As discussed in the previous chapter, there are two ways to deploy a vCenter Server: vCenter running on Windows and vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). In this chapter, we will discuss VCSA as a virtual appliance. We will cover the following topics:

• Deploying Platform Services Controller
• Deploying VCSA server components
• Setting up vCenter Server High Availability
• Adding VCSA to your Windows domain and adding users
• Checking VCSA performance using vimtop
• Checking VCSA performance using the GUI