System Administrators' Library: May 2013

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Connecting to ESXi host from vSphere Client

Start the vSphere Client by double clicking the vSphere Client icon on the desktop. Enter the name / ip address of the ESXi host, the username (which is root) and the password for the user.

Now a security warning will be displayed, which can be ignored. Tick the checkbox and click Ignore button

Now if the Vmware has no license key, an evaluation notice will be displayed. Just click the “OK” button.

Click on the “Inventory” icon in the above screen. You will see the below screen, which is the ESXi host.

Installing vSphere Client in Windows Server 2012

From the vCenter Server CD go to the folder “vSphere-Client” and double click the “exe” file. The installation will start as shown below

The setup program will ask for the language. Click “OK” to start the installation wizard.

The installation programs is extracting the necessary files to start the installation wizard.

The first screen of the installation wizard. Click “Next” to go to the next screen of the installation wizard.

Click “Next” to proceed to the other screen.

Accept the license agreement and click “Next” to proceed further.

Specify the location for the client installation and click “Next”.

Click “Install” to start the installation process of vSphere Client.

Installation process started. Installing J# for vSphere Client.

Installation process continuing. Copying files.

Installation of vSphere Client completed.

vCenter Server Installation on Windows Server 2012

This procedure describes the installation of vCenter Server on Windows Server 2012. Insert the CD for vCenter server into the CD/DVD Drive. The “autorun” feature will bring the following screen to your computer desktop. In the below screen we have selected “VMware vCenter Simple Install”, because this helps us to install vCenter Single Sign On, vCenter Inventory Service and vCenter Server in a single click. Please note the prerequisites are met before starting the installation. We have to install .NET 3.5 SP1 manually, if it is not installed already by us manually.
As shown below select “VMware vCenter Simple Install” and click on “Install” button.

The installation of vCenter Single Sign On will start first. Since it is a prerequisite for vCenter Server installation. The screenshot is shown below

The first screen of installation wizard is shown below. Wait for the “Next” button to get enabled.

A warning showing that the machine is not a member of domain. Just click “OK”.

Now the wizard starts extracting files required for installation as shown below.

As shown below, now the “Next” button is enabled. Click on it to go to the next screen.

Click the “Next” button again for the screen shown below

Select the “I accept…” option in the License agreement screen as shown below. Now click “Next” button.

Enter the password for the Single sign on administrator in the screen shown below. the default user will be “admin@System-Domain”. The password must meet the complexity requirements of the system or the domain if a domain member. Now click “Next”

Now the turn for Database installation. You can either use the included SQL Express Edition or any other supported one. In the screen below SQL Express edition has been selected. Click on “Next” after selecting the desired one

Now user creation for database. Enter the desired passwords in the respective field. Remember the password must meet the complexity requirements of the system or the domain if a domain member. Click “Next” to proceed to the next screen.