Select the configuration option for your installation:.

When you log in, the vCenter Server Setup wizard starts.

Follow the instructions on the welcome screen to open a browser window to the URL shown.

In Name and Location, enter the name of your vCenter Server Appliance and click Next.

In the OVF Template Details page, click Next.Browse to the location of the vCenter Server Appliance downloaded.Using the vSphere Web Client, deploy the.Steps to deploy and configure the vCenter Server Appliance 5.5: VMware vCenter Server 5.x Appliance - OVA File.VMware vCenter Server 5.x Appliance - Data Disk.VMware vCenter Server 5.x Appliance - System Disk.VMware vCenter Server 5.x Appliance - OVF File.

Download the vCenter Server Appliance 5.x:.

Within that section, next to VMware vCenter Server 5.x and modules, click Download.

Find the section for the license type you purchased, such as Essentials.

Under Datacenter & Cloud Infrastructure, click VMware vSphere.

Steps to download the vCenter Server Appliance 5.5:

See the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration documentation for instructions on deploying OVA files and OVF templates.

See Format for the vCenter Server Appliance Configuration File.

If you plan to configure the vCenter Server Appliance from a configuration file, prepare the file and store it in a location that is accessible from the vCenter Server Appliance host machine.

See Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network.

Synchronize the clocks of all machines on the vSphere network.

Verify that the hosts are running ESX version 4.x or ESXi version 4.x or later.Verify that the host machine meets the hardware requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance listed in Hardware Requirements for vCenter Server, the vSphere Web Client, vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Single Sign-On.

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