vSphere 6.7 - How to install and configure VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 (VCSA)
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2018
- In this video tutorial I walk you through the installation and configuration of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 (VCSA).
This tutorial is designed for anyone that wishes to learn how to install vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 in this easy to understand step-by-step video, as well as configuring some of the most common vCenter settings out in production
=Topics include=
1. DNS Setup in preparation for our vCenter Server
2. How to download the vCenter Server ISO image
3. Deploying vCenter Server stage 1
4. Deploying vCenter Server stage 2 (SSO Setup)
5. VCSA Appliance Management interface walkthrough
6. VCSA Backups
7. vCenter Server HTML 5 Interface
8. Creating datacenter objects and adding ESXi hosts
9. Adding vCenter Server to Microsoft Windows Active Directory
10. Configuring vCenter Server authentication via Windows Active Directory
11. Configuring vCenter Server general settings
12. Renaming and organising datastores for easy administration
13. Creating a new Windows 2016 Virtual Machine
14. Basic Virtual Machine Monitoring
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Thank you!!! I spent hours trying to find quality vSphere config videos with no luck, then I stumbled on to your channel. You rock!
Hi Christopher, thanks for the awesome feedback, you're welcome. Don't forget to check out my vSphere 7 videos as well, and to stay up to date feel free to subscribe to my channel :)
Thank You, this is by Far ONE of the Most comprehensive video I've seen on V Center.
Hi Carlton, thanks for the excellent feedback, you're most welcome
@@sysadmintutorials network config behind should be your next video. the nsx's virtual lab course might be another one. just sayin.. :)
Thank you very much. Excellent work, very useful!
What a wonderful walkthrough! Thank you so very much!
Hi Michael, thank you for the nice feedback
exactly what I've been looking for! thanks!
Thanks MCal27, glad I could help out :)
Very well conveyed. Thank you very much for this awesome walk-through!
Hi Jonathan, you're welcome, thanks for the awesome feedback :)
I literally could not do my job without videos like these.
Hi Strider you're weclome :)
I completely agree with Mr. Landry, extremely comprehensive video. My first time working with V Center, and this tutorial definitely saved me a ton of time. - Regards - Bharat Saxena -India
Hi Bharat, thank you so much for the feedback. Glad you liked the video and that it saved you time.
Great video and extremely helpful. I look forward to viewing more of your videos especially in vCenter.
Thanks for the feedback John, there will be more coming don't worry :)
Excellent walk-through, really helpful, thanks a lot!
Thank you Lennart for the awesome feedback, much appreciated
I completely agree with Mr. Landry, extremely comprehensive video. My first time working with V Center, and this tutorial definitely saved me a ton of time. Thank you! If you have merch/anyway we can help support your channel please leave a link! Liking the video and giving a thumbs up!!
Thank you for the awesome feedback Sebastian, firstly I'm happy to hear that it saved you a heap of time :) I'm working on the finishing touches for the t-shirts and you'll see a merch button at the bottom of my videos where you can check it out. I'll post in communities when they are ready. Appreciate all the support
You have just became my VMware GURU... I have registered myself for your blog as well... this video is awesome....Looking forward to learn a lot from you... thanks
hi, thank you for subscribing, you are most welcome, great to hear you learnt alot :)
Your Alt + F2 is a life saver! Cannot find ANYWHERE that tells you how to switch between the CLi and Gui. Thanks heaps
Hi Alliance, that's awesome glad it helped you out :)
This is very good detail excellent job. I have created a lab by nesting it on a single Bare Metal server running on an intel NUC. After mirroring your installation my all is running great. I even have AD authentication etc. However my VMs don't have network access outside the lab. I would love to see a demo of how that networking would come together.
Even VMware themselves couldn't make a video like this. Thanks, my friend.
Hi Residue, thank you for the feedback and glad you liked the video. You're welcome
damn useful walk through, as someone who sort of knew what to do the extra steps in here were well worth the review!
Thank you Dan. I wanted to provide as much info as possible so you can either watch the whole thing or skip through to certain sections that you need. Working on some vSphere 7.0 videos now :)
Excellent video, very clear and concise on the details for the building of the VCSA - very good and useful watch.
Hi Keith, thanks for the great feedback :) You're welcome
Super helpful! thanks for the upload!
