Installation guide

installing, VirtualCenter Server 61
installing ESXi, scripted 109
installing the vSphere Client 58
installing VMware Tools
Linux (tar installer) 152
Microsoft Windows 151
NetWare (tar installer) 155
Solaris (tar installer) 154
installorupgrade command 112
IP addresses 83
ISO image, with custom installation script 86
J
JVM heap settings, recommended for vCenter
Virtual Appliance 17
K
keyboard command 112
kickstart commands 119
L
LDAP 61
license server
managing legacy hosts 59
migrating 56
license, reapplying after upgrade 139
licensed mode 139
licensing, vCenter Server 57
Linked Mode
and databases 60, 61
and permissions 60, 61
requirements 61
Linked Mode group 57, 61
Linux guest, VMware Tools installation or upgrade
(tar installer) 152
Linux operating system specific packages for
VMware Tools 156, 160
log files 138
logging, providing space for 21
LUN masking 138
M
MAC address 89
maintenance mode, host 130
media options, ESXi installer, supported 83
memory, ESXi requirements 13, 15
Microsoft .NET Framework 21
Microsoft SQL Server, requirements 33
Microsoft Windows guest operating system,
VMware Tools installation or
upgrade 151
migrating, license server 56
migrating ESX 4.x files to ESXi 5.0 74
migration upgrade 38, 165, 166
N
NetWare guest operating system, VMware Tools
installation or upgrade (tar
installer) 155
network command 89, 112
network permissions
upgrade 66
upgrading 64
networking changes in ESXi 5.0 77
networks, permissions 66
New-DeployRule cmdlet 125
O
operating system specific packages for VMware
Tools in Linux virtual machines 156,
160
Oracle 34
Oracle database
changing the computer name 35
requirements 33
Oracle JDBC Driver 57
orchestrated host upgrades 94
orchestrated upgrade
of hosts 96
of virtual machines 145
OSPs for installing VMWare Tools in Linux virtual
machines 156, 160
P
paranoid command 112
part command 112
partition command 112
Partitioning, changes from ESX 4.x and ESXi 4.x
to ESXi 5.0 78
partitioning, fresh ESXi 5.0 installations 79
partitioning, upgraded ESXi 5.0 hosts 79
permissions, networks 66
plug-ins, updating with new machine name 55
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
postupgrade considerations 138
postupgrade considerations for vCenter
Server 57
pre-upgrade checker, for vCenter Agent 37
privileges, datastores 64
process for upgrading 163
Index
VMware, Inc. 173