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Join a Linked Mode Group After Installation
After installing vCenter Server, you can join a vCenter Server to a Linked Mode group.
Prerequisites
See “Linked Mode Prerequisites for vCenter Server,” on page 113.
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vCenter Server does not support Linked Mode groups that contain both version 5.x and pre-5.0
versions of vCenter Server. Similarly, vCenter Server does not support Linked Mode groups that contain
different 5.x versions of vCenter Server or different versions of vCenter Single Sign-On. After all 5.x vCenter
Server and vCenter Single Sign-On instances in a Linked Mode group are upgraded to the same 5.x version,
you can rejoin them.
Procedure
1 Select Start > All Programs > VMware > vCenter Server Linked Mode Configuration.
2 Click Next.
3 Select Modify linked mode configuration and click Next.
4 Click Join this vCenter Server instance to an existing linked mode group or another instance and
click Next.
5 Enter the server name and LDAP port number of a remote vCenter Server instance that is a member of
the group and click Next.
If you enter an IP address for the remote server, the installer converts it into a fully qualified domain
name.
6 If the vCenter Server installer detects a role conflict, select how to resolve the conflict.
Option Action
Yes, let VMware vCenter Server
resolve the conflicts for me
Click Next.
The role on the joining system is renamed to vcenter_namerole_name, where
vcenter_name is the name of the vCenter Server system that is joining the
Linked Mode group, and role_name is the name of the original role.
No, I'll resolve the conflicts myself
To resolve the conflicts manually:
a Using the vSphere Web Client, log in to one of the vCenter Server
systems using an account with Administrator privileges.
b Rename the conflicting role.
c
Close the vSphere Web Client session and return to the vCenter Server
installer.
d Click Back and click Next.
The installation continues without conflicts.
A conflict results if the joining system and the Linked Mode group each contain a role with the same
name but with different privileges.
7 Click Finish.
vCenter Server restarts. Depending on the size of your inventory, the change to Linked Mode might
take from a few seconds to a few minutes to complete.
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