Thanks Benjamin for the feedback :)
THANKS for not skipping over the DNS setup required steps. I think you can and should break those out in text form in the description (step by step) or include a link to a PDF or blog post about it. I've seen other similar posts elsewhere on-line. Basically its a missing part of documentation and just assumes that one knows how to do this, but in many cases people learning for VCP-DCV are also beginners with AD and Windows Server, and the DNS setup steps may not be obvious. Thanks for taking the time to go over your approach and recommended practices.
Thanks Amos that's great feedback and I'll be sure to take that on board. I'll add 'creating a windows 2016 domain controller' to my list of upcoming blog posts
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!, really helps!
You're welcome, happy you enjoyed the video :)
Thanks, really well made video, comprehensive!
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Thanks for this video! It was really helpful.
Thank you Prakash
Sorry,Can you give a tutorial shows how to install and configure Vcenter step by step on windows server 2019
Nice Video. Thank you very much. Excellent work, very useful!
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Nice walktrough ! If you have enough background knowledge with dns/ad etc this is really valuable
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Thank you Yogendra for the feedback. You're welcome
Awesome great work thanks for taking the time and making a very good video
Thank you for the feedback Mian, much appreciated
Great Job!!! do u have any tutorial about how to configure fault tolerance?
Great guide
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Muchisimas GRACIAS!!! sos un genio, me salvaste la vida con esto!!!
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Great tutorial. Thank u for sharing
You're welcome :)
you are simply Great Sir. !! nice video.
Thank you Amit, you are welcome
Thanks for the great video in this installation process i am facing an issue while after the completion of stage1 and it was not moving to stage2 and i have added my vcenter appliance in dns (forward/reverse) the issue i am facing is (The installer is unable to connect the vcenter Appliance management interface). can you please tell me what might be the solution for it. Thanks!
Thanks for help! Great video 2022! :)
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Thanks for this!
Hi Peter, you're welcome
Really great video!
Ps im running vcsa 6.7 u2 and did not have to switch back to the flex client to perform those configuration tasks you mentioned.
Hi Wizzy, that's awesome thanks for the update
Very useful, Thank you
Hi Manucloud, thanks for stopping by. You're most welcome.
I vaguely remember that vCenter used to be available as an OVF template. I can't find it anywhere anymore. The point was that why would you go through all the effort with installation when you could simply deploy a template.
Right click on the Vm provisioned machine
Thank you so much!!
No problem Anon, you're welcome
What about migrating from vsphere 5.x to this 6.7
Should it be done as a new install (if I dont care about all the logs/historical data)? Or is there a neet way to fulfill this upgrade?
Thanks a lot for this detailed tutorial. A question concerning the dns on the windows server. Do I have to install Windows server on a separate host (outside the esxi host) to be able to configure DNS. Am confused about this ( my setup is : a physical mechine for esxi and a laptop for management) please could you explain thanks.
Hi, the DNS server is my Active Directory Domain Controller. You can install it on the same ESXi host.
repeating the same question as this is my confusion also. Should i install the vcenter and configure DNS on my own desktop or on Windows Server Separately?
I tried to install on a VM with a downloaded ISO file VMware-VCSA-all-6.7.0-10244745, but when I attach the ISO to VM at boot, it is complaining a FATAL Error as "No Bootable media found! System Halted."
If you are configuring vcenter VSCSA (Virtual Appliance), you first mount the ISO on a windows machine, go into My Computer and browse into the CD/DVD drive. From within there you run the installer.exe file. The VCSA iso file is not a bootable file. Follow my instruction from 2:52 into the video.
Any chance of a video detailing configuring iSCSI and load balancing connections? (I've heard ESXi doesn't like trunking and want MIOP).
Love your videos and would love to see more in depth ones about organizing things (good and bad habits), naming schemes, hierarchies, way to install and configure misc related services (I have yet to watch your VRealize video). Also if possible, more on vGPU config and usage.
Hi Thomas, yes i'm working on some more videos in this area so stay tuned. With iSCSI you don't trunk it, you let vSphere workout the load balancing and failover.
@@sysadmintutorials Great, looking forward to it. Subbed so I don't miss out.
Awesome thank you for your subscription :)
Nice
Thank you Shekhar
Hi,
Good Day,
I have 2 esxi 6.7 host with direct connection using SAS cables to my storage.
also already deploy the vCenter 6.7 and add the 2 esxi host, I need to make a cluster for that 2 host's.
and how can I assign Datasotre on clustered hosts in vcenter ?
