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3ClickYestoconfirmthatyouwanttoremovetheprogram.
4ClickFinish.
Installing VirtualCenter in a Virtual Machine
YoucaninstallyourVirtualCentercomponentsinaWindowsvirtualmachine,which
runsonanESX Serverhost.DeployingyourVirtualCenterinthevirtualmachinehas
thefollowingadvantages:
RatherthandedicatingaseparateservertoyourVirtualCenter,youcanplaceitin
avirtualmachinerunningonthesameESX Serverhostwhereyourothervirtual
machinesrun.
YoucanprovidehighavailabilityfortheVirtualCenter Serverbyusing
VMware HA.
YoucanmigratethevirtualmachinecontainingyourVirtualCenterfromonehost
toanother,enablingmaintenanceandotheractivities.
YoucancreatesnapshotsoftheVirtualCentervirtualmachineandusethemfor
backups,archiving,andsoon.
To install VirtualCenter in a Virtual Machine
1Onastandaloneserver,installtheESX Server.
See “InstallingVMwareESX ServerSoftware”onpage 81.
2OnanymachinethathasnetworkaccesstoyourESX Serverhost,installthe
VI Client.
ToinstallonlytheVI Client,perform
acustominstallationasdescribedin“To
installVMwareInfrastructureManagement”onpage 74.
3UsingtheVI Client,accesstheESX Serverhostdirectlytocreatethevirtual
machineforhostingVirtualCenter.
Forinformationoncreatingvirtualmachines,seeBasicSystemAdministration.
4Inthevirtualmachine,installVirtualCenterfollowingproceduresdescribedinthis
chapter.
For
moredetailsoninstallingandrunningVirtualCenterinavirtualmachine,see
RunningVirtualCenterinaVirtualMachineat
www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_vc_in_vm.pdf.
