Specifications

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Specify if the license server is on another system (note: 27000 is the default port used by license server)

or on the same host as VirtualCenter. The lab installation had the license server (with licenses) on the same

host as VirtualCenter.

Check “change host license server settings….” option. This will help override the host’s license settings and

will force the ESX Server hosts to use the license (server based) settings used by VirtualCenter.

Note: If you are likely to have a mix of host based and server based licensing for ESX Server, do not

check mark this box.

2.4 VMware ESX Server 3 Installation

The VMware ESX Server Version 3 installation includes the following components:

VMware ESX Server – Software to manage and serve virtual machines.

VMware Web Access – Software to allow web browser access to the ESX Server host.

Put the ESX Server 3 CD in the cdrom drive. “Power on” the machine.

Wait for the ESX Server 3 Boot prompt. For Graphical mode install press “Enter”

On ESX Server 3 installer wizard screen press “next”

Take the appropriate defaults (as displayed) for Language (English), Mouse, etc.

Agree to the license agreement

Select the disk drive on which to install ESX Server.

Take the “Recommended” option unless you want to manually create all the partitions on the disks for the

ESX Server install. We used a SCSI disk of 70GB size.

Note: The installer displays a warning if you attempt to install ESX Server software on an IDE drive

or a SATA drive in ATA emulation mode. VMFS is not supported on IDE or SATA. An ESX Server

host must have SCSI storage, NAS, or a SAN on which to store virtual machines. See “selecting a

boot drive” in the ESX Server installation documentation for all boot disk options.

Click “yes” when prompted with “are you sure you want to remove all partitions on the drive”.