Hi Techsupport, what storage are you using ? You will need to have some type of shared storage setup for clustering
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Hi, I'm using Dell SC Storage, what I did here. all luns from dell storage are mapped to both esxi hosts, because the end user requested for this setup..
my questio is this is correct or there's any performance impact on my current configuration?
Hi,
Should i install the vcenter and configure DNS on my own desktop or on Windows Server Separately?
I'm so confused???
Hi Taoufik, doi you have esxi or vmware workstation running on your home pc ?
Hi,
for a fresh new installation of all hosts, do i have to install the free version of esxi on each of them then repeat the appliance installation process for each of them (3 hosts) so they can join the cluster ?
Note: i am buying the licence for vsphere essential kit plus (valid for 3 servers)
Thank you
Hi Moez, you have to install esxi on each host. Then you only need 1 installation of vcenter appliance. That one installation will then manage all 3 of your esxi servers
sysadmintutorials thank you
To install vCenter do you need a separate VCenter server? When I used old version of VMWare, I remember installing Vcenter (client) on users machines that want to have access to esxi host machines.
Hi Tom, vCenter is a separate server. It can run as a virtual machine or physical server.
@@sysadmintutorials thanks! I understand now!
Great video, thanks for sharing. The issue that I am experiencing is that the "Waiting for RMP installation to start" has been stuck on 80% for sometime and cant get that pass through that phase. Any idea?
Hi James, you're weclome. If it's stuck at 80% usually this means the reverse dns is not setup correctly. Test with using cli command ping -a x.x.x.x (where x.x.x.x is your ip address you wish to assign to your vcenter)
Nice JOB!!!! Is dns configuration needed mandatory? I have a problem on installation steps and never pass 80%!
Hi Jorge, yes because during the installation it tries to do a forward and reverse dns lookup of the dns fqdn
@@sysadmintutorials there are steps missing here. I'm not sure what it is yet. however, it seems to be with DNS. it may because video assumes that you already have an existing infrastructure in place. however, even with standing up an ad server and creating forward and reverse lookup zones, it seems Microsoft doesn't play well with the DNS. I'm going to try and stand up a bind DNS server and try that... I have stood up a brand new 2019 server for the sole purpose of installing vCenter. the lack of documentation for this is ridiculous. it would have been helpful for VMWare to state more clearly that YOU MUST LICENCE THE VCENTER BEFORE THIS WILL WORK, after 8 installs reading errors about bad downloads and installs and ISO was corrupted. the 8th or 9th time I installed this I licensed the ESXi server. then and only then was I able to get past the 80% mark that I had previously frozen at 8 times. after this I was finally able to proceed past step one and into step two only to run into another error with that some forums point to a problem with DNS. here is where I am at currently after 72 consecutive hours. "when i install VCSA 6.7, I got error like this. The installation of vCenter Server failed due to an internal error." communities.vmware.com/thread/588172
Is this going to run as VM on target esxi host or will occupy entire host?
Hi, vcenter will run as a VM on ESXi. You don't need to dedicate an entire host to it unless you want to run vcenter as a physical server. Just make sure you have enough resources available for your vcenter deployment type.
it runs as a VM on the target ESXi host
after setting up Domain Admins, i logged back as the lab.local and i receive credential errors?
Hi Orisphere, did you login a username@lab.local or just username ? Also can you please share the error ?
Do you have a video or description on how you setup your DNS server? Is it a windows based DNS server?
Hi Glenn, I'm glad you asked :) Yes please follow along on my Windows Server 2019 AD video - ua-cam.com/video/0tONNzREopw/v-deo.html
You are a saver.... No words to describe that I have met your channel here. qq please. I have 2 esxi, looking to connect vcenter/sphere ( install and configure) - Do I need a different server that is not hosted on these 2 esxi's ? any reply appreciated
Hi Adrian, thanks for the great feedback. You can install the vcenter server appliance as a virtual machine within the esxi hosts. Moving forward i.e. with vSphere 7, there is only the vcenter server appliance available for download. There used to be vcenter for windows which you can install on a physical server.
Hi,
During the installation of Vcenter 6.7 I encountered an error occurred while starting service 'vpxd-svcs', I haven't DNS server, but i enter ip host so it failed. Can you help me?
Hi, you need a DNS server to provide forward and reverse lookups of the vcenter hostname.
do you know how to install vmware tools to the esxi host on version 7.0?
