Trin khai Ci t vCenter 4.

Tip theo bi hng dn trin khai ci t h thng VMware server ESXi ln trc trong bi ny
ti s hng dn cc bn trong vic trin khai h thng vCenter Server 4.1 update 1. y l mt
component chnh trong h tng o ha ca VMware, vCenter cho php chng ta qun l tp
trung ton b h tng o ha trong phin bn ESX trc y th khng c thnh phn vCenter
chng ta vn c th qun l h tng o ca mnh tt nhin l khng c tp trung tuy nhin n
vi phin bn ESXi nh mi ngi bit l thnh phn Service Console trn mi ESX server
khng cn c s dng trong phin bn ESXi na do vCenter c th ni l mt thnh phn
khng th thiu nu nh mun qun tr h tng o ha VMware. c bit c vai tr quan trng
khc l qun l cc tnh nng Advance nh CLuster, HA, DRS, Host profile, vDS m i hi
phi qun l thng qua vCenter.
Tin th trong bi ny ti cng s a ra hai phng n trin khai vCenter v ang c tranh
lun kh nhiu l nn chn ci t vCenter trn mi trng o hay mi trng vt l. Nu
trin khai trn physical th khng g bn ci v hiu sut chng cn chia s ti nguyn vi bt k
my no m bo hiu sut my ch vCenter nhng bn s phi thch th hn trong vic trin
khai vCenter trn my o v sao ? V n s mang li tt c nhng li ch m mt my o mng
li:

Bn c th snapshot trnh cc ri ro khng ng c trong nng cp hoc trong

giai on testing

Bn c th kt hp vi h tng DRS nng cao tnh sn sng v hiu sut n

nh lin tc cho vCenter.

V bn s lun an tm vi tnh nng HA, FT vCenter ca bn s lun trong trng

thi sn sng bt khi no Host ang c tr gp s c vCenter s c t ng
move sang ni khc v hy nh rng khong thi gian vCenter s khng nh
hng n vic HA c thc thi.

Tuy t vCenter trong mi trng o t c kh nhiu li ch nhng khng th trng khi tnh
trng ton h thng o u sp lc physical vCenter li l mt li th nn trong trng hp
ca ti la chn song song c virtual v physical l l tng nht.
Vic ci t vCenter 4.1 kh n gin ch yu bn phi nm r mnh ang trin khai s dng m
hnh no nu l m hnh doanh nghip nh vai host hoc l demo hc tp th chng ta c th s
dng phin bn SQL server 2005 Express km theo mc nh trong bn ci t cn nu l m
hnh trin khai thc t th bn nn xem xt vic la chn phin bn Database server l SQL
server hoc Oracle phc v ng nhu cu. Trong bi vit ny ti s hng dn xoay quanh
vic dng SQL express (mc nh) v trng hp mun dng SQL server Enterprise.
u tin l cc bn tham kho cc gii hn trong vic ci t vCenter
Processor: Two 64-bit CPUs Intel or AMD x64 2.0GHz hoc hn (nn l dual core tr ln)
Memory: 3GB RAM. RAM c th yu cu hn nu bn trin khai Database trn cng vCenter.
(VMware VirtualCenter Management WebServices yu cu 128Mb n 1.5GB khi startup)
Disk storage: 2GB (dung lng ti thiu yu cu v c th cn thm nhiu hn khi c database
chung server)
Networking: 1GB ngh
Database: SQL Express cho trin khai nh (5 hosts/50 VMs) c th so snh thm bn di.

Operating System:
Windows XP Pro SP2 (SP2 required, 64-bit)
Windows Server 2003 (SP1 required, 64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Database:
Microsoft SQL server Database Support:
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express (Ch : Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express ch dng cho
mi trng nh 5 hosts and/or 50 virtual machines)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard edition (SP1, SP2, SP3)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard edition (SP2, SP3) 64 bit
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition (SP1, SP2, SP3)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition (SP2, SP3) 64 bit
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition 64 bit
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition 64 bit
Oracle Database Support:
Oracle 10g Standard edition (Release 2 [10.2.0.4])

Oracle 10g Enterprise edition (Release 2 [10.2.0.4])

