Milestone 3: VCenter

• First, change the settings for your xubuntu-wan box. We are going to need to point the datastore ISO file to the VCenter ISO (VMWARE_VCSA). You don't need to restart the box or turn it off to do so, we want to mount it on the xUbuntu operating system so that we can see that ISO's filesystem.

• Go to the mounted drive with cd /media/miles/VMware\ VSCA/vcsa-ui-installer/lin64 and run the installer with ./installer.

• You should now see a GUI installer like this:

• Click Install -> Next -> Accept Terms + Next and set the ESXi Host name to your network assignment (192.168.7.15) and enter your root username & password for ESXi. Let it install the certificate, make sure an nslookup on 10.0.17.3 works and returns the 'vcenter' hostname. On the set up vCenter Server VM, name it 'vcenter' and enter new root password. Stick with the defaults on the deployment size page, select your datastore2 and enable thin disk mode. Apply the following network settings:

• Wrap up the vCenter installation and let the installer deploy. This should be the end of stage 1 and vCenter should now be deployed! Onto stage 2. Set these server config settings:

• Set up these settings under SSO Configuration as well, and use the same password as vCenter root:

• Once stage 2 completes, you should now be able to go to your vcenter login page through https://vcenter.miles.local:443. Login using [email protected]

• Now we can create a datacenter. Rightclick on vcenter.miles.local and name it 480-datacenter1. Rightclick on the new datacenter and create a new VM. Use your root username and password in Connection Settings and continue configuring with these specs:

• You should now be able to see all your existing VMs underneath your datacenter you just created!