Users Guide

12 Microsoft SCE/SCVMM Integrated Solution

Installing and Connecting to the SCVMM 2008 User Console

Launch the

VMM 2008 Setup Wizard

Select

User Console

and follow the instructions on the wizard to complete

the installation.

After installation is complete, launch

VMM User Console

In the Console window provide the host name of the VMM Server Host to

connect to it.

Integrated Environment with Essentials Database on Remote System

In this installation option, Essentials and VMM 2008 are installed on one

system while the Essentials database is located on the remote system.

This scenario is useful if you have a centralized database server.

Install Essentials on the management station as defined in "Installing

Essentials on a Dell PowerEdge System."

NOTE: Install only the SQL Reporting Server component of the database on

the management station. For more information on how to install and configure

SQL Reporting Server, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938245.

To install Essentials with remote database, during the installation,

select the remote database instance instead of local database instance,

in the

Database Instance Selection

pane of Essentials installation wizard.

NOTE: For Information on configuring the SQL Database for remote

connection, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914277.

Management Server installed

with Essentials and VMM

SQL Server 2005 SP2 working as

database server for the SCE MS

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