Setting Up a Newly Installed
vCenter Server
Instance

You can use the API to set up a newly deployed

vCenter Server

instance.

After stage 1 of the deployment process completes successfully, the

vCenter Server

instance enters in an

INITIALIZED

state. If the instance is not initialized, you cannot run stage 2 of the deployment process. You can get the state of the

vCenter Server

instance by using the

vcenter deployment

service. The

vCenter Server

instance can enter six states during the deployment process.

vCenter Server
Instance States During Install Stage 2
State	Description
NOT_INITIALIZED	The install stage 1 phase is in progress, not started, or failed.
INITIALIZED	The vCenter Server instance is deployed and ready for setup.
CONFIG_IN_PROGRESS	The setup process is in progress.
QUESTION_RAISED	You must answer the question to continue the setup process. The vCenter Server instance stays in the QUESTION_RAISED state until it receives the correct answer.
FAILED	Errors occurred during the setup process. You can check the errors, warnings, and info data structures.
CONFIGURED	The vCenter Server instance is installed and configured successfully.

FAILED

and

CONFIGURED

are final states.

Table 2 lists operations that you can perform to set up your newly deployed

vCenter Server

instance.

User Operations
Operation	Description
Get deployment information	You can retrieve information about the current deployment status. This operation is useful both before initiating stage 2 of the deployment and for monitoring the progress of the setup process.
Validate the configuration document	You can optionally verify whether your install spec is valid before starting the setup process.
Configure the vCenter Server instance	You can initiate the setup process by providing an install spec that defines the values for the settings that you want to configure.
Get question	You can retrieve a question raised during the setup process.
Answer question	You can provide an answer to the question raised during the setup process. The available answer values are YES , NO , OK , CANCEL , ABORT , RETRY , and IGNORE . The possible answer values depend on the type of the question. Each question has a default answer value. If you set questions to receive automatic answers in the install spec and a question is raised during the setup process, the default answer value is automatically provided as the answer to the question.

VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0