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3 (Optional) Select the option to Use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express as the embedded
database, and click Install.
Note Skip this step only if you plan to use another supported Oracle or SQL Server database.
If the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express is not present on your system from previous
Update Manager installations, the installation wizard for the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express
opens.
4 Select the option to install the Microsoft .NET framework 4.7.
Note If you do not select to install Microsoft .NET framework 4.7, the Update Manager Download
Service installation will fail with an error message.
5 On the VMware vCenter Installer, click Install.
The VMware vCenter Installer wizard remains open, and a language selection dialog box opens.
6 Select the language for the vSphere Update Manager Download Service installer, and click OK.
7 Depending on the database selection you made in the VMware vCenter Installer, perform one of the
following steps:
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If you selected to use embedded Microsoft SQL Server 2012, wait for the installation process of
the Microsoft .NET framework 4.7 and the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to complete, and from the
VMware vCenter Installer, click Install again.
The VMware vSphere Update Manager Download Service installer opens.
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If you are using another supported database and did not select to use the embedded Microsoft
SQL Server 2012, the VMware vSphere Update Manager Download Service installer opens, and
you can proceed with next steps.
8 (Optional) If the wizard prompts you, install the required items such as Windows Installer 4.5.
This step is required only if Windows Installer 4.5 is not present on your machine and you must
perform it the first time you install a vSphere 5.x product. After the system restarts, the installer starts
again.
9 Review the Welcome page and click Next.
10 Read and accept the license agreement, and click Next.
11 (Optional) Select the database, and click Next.
If you selected to use the embedded Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express database, the installation
wizard skips this page.
a Use an existing supported database, by selecting your database from the list of DSNs. If the DSN
does not use Windows NT authentication, enter the user name and password for the DSN and
click Next.
Important The DSN must be a 64-bit DSN.
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