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- #Install vcenter 6.5 update#
- #Install vcenter 6.5 full#
- #Install vcenter 6.5 license#
- #Install vcenter 6.5 iso#
Read the Important information before upgrading to vSphere 6.5 KB.ĭownload the VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 ISO from VMware downloads: v6.5.0 | v6.5.0 U1.Official resources – vSphere 6.5 Documentation Centre, vSphere 6.5 Release Notes.Review the list of Required Ports for vCenter Server and PSC.FQDN resolution should be in place when deploying vCenter Server.The installation can fail or the vCenter Server Appliance vpxd service may not be able to start if the clocks are unsynchronized. All vSphere components should be configured to use an NTP server.The ESXi host on which you deploy the VCSA should not be in lockdown or maintenance mode.Environments with ESXi host(s) with more than 512 LUNs and 2048 paths should be sized large or x-large.Where the PSC is deployed as a separate appliance this requires 2 CPUs, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk.See the Storage Requirements document for further details. Storage requirements for the smallest environments start at 250 GB and increase depending on your specific database requirements.Medium (up to 400 hosts, 4000 VMs) – 8 CPUs, 24 GB RAM.Small (up to 100 hosts, 1000 VMs) – 4 CPUs, 16 GB RAM.Tiny (up to 10 hosts, 100 VMs) – 2 CPUs, 10 GB RAM.The VCSA with embedded PSC requires the following hardware resources (disk can be thin provisioned).Consider if the default self-signed certificates are sufficient or if you want to replace with custom CA or VMware CA signed certs, see Installing vCenter Internal CA signed SSL Certificates for more information.Most deployments will include the vCenter Server and PSC in one appliance, following the embedded deployment model, which I will use in this guide.
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You must check compatibility of any third party products and plugins that might be used for backups, anti-virus, monitoring, etc.All hosts you intend to connect to vCenter Server 6.5 should also be running ESXi v5.5 or above. VCSA 6.5 must be deployed to an ESXi host running v5.5 or above.
#Install vcenter 6.5 license#
The appliance also saves operating system license costs and is quicker and easier to deploy and patch.
#Install vcenter 6.5 update#
Features such as Update Manager are bundled into the VCSA, as well as file based backup and restore, and vCenter High Availability. A couple of releases ago the VCSA reached feature parity with its Windows counterpart, and is now the preferred deployment method for vCenter Server. The VCSA scales up to 2000 hosts and 35,000 virtual machines.
#Install vcenter 6.5 full#
Furthermore the embedded vPostgres database means VMware have full control of the software stack, resulting in significant optimisation for vSphere environments and quicker release of security patches and bug fixes. Since the OS has been developed by VMware it benefits from enhanced performance and boot times over the previous Linux based appliance. The VCSA is a pre-configured virtual appliance built on Project Photon OS.