Install vCenter Server 8 in VMware Workstation! Step-by-step process and error workaround

In this video we take a look at using VMware Workstation for your home lab environment to run vCenter Server 8. How can you install VMware vCenter Server 8 in VMware Workstation? We take a look at the process and a quirk to get this to work with vCenter Server 8. Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/ Github: https://github.com/brandonleegit Introduction - 0:00 Going over the typical vCenter Server installation method - 1:05 Relies on vCenter Server or ESXi host - 1:36 Deploy the VCSA appliance from the ISO file - 2:00 Looking at the OVA appliance - 2:14 Describing an error I received deploying the vCenter Server appliance - 2:52 Describing a change needed to successfully deploy a modified OVF template - 3:00 Using the OVFtool to create an OVF tool to deploy vCenter Server - 3:42 Converting the OVA to OVF process - 4:14 The OVF file is successfully created - 4:40 Navigating to the directory where we created the OVF - 4:52 Editing the OVF file - 5:15 Searching for the change we need to make - 5:30 Opening the modified OVF appliance file - 6:35 The wizard kicks off for phase 1 in the deployment of the VCSA appliance - 6:52 EULA - 7:19 Name the VM and storage location - 7:25 VCSA sizing - 7:30 Networking configuration - 7:36 SSO configuration - 8:07 System configuration - 8:17 Domain search path - 8:22 Completing the phase 1 and import begins - 8:36 VCSA booted and navigating manually to the VAMI interface - 9:10 Familiar vCenter Server installer interface from the VAMI interface - 9:33 Clicking Setup box - 9:50 Verifying the network properties - 10:05 Changing time synchronization and SSH access property - 10:15 SSO configuration - 10:25 CEIP options - 11:09 Summary screen - 11:19 Warning about disrupting the process - 11:29 Phase 2 begins - 11:50 VCSA appliance successfully deploys - 11:58 Wrapping up talking about VMware Workstation for home lab - 12:10 Upgrade to ESXi 8.0 in three ways: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/10/esxi-8-0-upgrade-in-three-ways/ VMware vSphere 8 download links: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/10/vmware-vsphere-8-download-links-for-esxi-8-and-vcenter-server-8/ William Lam's blog post covering the error for vCenter Server 8 and VMware Workstation: https://williamlam.com/2022/10/how-to-deploy-the-vcenter-server-appliance-vcsa-8-0-to-vmware-fusion-or-workstation.html