Specifications

installation script
customized in ISO image 91
path to 117
supported locations 117
installing, VirtualCenter Server 64
installing ESXi, scripted 114
installing the vSphere Client 62
installing VMware Tools
Linux (tar installer) 158
Microsoft Windows 157
NetWare (tar installer) 161
Solaris (tar installer) 160
installorupgrade command 117
IP addresses 87
ISO image, with custom installation script 91
J
JVM heap settings, recommended for vCenter
Virtual Appliance 17
K
keyboard command 117
kickstart commands 125
L
LDAP 65
license server
managing legacy hosts 63
migrating 57
license, reapplying after upgrade 145
licensed mode 145
licensing, vCenter Server 61
Linked Mode
and databases 64
and permissions 64
requirements 64
Linked Mode group 61, 65
Linux guest, VMware Tools installation or
upgrade (tar installer) 158
Linux operating system specific packages for
VMware Tools 162, 166
log files 144
logging, providing space for 21
LUN masking 144
M
MAC address 94
maintenance mode, host 136
media options, ESXi installer, supported 87
memory, ESXi requirements 13, 15
Microsoft .NET Framework 21
Microsoft SQL Server, requirements 33
Microsoft Windows guest operating system,
VMware Tools installation or
upgrade 157
migrating, license server 57
migrating ESX 4.x files to ESXi 5.0 79
migration upgrade 38, 171, 172
N
NetWare guest operating system, VMware Tools
installation or upgrade (tar
installer) 161
network command 94, 117
network permissions
upgrade 70
upgrading 67
networking changes in ESXi 5.0 82
networks, permissions 70
New-DeployRule cmdlet 131
O
operating system specific packages for VMware
Tools in Linux virtual machines 162,
166
Oracle 34
Oracle database
changing the computer name 35
requirements 33
Oracle JDBC Driver 61
orchestrated host upgrades 99
orchestrated upgrade
of hosts 101
of virtual machines 151
OSPs for installing VMWare Tools in Linux
virtual machines 162, 166
P
paranoid command 117
part command 117
partition command 117
Partitioning, changes from ESX 4.x and ESXi 4.x
to ESXi 5.0 83
partitioning, fresh ESXi 5.0 installations 83
partitioning, upgraded ESXi 5.0 hosts 83
permissions, networks 70
plug-ins, updating with new machine name 57
port 80 conflict between vCenter Server and
IIS 24
ports
443 30
80 30
configuring 22, 23
firewall 22, 23
ports used by vCenter Server 22
ports used by vCenter Server Appliance 23
Index
VMware, Inc. 179