Installing vCenter Server and Its Components
Depending on the size of the environment to be managed, installing vCenter Server can be simple. In small environments, the vCenter Server Installer can install and configure all the necessary components. For larger environments, installing vCenter Server in a scalable and resilient fashion is a bit more involved and requires a few different steps. For example, supporting more than 2,000 ESXi hosts or more than 25,000 VMs requires installing multiple vCenter Server instances in a linked mode group, a scenario that we'll discuss later in this chapter in the section “Installing vCenter Server in an Enhanced Linked Mode Group.”
Most of this discussion applies only to installing vCenter Server and its components as a Linux–based virtual appliance. However, some tasks—such as those required for configuring the SSO portion of the PSC—apply to the use of the Windows-based vCenter Server (physical or virtual...
