Pre-Installation Requirements

Networking Requirements

This server must be on the management network and valid IP addressing must be available prior to install.

 

Database Requirements
A database server located - Local or Remote

 

Licensing Requirements

A valid VMware license file (denoted with the extension “.lic”) must be available prior to installation.

Loading VMware License File

The next step is to load the VMware License File onto the VMware Virtual Infrastructure Server. This file should be provided to you, called vmware.lic. .

The vmware.lic file looks similar to the below:

Installation Steps

Install SQL server 2000

Local or Remote and create a Virtual Center Database with the necessary security.

1. Insert the VMware VirtualCenter CD into the server. The CD should automatically launch. Choose “VirtualCenter Management Server”

2. Click Next

3. Accept the terms of the End User License Agreement and click Next

4. Enter the correct User Name and Organization name and Click Next

5. Enter the destination directory and click Next

6. Select “Typical” setup and click Next

7. Choose “Use and existing database server” and click Next

8. Click on ODBC DSN setup, and click Next

9. On the “OBDC Data Source Administrator” screen, click the “System DSN” tab. Choose “Add” to add a new System Data Source

10. Scroll down and choose “SQL Server” on the “Create New Data Source” screen. Click Finish

11. The “Create a New Data Source to SQL Server” wizard appears. Complete the wizard with the necessary information and connect to the SQL server.

12. On the next screen of the wizard, click “Change the default databse to:” and choose “VMware Database (created previously)” in the drop down box. Click Next

13. Click Finish

14. Click “Test Data Source” and make sure the test completed successfully.

15. Once the tests have been successful, click on OK to complete the DSN setup

16. Enter the DSN Name, Username and Password and click Next

17. Choose to install and configure the VMware VirtualCenter License Server. Click Next

18. Browse to the location of the License File and click Next

19. Set the ports for the VMware VirtualCenter Web Service and click Next

20. Leave the default port for Apache Tomcat and place a check mark in both of the boxes. Click Next

21. Click Install

22. Click Finish