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2 Click Next.
3 Accept the license agreement and click Next.
4 On the Log in page, supply administrator credentials for the vRealize Appliance and verify the SSL
Certificate.
a Type the user name, which is root, and the password.
The password is the password that you specified when you deployed the vRealize Appliance.
b Select Accept Certificate.
c Click View Certificate.
Compare the certificate thumbprint with the thumbprint set for the vRealize Appliance. You can
view the vRealize Appliance certificate in the client browser when the management console is
accessed on port 5480.
5 Click Next.
6 Select Custom Install on the Installation Type page.
7 Select IaaS Server under Component Selection on the Installation Type page.
8 Accept the root install location or click Change and select an installation path.
9 Click Next.
10 On the IaaS Server Custom Install page, select Database.
11 In the Database Instance text box, specify the database instance or click Scan and select from the
list of instances. If the database instance is on a non-default port, include the port number in instance
specification by using the form dbhost,SQL_port_number\SQLinstance. The Microsoft SQL default
port number is 1443.
12 Choose your database installation type from the Database Name panel.
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Select Use existing empty database to create the schema in an existing database.
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Type a new database name or type the default name vcac to create a new database.
13 Deselect Use default data and log directories to specify alternative locations or leave it selected to
use the default directories (recommended).
14 Select an authentication method for installing the database from the Authentication list.
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To use the credentials under which you are running the installer to create the database, select
User Windows identity... .
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To use SQL authentication, deselect Use Windows identity.... Type SQL credentials in the user
and password text boxes.
By default, the Windows service user account is used during runtime access to the database, and
must have sys admin rights to the SQL Server instance. The credentials used to access the database
at runtime can be configured to use SQL credentials.
15 Click Next.
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