Step 1: Create DNS records (forward and reverse).
Step 2: Download VMware VCSA 6.5 ISO image from VMware. It is a quite large file. VMware-VCSA-all-6.5.0-4602587.iso is over 3.5 Gb in size.
Step 3: Mount the ISO and, depending on which system you are (Linux, MAC, Windows) you go and open the folder where the installer is. In my case it was a folder with this path:
F:\vcsa-ui-installer\win32
Screenshot showing the ISO mounted as CD-ROM and the folder structure within a Windows environment.
From there launch the installer program.
Follow the assistant…
And accept the license agreement….
to finally have this screen where you can change to have a separate PSC (Platform service controller) and vCenter server. For my lab environment, I go with the default, which is All-in-One option…
Click next to enter the details of the ESXi host (or vCenter Server) where you will be deploying the VCSA. In our case we’re using standalone ESXi host.
You’ll get a certificate prompt which you can safely accept, and then you can enter the name for the VM you’re deploying as well as the root password.
then chose the deployment size and storage size. As you can see, the appliance supports up to 2000 hosts !!!
Choose a datastore where the VM will live…
And then finally configure the networking. In my case, I go for static IP, but you can select DHCP if you prefer…
Then only you’ll get a recap screen which summarizes all this…
The whole deployment consists in two parts:
The first part, we just did the step-by-step. The second part can be done from within the same window or you can open a browser window to finish the configuration via web browser.
All you need to do is to connect to the appliance via VAMI and the 5480 port – https://IP_of_VCSA65:5480