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For guidance in making these decisions, review the sections in Chapter 3, “Before You Install vCenter
Server,” on page 29.
After you verify your hardware and software environment, you can start installation. Your interaction with
the installer and with vCenter Single Sign-On is shown in the figure below.
Figure 4
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1. Flowchart of vCenter Installation and User Management Process
Different
locations?
Yes
No
Different
locations
Log in to VC and
assign permissions
Custom install SSO1
and VC1 at location 1
Set up SSO for
location 1
Log in SSO add
domain
Set default domain
Yes
System
replicates domain info to
SSO2
Log in to VC and
assign permissions
Log in to VC1 and
assign permissions
Log in to VC2 and
assign permissions
Done
Done Done
Custom install SSO2
and VC2 at location 2
Point SSO2 to SSO1
Custom install
No Yes
First VC?
Localos
only?
Simple install
No
Point to local SSO
during Install
.
The interaction proceeds as follows.
1
You decide whether to install the vCenter components in different locations.
n
For a single location, the process differs if you perform a first installation or you are installing
multiple vCenter Server systems at the same location. Continue with step 2.
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