12 Install vSphere Components Installing vSphere Components Module 12 © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved VMware vSphere Install, Configure, Manage 12 ‹› You A.
Installing vSphere Components Module 12 © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved You Are Here Virtual Machine Management 10 Software-Defined Data Center Resource Management and Monitoring 11 vSphere HA and vSphere Fault Tolerance Course Introduction Creating Virtual Machines 12 vCenter Server 10 Host Scalability 13 Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks 11 14 Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage 12 Installing vSphere Components vSphere Update Manager and Host Maintenance VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-2 Importance By understanding the options in deploying VMware vCenter Server™ and VMware ESXi™ hosts, you can select deployment options that best fit the enterprise VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-3 Module Lessons Lesson 1: Installing ESXi Lesson 2: Installing vCenter Server VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-4 Lesson 1: Installing ESXi 12-5 © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved Learner Objectives By the end of this lesson, you should be able to meet the following objectives: • Describe how to install ESXi interactively • Describe other methods of ESXi installation • Identify the basic requirements for a boot-from-SAN configuration VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-6 ESXi Hardware Prerequisites Processor: 64-bit x86 CPU: • • • Requires at least two cores ESXi supports a broad range of x64 multicore processors Requires NX/XD bit to be enabled for the CPU in the BIOS Memory: GB RAM minimum One or more Ethernet controllers: • Gigabit, 10 Gigabit, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet controllers are supported Disk storage: • • A SCSI adapter, Fibre Channel adapter, converged network adapter, iSCSI adapter, or internal RAID controller A SCSI disk, Fibre Channel logical unit number (LUN), iSCSI disk, or RAID LUN with unpartitioned space: SATA, SCSI, or Serial Attached SCSI VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-7 Information for Installing ESXi Installation Required or Default Option Optional Selection Keyboard layout Required U.S English Host name Required for static IP settings None Install location Required None Required U.S English VLAN ID Optional None IP address Optional DHCP Subnet mask Optional Calculated based on IP address Gateway Optional Based on IP address and subnet mask Keyboard layout Comments The vSphere Web Client can use either the host name or the IP address to access the ESXi host Must be at least GB if you install the components on a single disk VLAN ID range: from through 4094 Configure a static IP address or use DHCP to configure the network IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS network settings can be changed after installation Secondary DNS server can also be defined Primary DNS Optional Based on IP address and subnet mask Root password Optional None Must contain from through 40 characters VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-8 Installing ESXi You must have the ESXi ISO file on CD, DVD, or USB flash drive media Boot from the media to start the ESXi installer Select a volume that is not formatted with VMware vSphere® VMFS Select a volume that is not formatted with VMFS VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-9 Other ESXi Installation Options In addition to using an interactive installation procedure to install ESXi, the following options are available: • Scripted ESXi installation: – – – • The script must be stored in an accessible location such as HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, NFS, CD, or USB A PXE boot installation is possible Automatic ESXi installation with VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy™: – – – – • The script contains the host configuration settings The ESXi host loads the image directly into the host memory The ESXi installation can be either stateful or stateless PXE boot is used to contact an autodeploy server vSphere Auto Deploy uses host profiles Remote management applications: – Install ESXi on hosts in remote locations with third-party management applications VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-10 Distributed vCenter Server System Configuration The services included with the Platform Services Controller and vCenter Server are deployed on different physical servers or virtual appliances You first must deploy the Platform Services Controller on one virtual machine or physical server and then deploy vCenter Server on another virtual machine or physical server After a deployment method is selected, it cannot be undone Virtual Machine or Physical Virtual Machine or Physical VMDir Platform Services Controller Platform Services Controller Replication Virtual Machine or Virtual Machine or Virtual Machine or Virtual Machine or Physical Physical Physical Physical vCenter Server vCenter Server vCenter Server vCenter Server VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-22 Choosing an Installation Method You must determine which vCenter Server installation method meets the needs of your organization: • A virtual appliance is much easier to install and configure: – – • No operating system license is required All configuration is done through a GUI vCenter Server Appliance and Windows-based vCenter Server have the same functionality Both can be used to manage large environments VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-23 vCenter Server Appliance Benefits VMware vCenter Server™ Appliance™ has many benefits: • Simplified installation and setup • Contains all of the necessary services, such as vCenter Single Sign-On and the License Service, which can be shared between multiple vCenter Server instances • The VMware vFabric® Postgres embedded database supports larger environments than databases embedded in