Hello,
I have a scenario whereby there are 10-12 ESXi hosts spread across different locations and are required to be managed centrally using vCenter Server. My question:
- Is it possible to have 1 vCenter Server manage 10-12 ESXi hosts spread across various locations? If YES what are the requirements in terms of authentication, network connectivity etc.
Hoping to receive some information on my scenario
Nikhil
Yes, it is possible, but depending on where some of these locations are, I would strictly reject to mange them remote .
AWo
Hi,
yes it's possible to manage all those hosts with one vCenter server. Best practice would be if all locations were connected through a VPN network to secure the traffic.
A requirement would be to open some ports so vCenter can talk to the ESXi servers.
Here's a list of the used ports: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.install.doc_50%2FGUID-925370...
A full list of ports can be found here:
Regards
Can we use MPLS as it will allow the ESXi hosts to be added to domain, use domain authentication?
NIkhil
if MPLS is there, then it is cool no need to do any extra things, you can add to domain also.