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4 Select a language for the installer and click OK.
5 When the Welcome page appears, click Next.
6 Select I agree to the terms in the license agreement and click Next.
7 Type your user name, organization, and vCenter Server license key, and click Next.
8 Select the type of database to use.
Option Action
To use the bundled database
Click Install SQL Server 2005 Express instance (for small-scale
deployments).
This database is suitable for deployments of up to 5 hosts and 50 virtual
machines.
To use an existing database
Click Use an existing supported database and select your database from the
list. Type the user name and password for the DSN and click Next.
If your database is a local SQL Server database using Windows NT
authentication, leave the user name and password fields blank.
If you specify a remote SQL Server database that uses Windows NT
authentication, the database user and the logged-in user on the
vCenter Server machine must be the same.
A dialog box might appear, warning you that the DSN points to an older version of a repository that must
be upgraded. If you click Yes, the installer upgrades the database schema, making the database irreversibly
incompatible with previous VirtualCenter versions.
9 Enter the administrator name and password that you use when you log in to the system on which you are
installing vCenter Server and click Next.
10 Select Use SYSTEM Account and click Next.
11 Select the account type.
If you want to use Windows authentication for SQL Server, specify an account that is an administrator on
the local machine. As a best practice, type the account name as DomainName\Username. Type the account
password, retype the password, and click Next.
12 Either accept the default destination folders or click Change to select another location, and click Next.
The installation path cannot have commas (,) or periods (.).
13 Select Create a standalone VMware vCenter Server instance or Join Group and click Next.
Join a Linked Mode group to enable the vSphere Client to view, search, and manage data across multiple
vCenter Server systems.
This option does not appear if you are upgrading the VirtualCenter database schema. If it does not appear,
you can join a Linked Mode group after the installation is complete.
14 (Optional) If you join a group, enter the fully qualified domain name and LDAP port number of any remote
vCenter Server system and click Next.
In some cases, you can enter the IP address instead of the fully qualified domain name. To help ensure
connectivity, the best practice is to use the fully qualified domain name. For IPv6, unless both the local
and the remote machine are in IPv6 mode, you must enter the fully qualified domain name of the remote
machine instead of the IPv6 address. If the local machine has an IPv4 address and the remote machine has
an IPv6 address, the local machine must support IPv4 and IPv6 mixed mode. The domain name server
must be able to resolve both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses if your environment has both addressing types in a
single Linked Mode group.
15 Enter the port numbers to use or accept the default port numbers and click Next.
16 Select the vCenter Server configuration that best describes your setup and click Next.
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