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Instance name
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Login
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Password
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DBA login
DBA password
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Click Next and we'll i nish the wizard by entering any AD information that may be required.
Active Directory Settings
There are only three simple requirements to tie the vCenter Server virtual appliance into an
existing Active Directory.
Domain
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Administrator user
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Administrator password
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Click Next to review the coni guration.
Starting the vCenter Server Services
After you've accepted the EULA and coni gured the database SSO and AD, you can start the
vCenter Server services on the virtual appliance. This is accomplished by clicking the Start but-
ton on the i nal page of the setup wizard. After a few minutes, the services will start (use the
Refresh button to refresh the screen to see that the services are currently shown as Running).
You'll now be able to launch the vSphere Web Client and connect to this instance of the vCen-
ter Server virtual appliance. Remember the default username and password; you'll use those for
the vSphere Web Client as well.
Installing or deploying vCenter Server is just the beginning. Before you're ready to start
using vCenter Server in earnest, you must become a bit more familiar with the user interface
and how to create and manage objects in vCenter Server.
Exploring vCenter Server
As explained, you can access vCenter Server through either the vSphere C# Client or the
vSphere Web Client. Previously, the Web Client was not as feature rich compared with the tra-
ditional vSphere Client, but in vSphere 5.5, the Web Client is the more feature rich of the two.
Therefore, this is the client we will use to demonstrate the majority of features throughout this
book. If you are new to vSphere, you should know that VMware has publicly stated its inten-
tion to retire the traditional vSphere Client, so it makes sense to use the Web Client and become
familiar with how it works. There's a lot to cover, so let's start out at the beginning, logging in.
To run the vSphere Web Client, all that you need is a compatible web browser with Adobe
Flash installed. The server that runs the vSphere Web Client has a shortcut in the Start
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VMware vSphere Web Client folder, but to access the vCenter Web
