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ThischapterdescribeshowtoprepareyourVirtualCenterdatabase,installVMware

InfrastructureManagementsoftware,andconfigurecommunicationbetween

components.YoucaninstallVMwareInfrastructureManagementsoftwareona

physicalsystemoronavirtualmachinerunningonanESX Server 3host.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

 “PreparingtheVirtualCenter ServerDatabase”onpage 65

 “InstallingVMwareInfrastructureManagementSoftware”onpage 72

 “ConfiguringCommunicationBetweenVirtualCenterComponents”onpage 76

 “UninstallingVMwareInfrastructureComponents”onpage 78

 “InstallingVirtualCenterinaVirtualMachine”onpage 79

Preparing the VirtualCenter Server Database

TheVMwareVirtualCenter Serverrequiresadatabasetostoreandorganizeserver

data.VirtualCenterversion 2serversupportsOracle,SQLServer ,andMicrosoftSQL

Server2005Express.

VirtualCenterrequiresadministrationcredentials(IDandpassword)tologintoan

OracleorSQLdatabase.ContactyourDBAforthesecredentials,orinstallthebundled

MicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressdatabase.

Installing VMware

Infrastructure Management

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NOTEMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressisintendedtobeusedforsmalldeployments

ofupto5hostsand50virtualmachines.