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The installer program completes successfully when you see the message InstallShield Wizard Completed.
7. To view details of the installation, click Show the Windows Installer Log. Click Finish to complete the installation.
8. Restart your vCenter Server to enable the vFabric License Server changes.
What to do next
• Activate vFabric Suite licenses in your vCenter Server.
• Install one or more vFabric components, such as vFabric tc Server, on a new or existing virtual machine (VM.) If you are
installing on RHEL, see RHEL: Example Walkthrough of Installing Component From the VMware RPM Repository for an
example, but refer to the installation instructions for the particular vFabric component for details. If you are installing on
Windows or other Linux platform, see Windows/Linux: Example Walkthrough of Installing Component from Download Page
for an example.
• Monitor vFabric license usage by using the vFabric Suite command-line interface. See Monitoring vFabric License Usage.
Create the Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Data Source
Before you install vFabric License Server, you must create an ODBC data source that connects to either the database system
associated with vCenter Server or to a separate database system. If using the vCenter database system, VMware recommends
that you create a separate SQL Server database instance for vFabric use so as to keep the data of the two products separate. This
ODBC data source should be used only by vFabric License Server. This section provides instructions for the Microsoft SQL
Server database system.
Prerequisites
• Ensure that the Windows computer on which vCenter Server is running has the SQL Server Native Client ODBC
driver installed on it; if not, download and install the driver from the Microsoft SQL Server Web site.
• Create the database instance that will contain vFabric license data. See Guidelines for Creating the vFabric License Server
Database Instance.
Procedure
1. On the same Windows computer on which you are running vCenter Server, invoke the ODBC Data Source Administrator
window using Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Data Source (ODBC).
2. Click the System DSN tab.
3. Click the Add... button.
4. Select the SQL Server Native Client driver. Click Finish.
5. Enter a name and description of the data source, then select the SQL Server you want this data source to connect to from the
drop-down list. Click Next.
The SQL Server can be the one used by the vCenter Server or a different one, whichever works best for your environment.
6. Specify that you want SQL Server to verify the authenticity using a login ID and password entered by the user, then enter
the Login ID and password of the SQL Server user. This database user must have privileges to load the schema.
VMware recommends that you not specify integrated Windows authentication.
7. Continue clicking Next, and then Finish, taking all default values, until you see a summary of the data source configuration.
Test the data source to ensure you have configured it correctly, then click OK.
Create the Oracle ODBC Data Source
Before you install vFabric License Server, you must create an ODBC data source that connects to either the database system
associated with vCenter Server or to a separate database system. If using the vCenter database system, VMware recommends