How To Create Datacenter In Vcenter 6
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I've installed vCenter server for the first time and I'm trying to test in a lab environment. I'm trying to add my other 2-3 ESXi hosts.
I don't have any valid licenses yet as I'm just research testing.
For some reason I can't add any hosts, or datacenters. When I try to add a host and type in either IP address or DNS name, I get a message at the top of the window that says, "specify an appropriate location for host"
vCenter is not allowing me to add a datacenter, "select a vcenter server system or data folder in which to place to the new datacenter"
Is there any sort of order of operations when populating your vcenter?
I have three active ESXi hosts I'm testing with as well.
Are you logged into vCenter as administrator@vsphere.local? You have to be logged in as a user who has administrative rights to add objects.
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You have to be at the top level, the vCenter Server itself to create a datacenter.
You must have a datacenter before you can add hosts.
Optionally once you've created a datacenter, you can create folders or clusters, though these can be created later as well.
If you use the C# client it might make things easier for you.
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Jeff has this right. You need to be at the top level to create a Datacenter and once you do that then you can add hosts to that Datacenter.
Let us know if this helps and thanks!
Maybe I'm not understanding completely.
I installed from the vmware site the vcenter server 6.0 install. After the install I open up to the vsphere web client.
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I'm not quite sure how to proceed to add my esxi hosts from this point. I try to add a datacenter but I keep running into the same problems.
How does vcenter connect to the esxi hosts?
What are the pre-reqs needed?
Duly noted is that for testing purposes I'm running (2) old ESXi 4 (free) servers and (2) ESXi 5.5 (free) servers.
The vSphere Web client, for all its utility, can be as confusing as hell.
In your second screen shot, you have in the Navigator pane highlighted what you think is your vCenter (it's vCenter Home). That's not actually your vCenter itself. Under the sub-header "Resources" is the first entry, called vCenter Servers. Click on that and then choose your actual vCenter server.
Create your datacenter there, if you haven't already.
Your ESXi 4.x hosts cannot be managed by your 6.0 vCenter. Your 5.x hosts can.
Once you create a datacenter you can add you hosts individually to it. Or you can create a cluster first and then add your hosts individually to that.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the response. The problem in itself is that I don't know how to add servers. under the "resources" section I don't have any servers populated in there to choose.
The whole vsphere client is a blank canvas (so to speak), in which I don't know how to populate it with my esxi servers. Mind you, I understand that my esxi 4 servers wont work with vcenter 6.
Does vcenter somehow poll the network using some sort of broadcast in which the esxi servers respond and they show up in vcenter with you having the ability to simply add them?
I'll also state that I do not have't installed any licenses yet. I'm still testing and learning on demo servers before I roll out in production.
Would the lack of licenses have anything to do with it or is there something I'm missing in adding my esxi 5 servers?
vCenter is a blank canvas, as you said, when you start.
On the Getting Started tab, you see an option to create a Datacenter. Go ahead, if you haven't created one already. The datacenter is the highest level of organization within a vCenter. You can have one or more. They generally correspond to a physical location or site.
Once you have a datacenter created, you can add hosts or clusters. You will see the option to do so on the Getting Started tab once you navigate to the datacenter.
vCenter doesn't go out and look for hosts and there's no polling of hosts until you add them.
To add a host, enter its hostname, FQDN (if you have DNS properly set up) or IP address. Enter its user name, (generally root) and the password you assigned to the server when it was built. Acknowledge the server's certificate and you're done. Host added!
My issue is that it won't even LET me create a datacenter. I select "create new datacenter" I enter a asks to enter a datacenter name. Once I hit 'next' the error says " select a vcenter server system or a datacenter folder in which to place the new datacenter"
There's nothing that I can add or browse to.
Either before of after you add your hosts to vCenter, go to Home, then Licensing, and add your licenses for vCenter Server and ESXi Server.
Without a license, you have 60 days of full and unrestricted use before both vCenter Server and ESXi become somewhat disabled.
If you have a Windows domain, you can add that domain as an identity source (a place to look for accounts) in vCenter. This is under "Administration." Once the domain is added, you can log into vCenter with domain credentials.
Lots to learn.
Are you logged into vCenter as administrator@vsphere.local? You have to be logged in as a user who has administrative rights to add objects.
IT WORKED!!!! JEEZ...That's what is was?!
I've been logging in with the local admin account to my windows server.
I had to append the @vsphere.local and also the password that I set during the installation.
That let me in and I was able to add the datacenter and hosts.
Your help was much appreciated and valued.
Thank you @ JeffNew1213
You're welcome!
Whew!
Now go adding things. Go crazy. Drag and drop till you have things looking the way you want. Then change everything!
Sorry to say, the frustration is just beginning! Have fun!!!
Oh, and please don't forget to award Best Answer and Helpful Posts.
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Fantastic Work Jeff! Way to get to the crux of the issue!
OP, don't forget to mark any 'Best Answers'....alas, you can only mark one per thread. That said, you can mark several 'Helpful Posts' as you see fit in a single thread.
Glad you got it sorted!
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You rocks
fantastic answer. me also got same issue.. really you helped me lot.. Thanks
Just had this issue myself, thanks!!
Yeah I faced the same problem:
The administration has the rights to make changes in VCSA.
To login:
use username - administration@vsphere.local
I am hitting the same issue. After going around on this for a second day, I'm thinking the better approach is to directly access the ESXi via its client and erase this "applicance" vCenter. What a waste of time!!
Hi - I'm also have similar issues...
When you say login as 'administrator@vsphere.local' - does that relate to the 'SSO' settings that are configured during the vCenter appliance installation?
I changed these to a different domain name (which I recorded in my installation notes) - but I don't appear to be able to log in to vCenter using either the details I entered, or the '.local' version mentioned above.
If this 'vsphere.local' account is different to the SSO settings, then when/where is the password set for this? All I created during the installation process was the root password and the SSO Administrator password (and domain).
I can log into vCenter using the 'root' account - but I don't think that has any of the relevant permissions to access / do anything.
I'm thinking I may need to re-deploy the vCenter appliance (and leave the SSO domain as standard) - but if there is a simpler way to resolve this I'd be grateful.
(Also, I already have another vCenter installation on site that I think is using vsphere.local so I wanted to name this different to avoid any potential issues)
Just in case anyone else looks at this in future, I never resolved this. I re-installed again (using defaults) and it appeared to work OK.
So my advice is not to try and change the SSO settings :)
vcenter 6 is a painful software.
HI I also got the same issue. It's resolved. Thank you very much. I used the administrator account as you said and the location as you mentioned. Both resolved the issue. Thanks a lot for saving my time.
Thanks & Regards
Ravi
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