Install vCenter Single Sign-On, the vSphere Web Client, and vCenter Inventory Service as Part of a vCenter Server Simple Install

You can use Simple Install for the first vCenter Single Sign-On and vCenter Server in a deployment with
multiple vCenter Servers. Succeeding instances of vCenter Single Sign-On and vCenter Server in the same
deployment must be installed by using Custom Install.

NOTE vCenter Server 5.5 supports connection between vCenter Server and vCenter Server components by IP address only if the IP address is IPv4-compliant. To connect to a vCenter Server system in an IPv6
environment, you must use the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or host name of the vCenter Server.
The best practice is to use the FQDN, which works in all cases, instead of the IP address, which can change if assigned by DHCP.

Procedure
1 In the software installer directory, double-click the autorun.exe file to start the installer.
2 Select vCenter™ Simple Install, and click Install.
3 Follow the prompts in the installation wizard to choose the installer language, and agree to the end user
patent and license agreements.
4 If the prerequisites check screen shows any problems, cancel the installation, correct the problems, and
restart the installer.
5 Set the password for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator account.
This is the password for the user administrator@vsphere.local. vsphere.local is a new domain that is
created by vCenter Single Sign-On. After installation, you can log in to vCenter Single Sign-On and in to
vCenter Server as adminstrator@vsphere.local.
By default, the password must have at least eight characters, at least one lowercase character, one
uppercase character, one number, and one special character. See the vSphere Security documentation for
information about changing the password policy. The following characters are not supported in
passwords: non-ASCII characters, semicolon (;), double quotation mark ("), single quotation mark ('),
circumflex (^), and backslash (\).
6 Enter the site name for vCenter Single Sign-On.
Choose your own name for the vCenter Single Sign-On site.
7 Accept or change the HTTPS port for vCenter Single Sign-On.
8 Select the folder in which to install vCenter Single Sign-On.
The installation path cannot contain any of the following characters: non-ASCII characters, commas (,),
periods (.), exclamation points (!), pound signs (#), at signs (@), or percentage signs (%).
9 Review the installation options and click Install.

The vCenter Single Sign-On installation begins. When the vCenter Single Sign-On installation is complete,
the installer proceeds with the vSphere Web Client and vCenter Inventory Service installations.
No input is required for a new Simple Install installation of the vSphere Web Client and vCenter Inventory
Service.

Install vCenter Server as Part of a Simple Install
In a simple Install, after you install vCenter Single Sign-On, the vSphere Web Client, and vCenter Inventory

Service, the installer starts the vCenter Server installation.

Procedure
1 (Optional) Enter your license key.
If you omit the license key, vCenter Server is in evaluation mode, which allows you to use the full
feature set for a 60-day evaluation period. After installation, you can enter the license key to convert
vCenter Server to licensed mode.
2 Choose the type of database that you want to use.
n To use the bundled database, click Install a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express instance (for
small-scale deployments).
This database is suitable for deployments of up to 5 hosts and 50 virtual machines.
n To use an existing database, click Use an existing supported database and select your database
from the list of available DSNs. Enter the user name and password for the DSN.
If your database uses Windows NT authentication, the user name and password fields are
disabled.
NOTE A warning might appear that the DSN points to an older version of a repository that must be
upgraded. If you click Yes, the installer upgrades the database schema, making the database
irreversibly incompatible with previous VirtualCenter versions. See the vSphere Upgrade documentation.
3 Set the vCenter Server service account information.
n If you are using a nonbundled database, enter the administrator name and password that you use
when you log in to the system on which you are installing vCenter Server.
n If you are using the bundled SQL Server database, select Use Windows Local System Account.
You need the user name and password entered here to log in to vCenter Server after you have installed
it.
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The Fully Qualified Domain Name field displays the FQDN of the system that you are installing
vCenter Server on. The vCenter Server installer checks that the FQDN is resolvable. If not, a warning
message appears when you click Next. Change the entry to a resolvable FQDN. You must enter the
FQDN, not the IP address.
4 For each component that you install, accept the default port numbers, or if another service is using the
defaults, enter alternative ports.
5 (Optional) Select Increase the number of available ephemeral ports.
6 Select the size of your vCenter Server inventory to allocate memory for several Java services that are
used by vCenter Server.
This setting determines the maximum JVM heap settings for VMware VirtualCenter Management
Webservices (Tomcat), Inventory Service, and Profile-Driven Storage Service. You can adjust this
setting after installation if the number of hosts in your environment changes. See the recommendations
in the topic vCenter Server Hardware Requirements.
7 Click Install.
Multiple progress bars appear during the installation of the selected components.
The vCenter Simple Install is complete.