vCenter tc Server

[kdbinger]

A bit confused on the vCenter tc Server.  Is it was is being used to host the vSphere Web Client, or can it be safely removed?

[vmroyale · Accepted solution]

Hello and welcome to the communities.

There are various components of vCenter that rely on tc, including the Web Client, Linked Mode, performance charts, etc.

[kdbinger]

To be sure, are you referring to "vCenter tc Server" or just simply tomcat in general?  I noticed while inventorying the installed programs there is a new program in the list called: "VMware vCenter Server - tc Server"

Guessing as a result of upgrading to 5.5, but I was not the installer so I'm wondering if the person installed it unintentionally or if it is in fact a dependency for such services as you mentioned above.

[Atul_gen]

"VMware vCenter Server - tc Server" is only for virtual center server.Inventory service and SPS they also have their tomcat server.you can find tomcat server for them with respective folder(Inventor service and storage profile folder).