ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide
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Maintaining Your VirtualCenter Database
AfteryourVirtualCenterdatabaseinstanceandVirtualCenterareinstalledand
operational,performstandarddatabasemaintenanceprocesses.Theseinclude:
Monitoringthegrowthofthelogfileandcompactingthedatabaselogfile,as
needed.Seethedocumentationforthedatabasetypeyouareusing.
Schedulingregularbackupsofthedatabase.
BackingupthedatabasebeforeanyVirtualCenterupgrade.
Seeyourdatabasedocumentationforinformationonbackingupyourdatabase.
Installing VMware Infrastructure Management Software
ThissectiondescribeshowtoinstallmanagementsoftwarebyusingtheVMware
InfrastructureManagementCDordownloadpackage.TheVMwareInfrastructure
ManagementCDallowsyoutochoosethecomponentsyouwanttoinstallandinstalls
allselectedcomponentsinasingleprocedure.
VirtualCenter Server Prerequisites
Beforeyoubegintheinstallationprocedure,ensurethatyouhavedonethefollowing:
Ensurethatyourhardwaremeets“SystemRequirements”onpage 17.
MakesurethatthesystemyouuseforyourVirtualCenterinstallationbelongstoa
domainratherthanaworkgroup.Ifassignedtoaworkgroup,the
VirtualCenter Serverisnotabletodiscoveralldomainsandsystemsavailableon
thenetworkwhenusingsuchfeaturesasVirtualCenterConsolidation.To
determinewhetherthesystem
belongstoaworkgrouporadomain,right‐click
My ComputerandclickPropertiesandtheComputerNametab.TheComputer
NametabdisplayseitheraWorkgrouplabeloraDomainlabel.
CreateaVirtualCenterdatabase,unlessyouwanttouseSQLServer2005Express.
See “PreparingtheVirtualCenter ServerDatabase”onpage 65.
ObtainandassignastaticIPaddressandhostnametotheWindowsserverthat
willhosttheVirtualCenter Serverandthelicenseserver.ThisIPaddressmusthave
avalid(internal)DNSregistrationthatresolvesproperlyfromallmanaged
ESX Serverhosts.Forbestresults,ensurethattheWindowsservernameis
exactly
thesameastheDNShostname.
