Specifications

Download the vCenter Server Installer
Download the installer for vCenter Server, the vSphere Web Client, and associated vCenter components and
support tools.
Prerequisites
Create a My VMware account at https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/.
Procedure
1 Download the vCenter Server installer from the VMware Web site at
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
vCenter Server is part of VMware vSphere, listed under Datacenter & Cloud Infrastructure.
2 Confirm that the md5sum is correct.
See the VMware Web site topic Using MD5 Checksums at
http://www.vmware.com/download/md5.html.
Microsoft SQL Database Set to Unsupported Compatibility Mode
Causes vCenter Server Installation or Upgrade to Fail
vCenter Server installation with a Microsoft SQL database fails when the database is set to compatibility
mode with an unsupported version.
Problem
The following error message appears: The DB User entered does not have the required permissions
needed to install and configure vCenter Server with the selected DB. Please correct the following
error(s): %s
Cause
The database version must be supported for vCenter Server. For SQL, even if the database is a supported
version, if it is set to run in compatibility mode with an unsupported version, this error occurs. For example,
if SQL 2008 is set to run in SQL 2000 compatibility mode, this error occurs.
Solution
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Make sure the vCenter Server database is a supported version and is not set to compatibility mode with
an unsupported version. See the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes at
http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php?.
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