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ESX Server 3 Installation Guide

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15 ClickInstall.

Installationmighttakeseveralminutes.Multipleprogressbarsappearduring

installationoftheselectedcomponents.

16 ClickFinishtocompletetheVMwareInfrastructureinstallation.

Configuring Communication Between VirtualCenter

Components

TheVirtualCenter ServermustbeabletosenddatatoeveryVirtualCentermanaged

hostandreceivedatafromeachVI Client.Toenableanymigrationorprovisioning

activitiesbetweenVirtualCentermanagedhosts,thesourceandtargethostsmustbe

abletoreceivedatafromeachother.

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Duringnormaloperations,VirtualCenterislisteningfordatafromitsmanagedhosts

andclientsondesignatedports.Additionally,themanagedhostsarelisteningfordata

fromVirtualCenterondesignatedports.Ifafirewallexistsbetweenanyofthese

elements,aholemustbecreatedtoallowdatatransfertothesedesignated

ports.

Thefollowingsectionsdescribehowtofacilitatethiscommunication.Forinformation

onSDKcommunications,seetheVMwareSDKdocumentation.Foramorethorough

discussionoffirewallconfiguration,seetheServerConfigurationGuide.

Connecting to Your VirtualCenter Server Through a Firewall

ThedefaultportsthattheVirtualCenter Serverusestolistenforconnectionsfromthe

VI Clientareports80,443,and902.TheVirtualCenter Serveralsousesport443tolisten

fordatatransferfromtheVIWebAccessClientandotherSDKclients.

IfyouhaveafirewallbetweenyourVirtualCenter Serverandits

clients,youmust

configureameansfortheVirtualCenter Servertoreceivedatafromthem.

ToenabletheVirtualCenter ServertoreceivedatafromtheVI Client,openports80,

443,and902inthefirewalltoallowdatatransferfromtheVI Clienttothe

VirtualCenter Server.ToenabletheVirtualCenter Servertoreceivedatafrom

theVI

WebAccessClient,openport443inthefirewall.Consultyourfirewallsystem

administratorforadditionalinformationonconfiguringportsinafirewall.

IfyouwanttheVirtualCenter ServertouseadifferentporttoreceiveVI Clientdata,see

BasicSystemAdministration.

TotunneltheVI Clientdatathroughthefirewall

tothereceivingportonthe

VirtualCenter Server,seeBasicSystemAdministration.VMwaredoesnotrecommended

thismethodbecauseitdisablestheVirtualCenterconsolefunction.