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Join a Linked Mode Group After Installation
After installing vCenter Server, you can join a vCenter Server to a Linked Mode group.
Prerequisites
See “Linked Mode Prerequisites for vCenter Server,” on page 51 .
NOTE Joining a version 5.0 vCenter Server to older versions of vCenter Server is not supported.
Procedure
1 Select Start > All Programs > VMware > vCenter Server Linked Mode Configuration.
2 Click Next.
3 Select Modify linked mode configuration and click Next.
4 Click Join this vCenter Server instance to an existing linked mode group or another instance and click
Next.
5 Enter the server name and LDAP port number of a remote vCenter Server instance that is a member of
the group and click Next.
If you enter an IP address for the remote server, the installer converts it into a fully qualified domain name.
6 If the vCenter Server installer detects a role conflict, select how to resolve the conflict.
Option Action
Yes, let VMware vCenter Server
resolve the conflicts for me
Click Next.
The role on the joining system is renamed to vcenter_namerole_name, where
vcenter_name is the name of the vCenter Server system that is joining the
Linked Mode group, and role_name is the name of the original role.
No, I'll resolve the conflicts myself
To resolve the conflicts manually:
a Using the vSphere Client, log in to one of the vCenter Server systems
using an account with Administrator privileges.
b Rename the conflicting role.
c Close the vSphere Client session and return to the vCenter Server
installer.
d Click Back and click Next.
The installation continues without conflicts.
A conflict results if the joining system and the Linked Mode group each contain a role with the same name
but with different privileges.
7 Click Finish.
vCenter Server restarts. Depending on the size of your inventory, the change to Linked Mode might take
from a few seconds to a few minutes to complete.
The vCenter Server instance is now part of a Linked Mode group. After you form a Linked Mode group, you
can log in to any single instance of vCenter Server and view and manage the inventories of all the vCenter
Servers in the group. It might take several seconds for the global data (such as user roles) that are changed on
one machine to be visible on the other machines. The delay is usually 15 seconds or less. It might take a few
minutes for a new vCenter Server instance to be recognized and published by the existing instances, because
group members do not read the global data very often.
Chapter 5 Using vCenter Server in Linked Mode
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