Hi Jeff, are you talking about a nested esxi 7 vm ? If so, it already includes it.
in the target part you put your vcenter FQDN, from where do you have this vcenter? shouldn't we be installing vcenter with vcsa?
Hi Abhinav. This is my underlying vsphere environment. This lab is nested within another vsphere environment
@@sysadmintutorials can you make a detailed video on SRM, NSX, VROPS etc.
hi,
during installation of vcenter vsphere 6.7 appliance i been have a problem while starting the installer after de steps1 ,i can passed step2 .what the solution thnk
Hi Anas, most of the problems with VCSA installs is with DNS. You need to ensure you have forward and reverse DNS setup. What is the title of the step or section where you get stuck ?
Have you run into the issue where during installation, it gets stuck at 80% indicating that its 'Waiting for RPM installation to start. This may take serveral minutes.
Hi CJ, yes usually this is a DNS issue where the reverse DNS is not working correctly
@@sysadmintutorials I am having the same issue. I have DNS set but it is stuck at 80% and the VM never powers on. The only way I can deploy it using OVA. I have shuttle PC with Windows 10 as a host and then installed workstation 15 on it. One ESXi where I try to deploy vcsa BUT no luck (stuck at 80%). Please help!
Can you post your output when you try to ping you vcenter server by name. Show output for: ping vcentername and ping -a vcentername
At 7.14 I don’t have enough memory . It requires 10gb so Can u tell me what to do next ? Thanks !!!
How much memory do you have in your system and how much have you allocated to vcenter ?
Sounds like you need hardware that supports more ram
@@sysadmintutorials Me too I have just 8GB Ram any solution ?
Can I add centre on exsi with hosts already
Hi Paul, just to understand correctly, you have a few esxi hosts already and you want to install vcenter as a vm within one of the hosts ?
Hello, can I connect vCenter 7.0 with ESXI 6.5 ?
Hi Minh, yes you can connect ESXi 6.5 hosts to vCenter 7. See this link for confirmation: www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php#interop&2=3496&1=
G'day. First thank you for your video tutorial. it is spot on. For one thing i am scratching my head is why do we need separate ip address and dns record for VCSA ? as i believe you installed VCSA on on your mgmt1 server which has ip address of192.168.1.110 ?. then why do we need to allocate ip address and DNS record?
Hi Munna, thank you :) The ip address of my management server is 192.168.1.110, however I'm only using this server to run through the VCSA wizard, I'm not installing it on my management server. It is installed as a virtual machine and therefore requires its own IP address and DNS records. Hope that helps
@@sysadmintutorials So just to confirm, the vcsa67.vmlab.local with ip 192.168.1.69 is a separate virtual machine ? what OS is it running? And you can run wizard any machine but while configuring you need to point vcsa with dns and ip which on your case is vcsa67.vmlab.local with ip 192.168.1.69? is that correct.
1. So just to confirm, the vcsa67.vmlab.local with ip 192.168.1.69 is a separate virtual machine ? "Yes"
2. what OS is it running? "Photon OS"
3. And you can run wizard any machine but while configuring you need to point vcsa with dns and ip which on your case is vcsa67.vmlab.local with ip 192.168.1.69? "yes, 192.168.1.69 is the IP address I assigned to my VCSA server"
hey mate, can you please advise where to find
the vCenter Server OVA file to download
Hi Phuc, if you want to evaluate or grab the OVA you can download it from here -> www.vmware.com/go/evaluate-vsphere-en
Hey guys! One quick question. I have a customer who is migrating from vSphere Essentials Plus to vSphere Standard and consequently from vCenter for Essentials to vCenter Standard. Is there any need to REINSTALL anything? Thanks in advance!
Hi Rafael, should just be a license key change.
I installed vspear esxi 6.7 in vmware workstation pro on windows 10. created virtual box. I was trying to and configure vmware VCenter Sever but it seems to me I have to have Active Directory and DNS set up which I do not have on my Windows 10. Any suggestion appreciated.
Hi Tom, yes you are correct you need DNS. I have put together this tutorial on Windows 2019 which covers installation of AD and DNS. You can check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/0tONNzREopw/v-deo.html
@@sysadmintutorials thanks! I will go over the video. I was able to install vspeare ESXi host 6.7 on VMware workstation. Keep up the good work! :)
Excellent Tom well done, have fun learning vSphere :)
hello my friend , when i try to install the vcenter i receive the next message on the aplliance deployment target: " user has no administrative privlileges" , i enter the domain admin details and still get this error, doyou have any idea what i am missing?
