For PoC and testing, I will use the Tiny one which is just 2vCPU and 10GB of RAM.Ĭhoose the datastore where the appliance will be stored. You choose according your environment size. You can choose the name of the VM which will be created in inventory of the specified previously ESXi host or vCenter Sever and root password.
You should specify a location for the appliance deployment – ESXi host or another vCenter
I will use the embedded one, since I don’t target any flexibility. You can still put the PSC on the same place as the vCenter Server or you can install them separately, as it was so far with the previously vCenter 6 releases. To start the installation, you should run the installer.exe located at \vcsa-ui-installer\win32įrom the first screen you get more information that the installation is divided in two groups – deploy the appliance and then configure it. If you plan to do more, you can script it via the CLI version. I will go through the Windows Based GUI installation, since I want to install just one vCenter Server. There are two types of installation available – GUI and CLI based for Linux, Mac and Windows.
#How to install vcenter 6.5 iso
You must download the ISO and mount it on a machine, preferably as close as possible to the datacenter, and run the installer. With version 6.5 there are lots of improvements in the linux based appliance and I wanted to share my installation and configuration experience.įirst of all, the appliance is not delivered in a typical virtual appliance format (OVA or OVF) but in ISO format. I’ve been working with vCenter Server for many years, but always the preferred corporate platform was Windows, so I was using the windows based vCenter. VMware vSphere 6.5 is finally general available and everyone who wants can download and install on their dev/test/prod environments.