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In the majority of today’s information systems, the client-server architecture is king. This standing is because the client-server architecture can centralize resource management and give end users and client systems simplified access to those resources. Information systems used to exist in a flat, peer-to-peer model, when user accounts were required on every system where resource access was needed and when significant administrative overhead was needed simply to make things work. That’s how managing a large infrastructure with many ESXi hosts feels without vCenter Server. vCenter Server brings the advantages of the client-server architecture to the ESXi host and to VM management.

In this chapter, you will learn to

• Understand the components and role of vCenter Server

• Plan a vCenter Server deployment

• Install and configure a vCenter Server database

• Install and configure the Platform Services Controller

• Install and configure vCenter Server

• Install and configure the Web Client service

• Use vCenter Server’s management features