As discussed in the previous chapter, there are two ways to deploy a vCenter Server: vCenter running on Windows and vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). In this chapter, we will discuss VCSA as a virtual appliance. We will cover the following topics:
- Deploying Platform Services Controller
- Deploying VCSA server components
- Setting up vCenter Server High Availability
- Adding VCSA to your Windows domain and adding users
- Checking VCSA performance using vimtop
- Checking VCSA performance using the GUI