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| Why does vCenter Server require specific ports to be open? |
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Definition
| VMware uses designated ports for communication. Additionally, the managed hosts monitor designated ports for data from the vCenter Server system. |
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| When will the vCenter Server installer open required ports during installation and when is it required to manually open ports? |
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If a firewall exists between any of these elements and Windows firewall service is in use, the installer opens the ports during the installation. For custom firewalls, you must manually open the required ports. If you have a firewall between two managed hosts and you want to perform source or target activities, such as migration or cloning, you must configure a means for the managed hosts to receive data.
For the vCenter Server appliance, the ports must be manually opened for any firewall. |
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| In what windows server/s is a firewall enabled by default? |
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| Provides direct HTTP connections. Redirects requests to HTTPS port 443. |
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Definition
| Port 80, both vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance. |
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If you use a MS SQL database other than the bundled SQL Server 2008 database that is stored on the same host machine as the vCenter Server, this port is used by the SQL Reporting Service.
IF you use Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) there will also be a conflict with this port. |
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Port 80. In this case/cases you would need to change the HTTP port for vCenter Server to a custom value to ensure successful installation.
Not Applicable to the vCenter Server Appliance (we are not using Windows services in a Linux Appliance) |
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| LDAP port number for the Directory Services for the vCenter Server group. Required even if not running vCenter Server in Linked Mode. |
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Definition
389. If this instance is serving as the AD group, change to any available port from 1025 to 65535.
Not applicable to vCenter Server Appliance (no LDAP) |
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The default port vCenter uses to listen for connections from the vSphere Client.
Also used to monitor data transfer from the SDK clients.
If you change this port you must use ip-address:port when you log into vCenter Server. |
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| Port 443. Both vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| The SSL port of the local instance when vCenter Server is running in linked mode. |
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Port 636. If 636 is already in use, you can use any port from 1025 to 65535 if needed for this purpose.
Does not apply to vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| The default port that the vCenter Server system uses to send data to managed hosts. Managed hosts also send a regular heartbeat over UDP port xxx to the vCenter Server system. This port must not be blocked by firewalls between the server and the hosts or between hosts. |
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Definition
Port 902.
Applies to both vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance. Also used to display virtual machine consoles in vCenter Server Appliance. |
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Port xxx must not be blocked between the vSphere Client and the hosts. The vSphere Client uses this
ports to display virtual machine consoles. |
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Definition
Port 903.
Does not apply to the vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| Web Services HTTP. Used for the VMware VirtualCenter Management Web Services. |
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Definition
Port 8080.
Applies to both vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| Web Services HTTPS. Used for the VMware VirtualCenter Management Web Services. |
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| Port 8443. Applies to both vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| Web Service change service notification port. |
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Definition
Port 60099.
Does not apply to the vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| vCenter Inventory Service HTTPS. |
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Definition
| Port 10443. Applies to both vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| vCenter Auto Deploy service |
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Definition
| Port 6501. Applies to the vCenter Server (5.1 only) and the vCenter Server Appliance (5.0 and 5.1) |
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| vCenter Auto Deploy Management. |
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| Port 6502. Applies to the vCenter Server (5.1 only) and the vCenter Server Appliance (5.0 and 5.1) |
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| vCenter Single Sign On (5.1 only). Name 3 ports required. |
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Definition
| Ports 7005, 7009, 7989. Does not apply to the vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| vCenter Single Sign on HTTPS. (vSphere 5.1 only) |
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| Port 7444. Does not apply to the vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| Port 9443. Applies to vCenter Server (5.1 only) and vCenter Server Appliance (both 5.0 and 5.1). |
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| Port 9090. Applies to vCenter Server (5.1 only) and vCenter Server Appliance (both 5.0 and 5.1) |
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| vCenter Inventory Service HTTP. |
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Definition
| Port 10080. Applies to both vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| vCenter Inventory Service Management. |
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Definition
5.0: Port 10109
5.1: Port 10111
Does not apply to the vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| vCenter Inventory Service Linked Mode Communication. |
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Definition
5.0: 10111
5.1: 10109
Does not apply to the vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| vCenter Inventory Service Database. |
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Definition
| Port 10109. Applies ONLY to the vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| vSphere Syslog Collector Server. |
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| Port 514. Applies only to the vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| vSphere Syslog Collector Server. (SSL) |
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| Port 1514. Applies only to the vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| Network coredump server (UDP). |
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| Port 6500. Applies only to the vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| vCenter Server Appliance Web user interface HTTPS. |
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Definition
| Port 5480. Appies only to the vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| vCenter Server Appliance Web user interface CIM service. |
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Definition
| Port 5489. Applies only to the vCenter Server Appliance. |
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| Port 22. Applies only to the vCenter Server Appliance.c |
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