Oracle 10g Enterprise edition (Release 2 [10.2.0.4]) 64 bit
Oracle 11g Standard edition
Oracle 11g Enterprise edition
IBM DB2 9 Support:
IBM DB2 Express C
IBM DB2 Express Edition 9
IBM DB2 Workgroup Server Edition 9
IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9
Ci t vCenter Server
Ti chun b trc mt my Window server 2008 R2, 1 a vCenter hoc c th dng file ISO
map trc tip nu nh ang dng mi trng o. Mt khi bc chun b mi trng hon tt
chng ta s bt u ci t bng cch b i ci t vo v chn vCenter Server

La chn ngn ng

Next b qua hp thoi Welcome to the installation wizard for VMware vCenter Server

Next b qua

Chn I agree to the terms in the licence agreement

in cc thng User Name Organization v License Key. Nu b qua h thng s t ng

chuyn qua Evaluation Mode ci t phin bn gii hn

K tip chnh l ni quyt nh database s s dng cha cc thng tin v mi trng o ha ca

chung. u tin ti s hng dn vic ci t mc nh phin bn Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Express dnh cho mi trng demo hoc doanh nghip nh.. n gin ch vic mc nh nh
hnh sau:

i vi trng hp ci t bn SQL server Enterprise chng ta phi chn DSN c c thng

s ny trong danh sch chn chng ta lm cc bc sau y.
u tin chc chn l phi ci t SQL server Enterprise hon tt v ng nhp vo giao din
qun l SQL server

To mt ti khon s dng kt ni v ton quyn trong database ca vCenter

Cung cp thng tin theo hnh sau

Chuyn qua mc Server Roles phn quyn nh sau

K tip to databse cho vcenter

Ti y khai bo ti khon qun l l ti khon va to trong bc trc

Chuyn tip qua tab Options > OK

Vo li th mc Logins v Properties ti khon vCenter to trc

Chn database qun l mc nh l databse vcenter va to nh hnh sau

K tip ln trn my ch vCenter Server phi thit lp cc tham s v DSN nh vo Start >
Control Panel > Administrative Tools Data Sources (ODBC) chuyn qua tab System

Chn SQL Server Native Client 10.0 nu khng c ty chn ny vui lng dng a ci t SQL
server v ci t Native Client

Tip n khai bo cc tham s cn thit nh NAME (ty ) v a ch my ch kt ni Database

Khai bo ti khon to ra trong SQL server cc bc trc

K tip bn la chn database tng ng dnh ring cho vCenter cng to bc trc

ty chn nh hnh v chn Finish kt thc qu trnh to DSN

Bn c th th kim tra kt ni database

Sau khi kim tra xong DSN bn quay tr li ca s ci t chn Database nh sau

K tip bn s chn ti khon s dng cho vCenter Server service mc nh l Local System
Account.

La chn th mc s ci t vCenter Server mc nh l C:Program

Files\VMware\Infrastructure

Ty chn k tip l vCenter Server Linked Mode Options vi mc tiu trin khai vCenter ng
mt mnh th mc nh nu bn d liu trc cho vic trin trong ch Link Mode th chn
Join a VMware vCenter Server group using linked mode to share information.

K tip l xc nh cc port s dng trong mi trng vCenter nu bn mun xy dng mi

trng vi an ton ty bin cao th thay i port cho ph hp. y l Lab nn s mc nh

Hp thoi vCenter Server JVM Memory cho php xc nh memory cn thit cho ln h
tng o ha ca bn:

K tip l hp thoi cui cng sn sng cho vic ci t vCenter vo h thng

Qu trnh ny s tn kh t thi gian:

Hp thoi thng bo ci t hon tt

Tip theo qun tr c vCenter chng ta cn c vSphere client cho php kt ni vi vCenter
v cung cp giao din qun tr h tng o vmware. vSphere Client c sn trong a ci t hoc
c th vo vCenter bng trnh duyt web vi a ch l IP vCenter download vSphere.

y ti ci t t a ci t vCenter

Cui cng logon trn vSphere CLient vo vCenter ta c giao din cu hnh nh sau (p/s:
vcenter mnh cu hnh sn nn mi vy nha bt s trng ko c my no c)