The new VMware vSphere vCenter Server 6.7 dropped yesterday as GA and installation files are readily available for download now. We have already talked a bit about vSAN 6.7. This is certainly an exciting release for VMware and customers! The all new vCenter Server appliance or VCSA is showing itself as being a mature, performant, stable, and powerful platform for running vCenter Server in production. In fact this is the VERY last release of the Windows Server based vCenter Server platform. This release of the all new VCSA 6.7 is packed full of really great features and functionality that will make the administrator’s life much easier. Let’s take a look at VMware VCSA 6.7 New Features Installation and Configuration as well as look at the new features that are contained in this exciting release.

VMware VCSA 6.7 New Features Installation and Configuration

As mentioned with this release it is chocked full of goodies. Below is a listing of some of the most prominent features that administrators will want to take note of.

• The new HTML5 clarity UI is getting VERY close to completion with vCenter Server 6.7.
• An all new file based backup scheduler with the built in backup for vCenter Server 6.7
• vCenter Server 6.7 architecture has been simplified
• The VAMI interface is now sporting the Clarity HTML5 UI interface as well as upgrades in monitoring and a new disks view to view the specific partions, disk space, etc.
• CLI upgrades in 6.7 include the return of the cmsso-util. This allows for repointing an external vCenter Server appliance across SSO sites within a vSphere SSO domain as well as across vSphere SSO domains. Additionally, the vCenter Server Appliance ISO comes with JSON template examples. These JSON templates are a way to ensure consistency across installs, upgrades, and migrations.

VCSA 6.7 – New HTML5 Clarity Interface

VMware is touting they are almost there with the complete deprecation of the “Flex” flash client. Great news! We all love to hate the flash based client with the sluggishness and frequent crashes, etc. However, the newly designed HTML5 interface is a pleasure to work with and is extremely performant. It is said to be around 95% complete at this point and with the new features found in the HTML5 vCenter Server 6.7 release we can see the progress that is being made for sure. Included functionality in the new HTML5 client in vCenter Server 6.7:

New HTML5 client is displayed predominantly with vCenter Server 6.7

• vSphere Update Manager
• Content Library
• Storage Policies
• Host Profiles
• vDS Topology Diagram

Additionally, the new VAMI interface with the new vCenter Server 6.7 is running on the HTML5 Clarity interface as well. Major improvements all the way around with the new interface in vCenter Server 6.7.

New HTML5 Clarity Interface login screen for vCenter Server 6.7

VCSA 6.7 Now Includes a Backup Scheduler

Let’s face it, we all loved the fact there was a file based backup mechanism in vCenter Server 6.5, however, we hated the fact there was not a built-in scheduler to actually schedule the backups. Well, the wait is over now with vCenter Server 6.7, you can now schedule your backups for vCenter Server.

New Backup Scheduler is available in vCenter Server 6.7

VCSA 6.7 Improved Architecture

In the vSphere 6.7 release, we now have the option for vCenter Server with Embedded PSC with Enhanced Linked Mode. This brings tremendous benefits:

• High availability no longer requires a load balancer and fully supports native vCenter Server High Availability.
• SSO Site boundaries have been removed which provides flexibility of placement.
• Supports vSphere scale maximums.
• 15 deployments allowed in a vSphere Single Sign-On Domain.
• Node management and maintenance is reduced

VCSA 6.7 New CLI Tools

New utilities at the command line level such as the cmsso-util command line utility allow manipulation of the vCenter SSO domain pointing across and within SSO domains. Additionally, the vCenter Server Appliance ISO comes with JSON template examples. These JSON templates are a way to ensure consistency across installs, upgrades, and migrations.

New CMSSO-UTIL CLI utility allows repointing vCenter appliance across SSO domains

VMware VCSA 6.7 Installation and Configuration

VMware has kept with the very well received ISO installer.exe New pirate bay website. utility for deploying, upgrading, etc a new appliance. The installer is a 2-stage process that contains the following stages:

• Deploy the VCSA 6.7 appliance
• Set up the VCSA 6.7 appliance

Mount the VCSA 6.7 ISO and run the installer.exe utility to deploy the appliance

Here since we are deploying a brand new appliance, we choose Install.

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Choose the Install Option to install a new VCSA 6.7 appliance

The installer gives an overview of the installation process with the 2 stages involved.

Introduction to the 2 stage process to deploy the VCSA 6.7 appliance

Accept the EULA.

Accept the EULA for the VCSA 6.7 appliance install

Select the deployment type – the choices are:

• Embedded Platform Services Controller
• External Platform Services Controller

Next, we need to give the installer a target for deploying the appliance – either vCenter Server or an ESXi host. I am deploying the new appliance into an existing vCenter 6.5 U2 server.

Select the Appliance Deployment Target for VCSA 6.7

Accept the certificate warning presented from the vCenter Server.

Choose the vCenter folder you want to deploy into.

Select the folder in vCenter to deploy the new VCSA 6.7 appliance

Select the computer resource – either a host or cluster.

Select the compute resource for the new VCSA 6.7 appliance

Name the vCenter appliance (what you want it to be called in the vSphere inventory) and also set the root password.

Name the VCSA 6.7 appliance and set a root password

Select the deployment size. The installer gives a great overview of the size comparisons.

Select the target storage for the appliance deployment.