Hi Shlomi, Do you enter in the ESXi host or vcenter server ? If vcenter, did domain authentication work previously ?
Please Help! i have installed vmware workstation for my test environment. i have installed a ESXI host. now i want to install the Vcenter VCSA. So how should i do it? do i have to install the VCSA o a windows server 2016 or 2019?
Hi Hossein, I have created a video for VMware workstation please check it out here -> ua-cam.com/video/B2SLundu-SE/v-deo.html
What is the Addon where stand "Host Name"?
Hi ProfessionalName, can you give me a time within the video that your question is referring too ?
Hello!
I just tried this tutorial and the installation just "hangs" in the Install - Stage 1: Deploy vCenter Server Appliance with an Embedded Platfomr Services Controller window.
Do you have any idea of what am i doing wrong?
I had access to ESXI and selected the datastore to install with no problem...
Thanks in advance!
Nuno
Hi Nuno, usually stage 1 failures are to do with DNS, do you have forward and reverse DNS setup correctly ?
If I don't have an existing vcenter or esxi how can i skip that part? I can't
Hi Raymond, this demo is using the vcenter appliance. The other option is to install vCenter 6.7 directly on a Windows server. How you will need to download the iso 'VMware vCenter Server and modules for Windows' from my.vmware.com. If you like the channel don't forget to subscribe :)
What if you are currently running vCenter 6.7 windows server? Do you just shut it down and set up a new 6.7 VCSA? The migrations tool VMware offers does not support migration from 6.7 to 6.7 vmsa.
Hi, currently that migration path is not supported however you have 2 options: 1. wait for the next release of vcenter i.e. 7 and then you should be able to upgrade and migrate to vcsa. 2. Build a new VCSA, export your dvs config if you are using distributed switches and re-import it into your new VCSA. If you haven't done this before I would build a small lab to simulate how you have it now, build the new vcsa 6.7 and then test that everything you need comes across ok.
sysadmintutorials thanks.
hello again. I have one more question. If the virtual machine is installed in esx02, it is transferred with HA while the virtual machine is turned on again to the esx02 host. But if it is not installed in esx02, there is no transfer. but transferred to the virtual machine while it is closed."vSphere HA virtual machine failover failed" I'm getting the error.
Hi Salih, sorry I'm not too sure what the question is. When you have a cluster, let's say there are 2 hosts esx01 and esx02, those 2 hosts need to be using shared storage, like NFS, iSCSI or FC/FCoE. Both your hosts need to see this storage. A good test would be if you can do a normal vmotion from one host to the other first ?
@@sysadmintutorials VMs are based on the same datastore on freenas but esx01 and esx02 host are located on localdisk on vmware workstation. But if the virtual machine is installed on the esx01 host at first, it can switch from the esx02 host to the esx01 host if it is open. But if it is initially installed in the host of esx02, this virtual machine is open and cannot switch if it is open, but can switch if it is closed.
@@sysadmintutorials switched when unchecking iso connections on virtual servers. It is okay.Thanks
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What is the name of the software that is showing system information, upper right corner ????? please
Hi Marcelo, it's called bginfo from sysinternals
on min 18:00 you mentioned an Administration option with password settings.. I don't see that on mines. do you know what could be?
Hi PI CPC, that is the administration option for your VCSA authentication which includes password requirements and password expiration. What do you see when you click administration menu on the left hand side ?
@@sysadmintutorials my VCSA harddrive crashed to i'm backup with vSphere only I wish vSphere had an option to turn all VMs on when the host comesback online from a power outtage :S that's why I was testing the VCSA but the disk went on the test :S
My stage 1 of the deployment gets stuck at 80% and the logs talk about a license error. Is this a possible error if the ESXi test license is expired?
Hi Ben, so in your environment you have stand alone esxi servers that had eval licenses, but they have expired ? And then you tried to install vCenter 6.7 ? Is this correct ?
@@sysadmintutorials this is exactly the situation. however, I'd like to add, this is merely a homelab and not a production environment
Ok, so I don't think your error is due to esxi as the esxi hosts have not joined into vcenter yet (assuming this is a brand new vcenter deployment), or are you trying to upgrade an existing vcenter environment ?
