How to set up a nested v. Sphere 6 environment. Dec 2. 01. 5 by Jason Fenech. Sphere. In this final part of the series, I’ll show you how to install and configure v. Compression, encryption and mathematical expressions evaluation Delphi and C++ Builder components. 1. What s the Software Testing? A set of activities conducted with the intent of finding errors in software. 2.What is Acceptance Testing? Testing conducted to enable. How to select the best DBMS software: A buyer's guide A collection of articles that takes you from defining technology needs to purchasing options. Center Server for Windows 6. Sphere 6 environment. I’ll be installing v. Center on a Windows Server 2. Note that Windows Server 2. SP2 6. 4- bit is the minimum supported OS version. When creating the VM, make sure to assign at least 8. GB of RAM, 2 v. CPUS and roughly 6. GB of disk space to compensate for both the Windows OS and v. Center Server disk space requirements. In this post, I skipped the part where you install and configure the Windows Server OS. The Platform Services Controller. Before we jump in and start installing v. Center Server, let’s have a look at the Platform Services Controller (PSC) component. Prior to v. Sphere 6, one had to install a number of individual components alongside v. Center Server namely the SSO, Web Client, Inventory and v. Center Server in this specific order. This decoupling of components, presented users with the option of installing each individual component on its own dedicated VM or physical server which ultimately resulted in a more complex and difficult to manage environment. With v. Sphere 6 . VMware has grouped these components under one ceiling, the Platform Services Controller as you probably guessed. This makes for an easier installation of v. Center Server 6. 0 given there’s only one installer to run and reduces the chances of a blotched installation. As you’re learn, you are presented with two deployment models when installing v. Center Server. These are the Embedded Platform Services Controller and the External Platform Services Controller. The choice is primarily governed by the size of your environment or growth thereof. For small- scale environments, the embedded model will suffice where v. Center Server and its components are installed on the same server in one take. For more demanding environments or perhaps where you have multiple v. Center Server which you can link, the external model is the recommended way forward. To learn more about these 2 deployment models, have a look at this. Installing v. Center Server 6. In the previous post, I reiterated the importance of creating DNS records in advance. In this section, I’ll show you just how to do this using a DNS server running on Windows. For a complete list of v. Center Server for Windows 6. UPDATE: Read my post on how to install the latest release of v. Center Server for Windows 6. Setting up DNSStep 1a – Choose an FQDN for v. Center Server. I’ll be using vcenter. Proceed to create A and PTR records on the Windows DNS server as shown next. Creating DNS records for v. Center Server on a Windows DNS server. Step 1b – This step is optional. If you do not have access to a DNS server, run a text editor like notepad in an administrative command prompt and open c: \windows\system. Type in the v. Center Server’s IP address and FQDN as shown next. Save and close the hosts file. Using the hosts file for DNS host resolution. Step 2 – Make sure that the v. Center Server FQDN is correctly resolved. This is a crucial step since the v. Center installation will fail if otherwise. Use the nslookup tool as shown to verify correct functionality. Using nslookup from a command prompt to verify correct DNS resolution. Step 3 – Power on the Windows Server 2. VM where v. Center Server will be installed. Once it’s running, mount the v. Center ISO image (see Part 1) using the method described in Part 2 where we mounted the ESXi image. Mounting the v. Center Server ISO image on the Windows Server VMInstalling v. Center Server. Note: You can either carry out the following steps while consoled to the VM using the v. Sphere client or RDP to the Windows VM, which is what I did. The latter is easier to work with. Also, make sure to install VMware Tools on the Windows VM first. Using RDP to connect to the Windows Server machine where v. Center will be installed. Step 4 – Using File Explorer, right- click on the VMware VIM DVD drive as shown next and select Install or run program from your media. Selecting the v. Center Server mounted ISO image. Step 5 – Click on the Install button on the VMware v. Center Installer dialog box. Running the v. Center Server installer. Starting the v. Center Server installation. Step 6 – Accept the EULA by agreeing to the terms and clicking Next. Accepting the VMware EULAStep 7 – On this screen, you must choose between an Embedded or External deployment mode. Let’s go with Embedded Deployment. Tick the option under Embedded Deployment and click Next. Selecting a Platform Services Controller type. Step 8 – Type in the v. Center Server’s hostname. This must match the DNS A record (FQDN) created earlier. In theory, you can use the IP address instead of the hostname but this is something I do not recommend since you will eventually run into SSL certificate issues. Click Next. Choosing a hostname for v. Center. Step 9 – Under Create a new v. Center Single Sign- On domain, type in a value for the domain name and the Site name. You must also set a password for the administrator@< domain name> account. Click Next when finished. Setting the SSO domain name, site name and password for the administrator account. Step 1. 0 – This screen gives you control over the user context under which v. Center Server services are run in Windows. Select Use Windows Local System Account and click Next. Note: This is acceptable for testing environments. For production environments, it is advisable to user Active Directory user accounts where deployed. This improves user account management and security. Setting the user context under which v. Center services are run in Windows. Step 1. 1 – Next, we need to select a database model for v. Center. We will Use an embedded database as it will do just fine for smaller environments. For larger environments, go for an external DBMS solution for better performance and scalability. Press Next. Selecting between an embedded and external database model. Step 1. 2 – The network ports required by v. Center Server are best left to their default setting. If for any reason, you need to change ports, make sure that no other service or application conflicts with or uses the same ports. Click Next. Revisiting the network ports used by v. Center Server. Step 1. Click Next to accept the default destination folders. Again, you can choose to have v. Center Server installed on a separate disk or partition for easier backups and troubleshooting. Setting the folder to which v. Center Server is installed. Step 1. 4 – Review the settings. If need be, you can go back and make amends. Click Install to install v. Center. A final review of how v. Center will be installed and set up. The v. Center Server installation progressv. Center Server for Windows successfully installed. Step 1. 5 – Once the installation completes, launch the traditional (or Web) v. Sphere Client to activate v. Center Server. Assuming all the above steps have been followed, you should now have a fully functional v. Center Server. The first thing we need to do is create a datacenter. This is a mandatory object which will contain the nested ESXi hosts created in parts 1 and 2. Logging in v. Center Server for the first time using the v. Sphere thick client. Step 1. 6 – Ignore any certificate errors that come up. Press OK to accept the start the 6. SSL certificate warning. Step 1. 7 – Right- click on the v. Center Server name and choose New Datacenter. Type in a name for the DC and press Enter or click anywhere on the screen to save the change. Creating a new datacenter object on v. Center Server. Adding ESXi hosts to v. Center. One of the great things about v. Center Server is that you can manage multiple ESXi hosts using a single interface as opposed to logging in on each individual host. The other advantages, of course, are clustering and the features unlocked which include high availability, load balancing, fault tolerance and power management. UPDATE: Read my post comparing v. Center Server for Windows to v. Center Server Appliance (v. CSA). With v. Sphere 6. CSA 6. 5. Step 1 – Right- click on the datacenter and select Add Host while in Hosts and Clusters view. Adding a new ESXi host to v. Center Server. Step 2 – In the Host field, type in the ESXi FQDN (or IP address), followed by the root account and password. Click Next. Supplying the details for the ESXi host being added to v. Center. Step 3 – Press YES to acknowledge the certificate security alert. SSL certificate warning. Step 4 – On the summary screen, press Next.
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