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Vsphere 6.0 - What'S New in Vcenter Server 6.0

vSphere 6.0 introduced two new vCenter deployment models: 1) vCenter with an embedded Platform Services Controller where all services are on the same host, suitable for smaller environments; and 2) vCenter with an external Platform Services Controller where services are on different hosts, suitable for larger environments. The embedded database was also changed from SQL Express to vFabric Postgres for environments with up to 20 hosts and 200 VMs. Supported operating systems and databases for vCenter 6.0 installation are listed.

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Vsphere 6.0 - What'S New in Vcenter Server 6.0

vSphere 6.0 introduced two new vCenter deployment models: 1) vCenter with an embedded Platform Services Controller where all services are on the same host, suitable for smaller environments; and 2) vCenter with an external Platform Services Controller where services are on different hosts, suitable for larger environments. The embedded database was also changed from SQL Express to vFabric Postgres for environments with up to 20 hosts and 200 VMs. Supported operating systems and databases for vCenter 6.0 installation are listed.

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vSphere 6.0 Whats New in vCenter Server 6.

0
In vSphere 6.0, you will notice considerably new terms, when installation vCenter Server 6.0. As similar to the
previous versions of vCenter Deployment, You can install vCenter Server on a host machine running Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 SP2 or later or you can deploy vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). With vSphere 6.0,
There are 2 different new vCenter Deployment Models.

vCenter with an embedded Platform Services Controller


vCenter with an external Platform Services Controller

One of the Considerable Change, you will notice with vCenter Server installation is deployment models and
embedded database. Embedded database has been changed from SQL express edition to vFabric Postgres
database. vFabric Postgres database embedded with vCenter installer is suitable for the environments with up
to 20 hosts and 200 virtual machines and vCenter 6.0 continuous to support Microsoft and Oracle Database as
external database. with vCenter Upgrades, where SQL express was installed will be converted to
vPostgres. Lets review the System requirements to install vCenter 6.0:
Supported Windows Operation System for vCenter 6.0 Installation:

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 64-bit


Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 64-bit
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit

Supported Databases for vCenter 6.0 Installation:

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1


Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1
Microsoft SQL Server 2014
Oracle 11g R2 11.2.0.4
Oracle 12c

Components of vCenter Server 6.0:


There are two Major Components of vCenter 6.0:

vCenter Server: vCenter Server product, that contains all of the products such as vCenter Server,
vSphere Web Client,Inventory Service, vSphere Auto Deploy, vSphere ESXi Dump Collector, and
vSphere Syslog Collector

VMware Platform Services Controller: Platform Services Controller contains all of the services
necessary for running the products, such as vCenter Single Sign-On, License Service and VMware
Certificate Authority

vCenter 6.0 Deployment Models:


vSphere 6.0 introduces vCenter Server with two deployment model. vCenter with external Platform Services
Controller and vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller.

vCenter with an embedded Platform Services Controller:


All services bundled with the Platform Services Controller are deployed on the same host machine as
vCenter Server. vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller is suitable for smaller
environments with eight or less product instances.

vCenter with an external Platform Services Controller:


The services bundled with the Platform Services Controller and vCenter Server are deployed on different
host machines.You must deploy the VMware Platform Services Controller first on one virtual machine or host
and then deploy vCenter Server on another virtual machine or host. The Platform Services Controller can be
shared across many products. This configuration is suitable for larger environments with nine or more
product instances.

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