How to Deploy vCenter 7 in VMware Workstation 15 (Part 1)

    How to Deploy vCenter 7 in VMware Workstation 15 (Part 1)

    Deploy vCenter 7 in VMware Workstation, in this blog, I want to deploy VMware vCenter 7 in VMware Workstation 15, so we had to import the appliance from the.OVA template, and then configure the virtual machine as a new vCenter server. I am deploying this vCenter server 7 in a lab environment.

    Step by Step Deploying VCSA 7 in VMware Workstation.

    Before importing the VM from the .OVA template, first we need to create an A and PTR record in our active directory DNS server for the vCenter. If we didn’t create host a record in DNS manager then the auto-configuration of the vCenter 7 virtual machine will fail. It’s an appliance, you can’t customize the VM as you wish.

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    You could only increase or reduce the VM resources (for example CPU, Memory) on this appliance.
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    vCenter Server 7 Requirements

    Host A Record

    1- Open your DNS Manager Console, Expand your DNS (SRV2019-DC), Expand Forward Lookup Zones, right-click on your local domain(xpertstec.local) and then select New Host (A or AAA)…

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    2- Type a name and IP address that you want to assign to the vCenter Virtual Machine, Select the Create associated pointer (PTR) record box, also select the Allow any authenticated user to update DNS records with the same owner name box and then click the Add Host button.

    dns manager host a record

    3- vCenter Host A record successfully created.

    dns manager server 2019

    4- Now you can see in the Reverse Lookup Zones.

    dns manager server 2019

    5- Test your DNS entry by type vcenter.xpertstec.local

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    VMware vCenter Server 7 deployment procedure on VMware Workstation 15.

    Download VMware vCenter 7 from VMware Website

    6- After downloading VMware 7, go to your download folder and right-click on VMware-VCSA-all-7.0 ISO file and then select Mount.

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    Mount the downloaded VCSA 7

    7- Deploy vCenter 7, open your DVD/CDROM drive and then open vcsa directory.

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    Open VCSA directory

    8- Deploy vCenter 7 here you can find the VMware vCenter Server Appliance 7.ova file for deployment.

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    select the OVA file VCSA VMware

    9- Open VMware workstation, then click on File and select Open.

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    Open VCSA OVA file

    10- Select the VCSA 7 OVA file and then click open.

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    VMware vCenter Server Appliance OVA

    11- In the import Virtual Machine wizard, select I accept the terms of the license agreement and then click next.

    vcenter import vm license agreement

    12- Type a name for the virtual appliance; provide a path where you want to store the virtual machine files. This will be the name that we will see in the VMware Workstation inventory and then click next.

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    13- Here I am going to select the smallest type of appliance that can be deployed, Tiny vCenter Server with Embedded PSC because I am testing in my test lab.

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    vCenter deployment options.

    vCenter Networking Configuration

    14- In this import virtual machine wizard screen, we need to configure the VCSA settings. What we configure here will be passed on by VMware Workstation 15 to the guest OS, to configure the appliance.
    Host Network IP Address Family

    Here we are using an IPv4 address or an IPv6 for VCSA 7.
    Host Network Mode

    The configuration box where we declare if the VCSA should use a DHCP server or a static IP address.
    Host Network IP Address

    This is the host IP address that the VCSA 7.0 will have after deployment. This must be the IP used when we created the A and PTR records in DNS.
    Host Network Prefix

    This is the subnet mask for the VCSA. But we can’t just type the subnet mask as we do on a Windows computer.
    Host Network Default Gateway

    Here you can type the default gateway the appliance.
    Host Network DNS Servers

    The IP address of the DNS server the appliance will use for name resolution. Multiple IP addresses must be separated by comma.
    Host Network Identity

    This is the FQDN of the vCenter. The name requires to match the A record we created earlier in DNS.

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    VCSA 7 Network Configuration.

    15- In the SSO Configuration screen, we need to provide the SSO password that we will use to further configure for the appliance.

    vcenter import vm sso
    VCSA SSO password configuration

    16- In the System Configuration screen we need to type the root appliance password, this is needed when connecting to the console’s appliance for configuration or troubleshooting.

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    VCSA root password configuration

    17- VCSA 7 upgrade configuration.

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    VCSA 7 upgrade configuration

    18- In the Miscellaneous screen, here you can select True from the CEIP enabled option.

