So, the scenario is you have built your first ESXi host that will be a part of a vSAN cluster and you want to put that new vCenter you built on to that host. This is a walk through showing you the option available to do so.

The below is a brand new ESXi host that I have built that I have configured the networking on.

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Make sure you setup your port group on the ESXi host UI for the new vcenter

Run the vcenter installer from the vcenter iso you have downloaded

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Click Next

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Accept agreement and click next.

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Select embedded platform service controller and click next

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Put in the details of the new ESXi host that you just built, that your going to use for vSAN and click next

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Accept certificate warning click yes

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Put in your new vcenter details and click next.

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Select your deployment size and click next

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Now the important bit

Select “install on a new VSAN Cluster containing the target host”

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Type in a name for the new datacenter and cluster and click next.

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Select which disks you want as cache and capacity and click next.

That’s it, continue install of vcenter and vsan like normal now

By Kader