Now that we are pretty far into this series, we can finally install our Windows vCenter. This will leverage our external PSC, for maximum scalability. Depending on your environment size, you may need to scale up the VM's hardware specs for optimal performance. Consult VMware documentation for sizing guidance. In this exercise...
As mentioned in my vSphere 6.0 installation series, you can configure the new VMCA to be a subordinate to your enterprise CA. This is great, and opens up new certificate management options for organizations that wish to use trusted SSL certificates. However, you may run into a situation where this...
As mentioned in my vSphere 6.0 install part 3, VMware has introduced a new certificate option in this release. You can now make a built-in VMware certificate authority (VMCA) a subordinate to your enterprise CA. This is great news, as it will allow some automation of the certificate deployment process....
New to my vSphere installation series is using the pre-packaged vCenter appliance (VCSA). Now that the VCSA is on par with the Windows vCenter server, I suspect more and more people will migrate to the appliance. So to that end, let's install an external PSC using the VCSA. If you...
Now that we've gotten some background and best practices behind us, now it's time to start the actual software installation. As previously mentioned, in all but the smallest environments it's recommended to have a dedicated Platform Services Controller (PSC), rather than an embedded one. So first up here will be...
Introduction In this second installment of the vSphere 6.0 installation series we cover the new service called the Platform Services Controller. This new service has consumed the SSO service, and added a number of new features. vCenter functionality is now divided into two primary roles, the management node and the...