Can I use this to run two operating system and divide the resources like half ram cpu and graphics cards and switch between operating systems. For instance I have t7910 it has two e5 2660 v4 14 core, 112 gb ram, two titan xp, I want two divide everything and game on half while the other runs a complex video edit of some sort
Hi there, what you can do is build out your vsphere environment (vcenter and esxi host, vcenter sits inside esxi as a vm), then create your 2 vm's for gaming and editing.
@@sysadmintutorials I read some where of 8 VM cores max per vm is that true?
Hi Jong, no that's incorrect. It's much more than that. Depending on the version of vsphere here are the configuration maximums - configmax.esp.vmware.com/home
for example for vsphere 7 and 8 it's 768 vcpu's per vm
@@sysadmintutorials can I run this all on one system or do I have to connect to it with separate pc
you would connect to it from another system. One example would be you have a windows vm running with RDP enabled, then from a laptop you would rdp to the vm. To be honest I wouldn't use this setup for gaming unless it's basic games. Complex video edit that you mentioned originally also requires some hefty ram and gpu.
installed vcenter server 6.7 and when i try to connect I get : To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 11.5.0 or greater is installed. Crazy! Flash is not any more supported, don't know how to get over this...
Hi Vlad, yes that is correct, flash was disabled on Jan 11th 2021. What you can do is either use the html 5 web ui or you can set the date back on your computer to Jan 11th and then use chrome to connect to the flash web ui (as long as you haven't uninstalled flash already from your pc)
Can't connect vcenter hostname from other computers...please assist
Hi B.S. Das, you need to be on the same network or have your networks routed so you can reach your AD/DNS server as well as your vCenter server. I would start with ping tests to each device, if that works, ping test to your DNS server.
@@sysadmintutorials thanks for advice..
Hi, you are just great! thanks a lot ;)
one of the thing I don't get is where does the subnet come from ? is this the VM IP address ? please explain as I just started my own lab and I'm a bit stuck in here. thanks a lot!
Regards.
Hi Hamza, it will depend where you are installing this in your home lab. Can you describe briefly your home lab setup please ?
@@sysadmintutorials thanks for your quick reply. actually I have three physical servers. in one of them I already installed esxi 6.7, I created a new vm, installed windows Server 2019, created an active directory but need to finish with the DNS, forward and reverse lookup zones part. this VM running Win Server 2019 has the IP address 192.168.0.177. the physical server where the VM reside on has the IP 192.168.0.110. the domain name I have is Technovm.com. the other two physical servers are not installed with ESXI.
I hope this help me telling me what I need to do so I can deploy my vCenter Server :)
@@sysadmintutorials thanks for your quick reply. actually I have three physical servers. in one of them I already installed esxi 6.7, I created a new vm, installed windows Server 2019, created an active directory but need to finish with the DNS, forward and reverse lookup zones part. this VM running Win Server 2019 has the IP address 192.168.0.177. the physical server where the VM reside on has the IP 192.168.0.110. the domain name I have is Technovm.com. the other two physical servers are not installed with ESXI.
I hope this help me telling me what I need to do so I can deploy my vCenter Server :)
Hi Hamza, it looks like your subnet is 192.168.0.x/24, I would allocate an unused IP that you can assign to your vcenter server during setup. Have you setup forward and reverse DNS before in AD ?
@@sysadmintutorials Hi, Yes I did setup both Forward and Reverse DNS and it shows my DC with IP address 192.168.0.177 (this is my vm running win server 2019 and domain controller). what should I do then ?
I have an Problem and sry for my bad english. My problem is when i connect to my deployment target with the port 443 i get an timeout. error: Could not get certificate fingerprint from host, vcenter.xx.local: Error: connect ETIMEDOUT 192.168.178.60:443 the Firewall is not running.
Hi Joey, if you browse to 192.168.178.60 it should prompt you if you would like to connect with html5 or flash, do you get to this screen ?
@@sysadmintutorials My VM-Host have the IP 192.168.178.31 and i would the the vcenter get the Ip 192.168.178.60. I got this screen on the Videopoint 5.00 min
Hi Joey, based on your previoous comments I'm unsure if you have successfully installed vcenter because you said you don't have an AD server or DNS server ?
@ 24:06 I get the following error message: "Cannot contact the specified host. The host may not be available on the network, a network configuration problem may exist, or the management services on this host may not be responding." By any chance anyone know how to fix this issue?
Hi ConsoleRebels, if you cannot add the host via its DNS name then vcenter is not resolving DNS correctly. To check and make sure it's not your network you can try and add your host via its IP address ?
