


Following are the minimum hardware requirements. Minimum Hardware Requirements for vCenter Serverīefore installing and configuring vCenter Server, we should consider minimum hardware requirements. vCenter Server provides access to the ESXi hosts via an agent called vpxa. VSphere Web Client directly communicates with vCenter Server, and vSphere Client is used to directly communicate with ESXi hosts. vSphere Syslog Collector (support tool that provides a unified architecture for system and network logging).vSphere ESXi Dump Collector (configure ESXi to dump the VMkernel memory to a network server, rather than to a disk).vSphere Auto Deploy (support tool that can provision many physical hosts with ESXi software).VMware Inventory Service (stores vCenter Server application and inventory data).vSphere Web Client (enables to connect to vCenter Server instance using web browser).When vCenter Server is installed, following services are also installed with it. In this post, we’ll learn installing vCenter Server step-by-step in windows environment. Installing Guest OS and VMware Tools in a VM.Configure NTP Client using vSphere Web Client.Configure IP Address and Hostname of ESXi 6.0.In previous post of this series, we’ve learnt about vCenter Server Architecture, such as its components, services, and Platform Services Controller (PSC). If you’ve missed previous posts of this series, you can find them here.