previous vCenter Server Appliance versions • Support for both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity (no mixed mode deployments) VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-24 vCenter Server Appliance Features vCenter Server Appliance is a preconfigured Linux-based virtual machine, which is optimized for running vCenter Server • • • vCenter Server Appliance runs on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Update vCenter Server Appliance can be used with ESXi 5.5 and ESXi Prepackaged with a VMware vFabric® Postgres database embedded database: – – • • • Suitable for environments with up to 1,000 hosts and 10,000 virtual machines Also supports Oracle 11g R2 11.2.0.4 and Oracle 12c as external databases Equipped with the vCenter Server Appliance console for troubleshooting and configuration Supports vSphere Web Client Supports connections by either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-25 Installing vCenter Server on a Windows Server Instead of using a virtual appliance, you can install vCenter Server on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 or later: Validate vCenter Server hardware and software requirements Choose a vCenter Server database – Embedded vFabric Postgres database – External database Install vCenter Server and the infrastructure services – Embedded Platform Services – External Platform Services Controller VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-26 User Account for Running vCenter Server You can use the Microsoft Windows built-in system account or a user account to run vCenter Server: • User (administrator) account: – – • This account provides more security Microsoft Windows built-in system account: – – • With this account, you can enable Windows authentication for SQL Server This account has more permissions and rights on the server than the vCenter Server system needs This account can contribute to security problems The virtual appliance has a built-in administrator account (root) VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-27 vCenter Server Windows Host Requirements At installation, when you select the deployment model, the preinstallation checker determines whether the Windows server on which you install vCenter Server meets the minimum hardware requirements vCenter Server with an Embedded Platform Services Controller Property vCenter Server with an External Platform Services Controller vCenter Server Platform Services Controller Memory GB GB GB Disk Space 17 GB 17 GB GB Number of CPUs 2 VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-28 Supported Operating Systems for vCenter Server Windows operating systems supported by vCenter Server 6: • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 64-bit • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 64-bit • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-29 Supported External Databases for vCenter Server on Windows Databases that are tested and supported for vCenter Server as external databases: • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1 • Microsoft SQL Server 2014 • Oracle 11g R2 11.2.0.4 • Oracle 12c VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-30 Before Installing vCenter Server Before beginning the vCenter Server installation, ensure that the following prerequisites are met: • Ensure that vCenter Server hardware and software requirements are met • Ensure that the vCenter Server system belongs to a Microsoft Windows domain rather than a workgroup • Create a vCenter Server database, unless you plan on using the embedded vFabric Postgres database: – • • If you create a database, you must also create a 64-bit data source name Obtain and assign a static IP address and a host name to the vCenter Server system: – The name should be resolvable by DNS – If you plan to use IPv6, the name should be resolvable in IPv6 by DNS Create any administrator accounts that are needed VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-31 Installing vCenter Server and Its Components You use the VMware vCenter Installer to install vCenter Server Embedded Deployment Distributed Deployment VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-32 Required Information The VMware vCenter Installer prompts you for the listed parameters Parameter Description System name of the local system Must be a fully qualified domain name Single sign-on domain Either create a vCenter Single Sign-On domain or join an existing domain User name and password required License key Evaluation or valid license key Database information Default database or remote database connection information System account information User for running the vCenter Server service Destination folder Software location Ports Ports used for communicating with client interfaces and managed hosts VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-33 vCenter Server Installation Demonstration Your instructor will run a demonstration of the vCenter Server installation on a Windows server VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-34 Review of Learner Objectives You should be able to meet the following objectives: • Choose between a distributed configuration and an embedded configuration, based on your requirements • Choose between a Windows-based installation and an appliance, based on your requirements • Identify the basic requirements for a vCenter Server installation VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 12-35 Key Points • ESXi installation requires little configuration during installation • vCenter Server consists of the Platform Services Controller and vCenter Server Appliance • You can install vCenter Server in distributed or embedded configurations • You can use either an external database or an embedded database • You can install vCenter Server on a Windows system or configure vCenter Server Appliance • vCenter Server installed on Windows operating systems can run on physical machines or virtual machines Questions? 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