@@sysadmintutorials I tried both the DNS name, as well as the IP address and unfortunately got the same result. It’s weird because my DNS has worked for all the steps prior to this one.
@@sysadmintutorials Sorry scratch that it was a rookie mistake. I was not assigning the correct esxi ip address to the DNS server. anyways thank you for getting back to me, and for making such a great tutorial. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Awesome, great work, glad that it's now working for you :)
I must put in esxi.xx.local as wsxi host or vcenter name, username root and the pw and then its working. but i will administrator@jw.local as name and esxi as hostname. why donßt work this config.
Hi Joey, first you must join your vcenter to active directory then reboot the appliance. Second you have to add the active directory identity source and set it as default, (setting it as default allows you to login without having to type in your active directory domain name, i.e you can login with administrator instead of administrator@windowsdomain.local. Lastly you need to add the user or group accounts to your vcenter and give them the right role, such as administrators
@@sysadmintutorials Thx for the answer my Test Esxi is connected on the Router. My Test Pc to connect to the Esxi too. I have no AD, is the AD in my Esxi Machine. I have only my Router, Esxi Host with vm 6.7 and my Pc. I have no AD server.
@@sysadmintutorials Ok My Question what did i need for a Testlab with VM. I Have a Worstation for the Esxi, a Router and my Pc. Did i need a Vm with MS Server 2016 with DHCP, AD or others.?
Hi Joey, yes you will need AD or a DNS server that is capable of doing forward and reverse lookups to add the vcenter dns record into. The AD server can sit as a VM inside ESXi. I'm releasing a new video this weekend on how to build a Windows Active Directory Domain Controller, if you subscribe you should get a notification once I post it, that should help you out.
Hi.I installed esx 7.0 and vcenter 7.0. Everything is OK, but when one of the host closes, the HA machine is on, but the virtual machine does not switch to the other host.What am I going to do ? What does not me ?
Hi Salih, what are your HA settings within the cluster ? Make sure your Host Failure setting is set to restart the VM
@@sysadmintutorials Yes. My settings
Enable Host Monitoring
Host Failure Response
: restart vm
Response for Host Isolation
:disable
Datastore with PDL
:disable
Datastore with APD
:disable
VM Monitoring
:disable
But but still there is no virtual machine transfer between hosts
Hi Salih, do you get a error message in the events, something along the lines of 'There was a vSphere HA event, but xxx virtual machine could not failover' ?
@@sysadmintutorials Hi.Firstly thanks for your helps. I'm not getting an error. But I did not install the active passive node setup.
I also installed the vcenter server on the storage that I shared from freenas. ESX01 on datastore, esx02 on datastore1.
when you say active passive setup are you talking about vcenter in high availability mode ? Or are you talking about cluster HA ? The vcenter can sit on the shared storage, that's ok.
Where is the licensing info?
Hi Andrew, sorry is your question where do I find the area to enter the license, or where you can buy a license ?
VCSA 6.7 is not available nor is Trial VCSA 7.0 is avaiable
I Awab, you can go to VMware's site for the free trial - my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=vsphere-eval-7
mine is stuck at 80%
Hi Carlos, this usually indicates a DNS issue, please check your forward and reverse DNS is working for the vcenter host name
Great video, we will be at Knowledge Fest please check us out.
Pls share VMware vsphere 7
Hi Avdhesh, have seen some blog posts about it and checked my account for downloads and it doesn't look like its available yet,. But once it's available I'll be sure to do some videos on it
@@sysadmintutorials Thank you.... M waiting for
hey there i need your help!would you can hep me fast
Hey there, what question do you have ?
@@sysadmintutorials !I have some issues with my vmware licensing.I have One vcenter and 2 hosts.i'm successfully activated vacenter but the thing is i can't activate my other 2 hosts because i test with evaluation version now i purchased standard version.
@sysadmintutorials
you need to enter the licenses you purchased into vcenter, you will then be able to re-join your esxi hosts. When you re-join the esxi hosts, it will ask you which license you wish to apply, since the eval license has expired.
@@sysadmintutorials thank you so much.is there any way to decrease the evaluation features to standard features?
hii
vmware vCenter server 6.7 license key
Buy it from VMware
Awesome tutorial, but you digged it too deep
Thank you, I want to cover as much as I could because in the past I have done quicker videos but then people comment saying why didn't you cover this or why didn't you cover that. It's hard to please everyone so I thought more content would be better and you can skip through to the sections you're interested in.