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    VCSA Miscellaneous

    19- In the Networking Properties options, we need to provide the FQDM domain name, the domain search path, and then click the Import button.

    vcenter import vm domain
    VCSA 7 Domain Name

    vCenter 7 Deploying in VMware Wrokstation

    20- The import VCSA 7 process in progress, this will take just a few minutes to complete the vCenter 7 OVA.

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    21- Make sure you connect the Virtual Machine network adapter to the network, so it will connect with the DNS server. If no connectivity to the DNS server is found, you will be getting an error.

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    22- VCSA 7 deploying in progress.

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    23- If you want to reconfigure your VCSA appliance settings then Press F2.

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    24- Type Log in name, password and then press enter.

    vcenter authentication required

    25- VCSA 7 System Customization.

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    How to Deploy Vcenter 7.0 in VMware Workstation Second Part

  • How to Deploy VMware vCenter Server 7 Part-1

    How to Deploy VMware vCenter Server 7 Part-1

    Deploy VMware vCenter Server, in this 2 part series 1 deploy vCenter and 2 Setup vCenter Server 7. The vCenter Server is a preconfigured Linux virtual machine. Which is optimized for running VMware vCenter Server and the associated services on Linux. When we deploy a Platform Services Controller, we can create a VMware vCenter Single Sign-On domain or join an existing domain.

    How to Setup VMware vCenter Server 7 Part-2

    VMware vCenter Server 7 System Requirement

    vCenter Server 7 Prerequisites

    Before proceeding with the installation of the VMware vCenter Server 7. We need to configure the A record in your DNS Server Manager that points to the new vCenter Server.

    1- Open your DNS Server Manager, expand your DNS server, right click on your local domain and select create a new Host A record.

    dns manager server 2019

    I am planning to install VMware vCenter Server 7 on ESXi 7 Host, so I need to create Host A record for ESXi 7 host and VCSA (VMware vCenter Server 7)

    2- Type your ESXi 7 Hostname and IP address, checkbox Create associated pointer (PTR) record and then click Add host.

    dns manager host a record

    3- After creating host a record for ESXi 7 Host, now we need to create a new host A record for VMware vCenter Server 7, Type your vCenter name, IP address, checkbox Create associated pointer (PTR) record and then click Add host.

    dns manager host a record

    4- Review your DNS name and IP address under your local domain name.

    dns manager server 2019

    5- Reverse lookup zones also updated.

    dns manager server 2019

    6- Check your Host A record by pinging ESXi-01.xpertstec.local

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    7- Check your Host A record by pinging vcenter.xpertsts.local

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    Install VMware vCenter Server 7

    For deploying the VMware vCenter Server 7, first, we need to download VMware vSphere 7.ISO format, Download VMware vSphere 7. Mount your vSphere ISO and select the appropriate installer based on the OS from which the installation is executed.

    Stage 1 – Deploy vCenter Server 7
    Stage 2 – Set up vCenter Server 7

    Install – Stage 1: Deploy vCenter Server

    8- I am installing on ESXi 7 using Windows Server, Browse vCenter Server 7 ISO, open the vcsa-ui-installer directory, win32 directory and double click on installer.exe to run the setup.

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    9- From the vCenter Server 7 installer wizard, click Install to start with the installation of a new VMware vCenter Server 7.

    vcenter server 7 installer

    10- Install – Stage 1: Deploy vCenter Server introduction option, then click on Next.

    deploy vcenter server introductions

    11- End user license, select I Accept the terms of the license agreement and then click on Next.

    vmware end user license agreement

    12- Specify the target ESXi 7 host where you want to install the vCenter server, type the username, password and then click on Next.

    vcenter server 7 deployment target

    13- Click Yes to accept the SSL certificate from the selected host.

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    14- Type the VM name for the vCenter Server 7 and type the password in the Set root password field and then click next to continue.

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    15- In my Lab environment, I select the tiny Deployment size and the default Storage size and then click Next.

    deploy vcenter 7 select deployment size

    16- Select your datastore to use, select enable thin disk mode and then click next.

    deploy vcenter 7 select datastore

    17- Configure your vCenter server network settings and then click next.

    deploy vcenter 7 configure network settings

    18- Review the settings of vCenter deployment details and then click the finish button to start the installation.

    install vcenter 7 deployment details

    19- The vCenter server 7 is deploying in the specified target system.

    deploying the vcenter server 7

    20- When Stage 1 has been completed successfully, next step I will continue the Stage 2 installation.

    successfully deployed the vcenter server 7

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