Install vCenter Server 8 in VMware Workstation! Step-by-step process and error workaround
In this video we take a look at using VMware Workstation for your home lab environment to run vCenter Server 8. How can you install VMware vCenter Server 8 in VMware Workstation? We take a look at the process and a quirk to get this to work with vCenter Server 8.
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Introduction - 0:00
Going over the typical vCenter Server installation method - 1:05
Relies on vCenter Server or ESXi host - 1:36
Deploy the VCSA appliance from the ISO file - 2:00
Looking at the OVA appliance - 2:14
Describing an error I received deploying the vCenter Server appliance - 2:52
Describing a change needed to successfully deploy a modified OVF template - 3:00
Using the OVFtool to create an OVF tool to deploy vCenter Server - 3:42
Converting the OVA to OVF process - 4:14
The OVF file is successfully created - 4:40
Navigating to the directory where we created the OVF - 4:52
Editing the OVF file - 5:15
Searching for the change we need to make - 5:30
Opening the modified OVF appliance file - 6:35
The wizard kicks off for phase 1 in the deployment of the VCSA appliance - 6:52
EULA - 7:19
Name the VM and storage location - 7:25
VCSA sizing - 7:30
Networking configuration - 7:36
SSO configuration - 8:07
System configuration - 8:17
Domain search path - 8:22
Completing the phase 1 and import begins - 8:36
VCSA booted and navigating manually to the VAMI interface - 9:10
Familiar vCenter Server installer interface from the VAMI interface - 9:33
Clicking Setup box - 9:50
Verifying the network properties - 10:05
Changing time synchronization and SSH access property - 10:15
SSO configuration - 10:25
CEIP options - 11:09
Summary screen - 11:19
Warning about disrupting the process - 11:29
Phase 2 begins - 11:50
VCSA appliance successfully deploys - 11:58
Wrapping up talking about VMware Workstation for home lab - 12:10
Upgrade to ESXi 8.0 in three ways:
VMware vSphere 8 download links:
William Lam's blog post covering the error for vCenter Server 8 and VMware Workstation:
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