{"id":4018,"date":"2025-07-27T14:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T12:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/?p=4018"},"modified":"2025-09-23T10:08:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:08:29","slug":"vcenter-server-9-0-installation-with-screenshots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/vcenter-server-9-0-installation-with-screenshots\/","title":{"rendered":"Step by Step vCenter Server 9.0 Installation with Screenshots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this post, I\u2019ll walk you through the installation step by step, with screenshots for every important click along the way. Whether you\u2019re setting up a lab or preparing for production, these pictures will make sure you don\u2019t miss a thing. Let\u2019s dive in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mount ISO image and run installer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deploy new vCenter Server<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check “I accept the terms of the license agreement.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fill the ESXi host DNS name\/IP or vCenter DNS\/IP + credentials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Accept the certificate <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Provide a new vCenter VM Name and root password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Choose deployment size based on your environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pick datastore where the new vCenter will be deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fill all the netwok details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Final review before deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deployment in progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stage 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

choose “Setup”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Continue with Stage 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fill vCenter configuration, DNS servers, NTP’s, Allow\/disallow SSH access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Create new or join existing SSO domain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Configure CEIP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Review <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Warning as after this point there is no way back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stage 2 deployment and configuration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stage 2 progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stage 2 completed. Click on the link…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Accept SSL certificate as the initial SSL certificate is self-signed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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vCenter Web page<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Login to the vCenter WebUI client<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Welcome to your new vCenter 9.0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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vCenter 9 in dark mode<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this post, I\u2019ll walk you through the installation step by step, with screenshots for every important click along the way. Whether you\u2019re setting up a lab or preparing for production, these pictures will make sure you don\u2019t miss a thing. Let\u2019s dive in! Mount ISO image and run installer Deploy new vCenter Server Check … Continue reading “Step by Step vCenter Server 9.0 Installation with Screenshots”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,10,53,58,8],"tags":[17,20],"class_list":["post-4018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-vcenter","category-vcf","category-vcf9","category-vmware","tag-vcenter","tag-vmware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4018"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4068,"href":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018\/revisions\/4068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpxd.dc5.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}