VMware vSphere 8 - Installing vCenter Server 8 VCSA appliance

In this episode, we take a look at installing VMware vSphere 8 and the steps involved to deploy the VCSA 8 appliance in your existing vSphere environment. The VCSA 8 appliance is deployed using the vCenter Server Installer utility. It deploys the virtual machine for vCenter Server 8 and allows implementing the configuration to stand up the SSO domain and other configuration. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/ Github: https://github.com/brandonleegit Introduction to installing vSphere 8 - 0:00 Discussing downloading the ISO image for VMware vCenter Server 8 - 0:42 Launching the vCenter Server Installer utility - 1:19 Going through and launching the installer - 1:27 Deployment target - 1:54 Selecting the folder to install in inventory - 2:25 Select the compute resource - 2:32 Naming the VM in vSphere inventory - 2:48 Select the deployment size - 3:00 Select the datastore to house the VCSA appliance - 3:27 Select and configure networking for your VCSA appliance - 3:33 Completing the configuration of Stage 1 for installing vCenter Server 8 - 4:37 Phase 1 has completed and continuing Phase 2 - 5:06 Synchronizing with time servers and selecting SSH options - 5:29 Configuring the SSO domain and setting the credentials - 5:38 Configure CEIP settings - 5:47 Ready to complete Phase 2 configuration - 5:52 After the Stage 2 installation completed successfully - 6:19 Logging into the vSphere Client for vSphere 8 - 6:40 Looking at the build and version for vCenter Server 8 - 7:05 Discussing IA release vs GA - 7:19 Wrapping up and concluding thoughts 7:32 Read my post to get the download links for vSphere 8, including vCenter Server 8 and ESXi 8: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/10/vmware-vsphere-8-download-links-for-esxi-8-and-vcenter-server-8/ Discussion of the vSAN Express Storage Architecture: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/09/vsan-8-original-storage-architecture-vs-express-storage-architecture-differences/ vSAN 8 technical deep dive: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/08/vmware-vsan-8-whats-new-technical-deep-dive/