Installing vCenter on a Windows platform

vCenter and all its components can be installed on a supported Microsoft Windows operating system. In the previous section Laying the foundation for a vCenter deployment we learnt about the different deployment models and system requirements for a vCenter installation. In this section, we will cover the installation of vCenter and PSC separately. The installer can handle the installation of PSC and vCenter if you choose to deploy a PSC-embedded deployment model. But in most enterprise data centers customers would choose to deploy PSC separately. Hence, we will cover the installation of the PSC first and then install vCenter Server.

Installing PSC on a Windows machine

VMware PSC can be installed on a machine ...

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