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ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide

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Installation Procedure

ThisproceduredescribeshowtoinstallallVMwareInfrastructuremanagement

components.

To install VMware Infrastructure Management

1AsAdministratorontheWindowssystem,inserttheinstallationCD.

2 ChoosealanguagefortheinstallerandclickOK.

3WhentheVMwareInfrastructureManagementInstallerscreenappears,click

Next.

IftheVMwareInfrastructureManagementInstallerscreendoesnotappear,

double

‐clicktheautorun.exeicon.

4ReadtheIntroductionpageandclickNext.

5 SelectIacceptthetermsinthelicenseagreementandclickNext.

6TypeyourusernameandcompanynameandclickNext.

7 SelectoneoftheinstallationtypesandclickNext.

Thechoicesare:

 InstalltheVI Client.

 InstalltheVirtualCenter Server.

 Chooseacustominstallationtoinstallmultiplecomponents.

8 Selecttheoptioncorrespondingwiththedatabaseyouconfigured.

Ifyouhavenotconfiguredasupporteddatabase,clickInstallMicrosoftSQL

Server2005Express.Thisdatabaseissuitableforsmalldeploymentsofupto

5hostsand50virtualmachines.

Ifyouhaveconfigured

asupporteddatabase,clickUseanexistingdatabaseand

enteryourdatabaseconnectioninformation:

aTypetheDSNassociatedwithyourdatabase.

ThismustbeasystemDSN.

bIfyourdatabaseisalocalSQLServerdatabaseusingWindowsNT

authentication,leavetheusernameandpasswordfieldsblank.Otherwise,

typethe

usernameandpasswordassociatedwiththedatasourcenameand

clickNext.