Select the target datastore for the VCSA 6.7 appliance

Configure the appliance networking. As has been the case with previous releases, make sure you have DNS configured correctly along with an A record for the new VCSA 6.7 appliance.

A summary of the configuration is displayed and you are ready to click Finish to begin Stage 1 configuration.

Summary and ready to complete stage 1 of VCSA 6.7 deployment

Stage 1 configuration begins.

Stage 1 installation begins for VCSA 6.7 appliance

Stage 1 configuration completes successfully. Hit Continue to move on to Stage 2 Setup.

Stage 2 configuration begins.

Stage 2 of the VCSA 6.7 setup begins

On the first screen of the Stage 2 configuration we setup NTP configuration as well as choose SSH access options.

Extremely important, configuring your SSO domain. Here we either setup something new or join an existing SSO domain.

SSO Configuration for the new VCSA 6.7 appliance

CEIP choices…

Stage 2 configuration is now ready to complete.

Summary of Stage 2 configuration

A warning is presented about not being able to pause or stop the installation once it is started.

Stage 2 setup begins configuring the appliance with the selected options.

Stage 2 configuration begins

Stage 2 completes successfully. A link to the new vCenter appliance web client is displayed on the Complete screen.

Stage 2 configuration of the VCSA 6.7 appliance completes

Takeaways

VMware vSphere VCSA 6.7 New Features Installation and Configuration contains some exciting new features that administrators will be able to take advantage of in their vSphere environments with vSphere 6.7. VMware has definitely covered some ground in getting the UI updated to the new HTML5 UI clarity theme both in the web client as well as the VAMI interface. The new options in the VAMI interface for monitoring and other upgrades to the backup utility including scheduling is making this a powerful interface for managing and monitoring vCenter Server 6.7. Stay tuned for more vSphere 6.7 coverage here as we continue to show upgrades, installs, etc.

vCenter Server Installation and Setup describes how to install and configure VMware vCenter Server,

vSphere 6.7 provides various options for installation and setup. To ensure a successful vSphere deployment, understand the installation and setup options, and the sequence of tasks.

The two core components of vSphere are ESXi and vCenter Server. ESXi is the virtualization platform on which you can create and run virtual machines and virtual appliances. vCenter Server is a service that acts as a central administrator for ESXi hosts connected in a network. vCenter Server lets you pool and manages the resources of multiple hosts.

You can install vCenter Server on a Windows virtual machine or physical server, or deploy the vCenter Server Appliance. The vCenter Server Appliance is a preconfigured Linux-based virtual machine optimized for running vCenter Server and the vCenter Server components. You can deploy the vCenter Server Appliance on ESXi hosts 6.0 or later, or on vCenter Server instances 6.0 or later

Starting with vSphere 6.0, all prerequisite services for running vCenter Server and the vCenter Server components are bundled in the VMware Platform Services Controller™. You can deploy vCenter Server with an embedded or external Platform Services Controller, but you must always install or deploy the Platform Services Controller before installing or deploying vCenter Server.

vSphere Web Client and vSphere Client

Instructions in this guide reflect the vSphere Client (an HTML5-based GUI). You can also use the instructions to perform most of the tasks by using the vSphere Web Client (a Flex-based GUI).

vSphere Web Client Software Requirements

Make sure that your browser supports the vSphere Web Client. The vSphere Web Client 6.7 requires Adobe Flash Player v. 16 to 23. For best performance and the most recent security updates, use Adobe Flash Player 23. VMware has tested and supports the following guest operating systems and browser versions for the vSphere Web Client. For best performance, use Google Chrome.

Mount the ISO and click autorun. The VMware vCenter Installer will open. Ensure vCenter Server 6.7 for Windows Server 2012 is selected.

Read and Accept the end user license agreement and click Next.

In this section, we will be using a vCenter Server and embedded deployment model. If you are using an external deployment model the Platform Services Controller (PSC) component must be installed first before the vCenter. Select the deployment type and click Next.

in this section Enter the A fully qualified domain name (FQDN) in the System Name field and click Next.

vCenter Single Sign-On Configuration section, or join the vCenter to an existing Single Sign-on (SSO)domain. If you are creating a new Single Sign-on (SSO) domain give this a meaningful name, please do use same as your Active Directory name, VMware vCenter Server 6.7 default name is vsphere.local. enter the password and Configure a password for the Single Sign-on (SSO) administrator account and a vCenter site name, Then click on Next.

Enter Specify a user to login or Windows Local System Account,

By Default, the vCenter Server Instance runs in the Windows Local System Accounts, if you need to run in another administrative user account, select the blow option to specify a user service account and provide the account credentials.

Enter default, Select an embedded Postgre database or configuration Microsoft SQL Server Express edition, or another supporting database. Then click Next.

here show all port which using the VMware vCenter Server 6.7, and easily customize ports, best is default port configuration and click Next.

If you need to change the vCenter Server 6.7 installation location, Select the directory to install vCenter services and click Next.

• First Location Install vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller
• Second Location Store data for vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller

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The complete summary of installation VMware vCenter Server 6.7.0. Check the configuration on the review page, after review Click on Install

Begin the installation process.

this section the installation has completed Click on Launch vSphere Web Client Once, Then Click on Finish

After Launching

Login VMware vCenter Single Sign-On