Center Server provides a centralized platform for management, operation, resource provisioning, and performance evaluation of virtual machines and hosts. The vCenter Server Appliance is a preconfigured virtual machine that is optimized for running vCenter Server and the associated services. Image-based backup and restore for vCenter Server is deprecated in vCenter Server 7.0 and will not be supported in a future vSphere release vCenter Server 7.0 Deprecation of Image-Based Backup and Restore Support for vCenter Server.In vSphere 7.0, vCenter Server for Windows has been removed and support is not available Removal of vCenter Server for Windows Support.All PSC services have been consolidated into vCenter Server, and deployment and administration have been simplified. And no longer necessary nor possible to deploy and use an external Platform Services Controller with vCenter 7.0. To deploy or upgrading vCenter Server in vSphere 7.0 requires the use of vCenter Server appliance only With vCenter Server 7.0 all Platform Services Controller (PSC) services, preserving the functionality and workflows, including authentication, certificate management, and licensing. Removal of External Platform Services Controller.

There are many enhancement and features available with the latest vSphere 7.0 version and there are three important information you should know before upgrading or installing vCenter 7.0 In this article, we will share some important information about new vCenter Server 7.0 and the procedure to deploy the vCenter 7.0 appliance.

VMware has recently released its latest vSphere Version 7.0 which we already shared in our previous article.

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