VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 (VCSA) Install and Configure

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 (VCSA) – How to Install and Configure

This tutorial is designed for anyone that wishes to learn how to install the vCenter 6.7 Server Appliance as well as understand some of the most common vCenter settings

Based on previous feedback I’ve tried to add more content into this video compared to previous vCenter videos, however still keeping the video length relatively short at under 45mins.

If you have any comments or questions please leave them in the comments section below, or within the comments section of the youtube video.

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 topics covered in this video:

1. DNS Setup in preparation for our vCenter Server

2. How to download the vCenter ISO image

3. Deploying vCenter stage 1

4. Deploying vCenter 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 to Microsoft Windows Active Directory

10. Configuring vCenter authentication via Windows Active Directory

11. Configuring vCenter general settings

12. Renaming and organizing datastores for easy administration

13. Creating a new Windows 2016 Virtual Machine

14. Basic Virtual Machine Monitoring

VMware vCenter 6.7 Pre-Requisites:

• Windows Active Directory Server (Used for authentication and DNS)
• VMware ESXi 6.7 Host -> VMware ESXi 6.7 Installation and Configuration
• Filezilla FTP Server -> Downloaded from https://filezilla-project.org

VMware vCenter 6.7 Optional Components:

• VMware Log Insight, Syslog monitoring -> VMware vRealize Log Insight Installation and Configuration

How to install and configure VMware vCenter 6.7 Server Appliance