ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide
ports used by vCenter Server 18
postinstallation options 105
postinstallation requirements 105
power on virtual machines 132
preparing database 94
prerequisites, ESX 21
prerequisites for installing vCenter Server 95
PXE
configuration files 36
prerequisites 34
setup procedure 34
PXE boot, overview 32
R
ramdisk 39
Read-only permission 125
reboot command 50
registry settings 114
reinstalling vCenter Server 108
remote Oracle database 93
remote SQL Server database 85
removing 3rd-party modules 70
removing custom packages 70
removing vCenter Server 108
required partitions 22, 63
requirements for virtual machines 18
requirements for vSphere Client 18
ROM image 31
rootpw command 50
RPCCfg.exe 114
RPMS directory 27
RSA 19
RSA II 39
S
SAN 27
SATA disks 13
schema, for DB2 81
schema for Oracle database 91
schema for SQL Server database 86
script, for installing ESX 48
script for DB2 database 79
script for Oracle database 90
script for SQL Server database 85
scripted database schema creation, for DB2 81
scripted installation
differences with kickstart 58
first detected disk 49
scripted installation of ESX 47, 49
SCSI 13
SCSI disks 13
SDK 97, 110, 113
138
security 96
serialnum command 50
solution, licensing 123
solutions, licensing 121
specifications, performance
recommendations 15
SQL Server
changing the computer name 75
creating a schema 86
Microsoft Windows authentication 96
preparing the database 87, 89
script for creating 85
starting the vSphere Client 106
swap 63
swap partition 22, 63
system requirements, vCenter Server
database 73
T
TCP/IP setup for SQL Server 89
technical support 9
TFTP 31
tftp-hpa 31
tftpd32 31
third-party extensions 67
timezone command 50
troubleshooting, Linked Mode 110, 113
troubleshooting applying licenses 132
troubleshooting for Linked Mode 97
troubleshooting licensing 131, 132
U
uninstalling vCenter Server 108
updated information 7
URLs, configuring 97, 110, 113
USB 27
USB media 15
user and group for DB2 database 77
user and group for Oracle database 90
V
vCenter Converter 119
vCenter Converter Enterprise 98
vCenter Guided Consolidation 98, 117
vCenter Orchestrator 98
vCenter Server
components 98
configuring URLs 97, 110, 113
DB2 database (local) 83
DB2 database (remote) 84
downloading the installer 101
hardware requirements 16
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