Adding host to vCenter reference - Oliver-Mustoe/Oliver-Mustoe-Tech-Journal GitHub Wiki

Taken from here. Below is an example of adding a host to vCenter from my SYS-350 class.

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Then I right clicked my new datacenter > "Add Host...":

First I added the host IP:

(NOTE: Did re-add my ESXi host later using the DNS name "super10" instead of the IP using the exact same process lined out below and I assigned it the vSphere license as I had it.)

Then I gave its login on step 2 > accepted the certificate > got the host summary:

Left the Host lifecycle and image with default settings and clicked next > assigned the temporary license (here is where I assigned the vSphere license when re-adding the host with DNS):

Left lockdown mode, VM location screen on default settings and continued:

Below shows the host added (after having been re-added with its DNS hostname and being licensed):