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ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide
Contact your DBA for the appropriate database credentials, or install the bundled Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Express database.
Table 10-1. Configuration and Patch Requirements
Database Type
IBM DB2 9.5
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Express
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Oracle 10g
Oracle 11g
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Patch and Configuration Requirements
If the database is not local to the vCenter Server system, install the IBM Data Server Runtime
Client.
Install the IBM DB2 native client according to the IBM instructions for your DB2 version.
Ensure that C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\BIN is in the system path. DB2 might be
installed at a different location.
You might need to restart the Microsoft Windows machine for the service to recognize the
change in the environment variable.
Ensure that the machine has a valid ODBC data source name (DSN) entry.
Bundled database that you can use for small deployments of up to 5 hosts and 50 virtual
machines.
If the machine has Microsoft SQL Native Client installed, remove it before installing
vCenter Server with the bundled database.
If the machine has MSXML Core Services 6.0 installed, remove it before installing
vCenter Server with the bundled database. If you cannot remove it using the
Add or Remove Programs utility, use the Windows Installer CleanUp utility. See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968749.
For Microsoft Windows XP, apply MDAC 2.8 SP1 to the client. Use the SQL Native Client
driver (version 9.x) for the client.
Ensure that the machine has a valid ODBC DSN entry.
If Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is not already installed and the machine has MSXML Core
Services 6.0 installed, remove MSXML Core Services 6.0 before installing Microsoft SQL Server
2005. If you cannot remove it using the Add or Remove Programs utility, use the Windows
Installer CleanUp utility. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968749.
For Microsoft Windows XP, apply MDAC 2.8 SP1 to the client. Use the SQL Native Client
driver (version 10.x) for the client.
Ensure that the machine has a valid ODBC DSN entry.
If necessary, first apply patch 10.2.0.4 (or later) to the client and server. Then apply patch
5699495 to the client.
Ensure that the machine has a valid ODBC DSN entry.
For the Oracle Instant client, copy ojdbc14.jar to the vCenter Server tomcat directory
(<vCenter install location>\Infrastructure\tomcat\lib)
The Oracle 10g client comes with ojdbc14.jar (<Oracle client install location>
\oracle\product\10.2.0\<instance_name>\jdbc\lib). The vCenter Server installer
copies the file from the Oracle client install location to the vCenter Server tomcat directory
(<vCenter install location>\Infrastructure\tomcat\lib)
If the ojdbc14.jar file is not found in the Oracle 10g client location, the vCenter Server installer
prompts you to copy the file manually. You can download the file from
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/htdocs/jdbc101040.html.
Ensure that the machine has a valid ODBC DSN entry.
For the Oracle Instant client, copy ojdbc14.jar to the vCenter Server tomcat directory
(<vCenter install location>\Infrastructure\tomcat\lib)
The Oracle 11g client comes with ojdbc14.jar (<Oracle client install location>\app
\Administrator\product\11.1.0\<instancename>\sqldeveloper\jdbc\lib). The
vCenter Server installer copies the file from the Oracle client install location to the vCenter
Server tomcat directory (<vCenter install location>\Infrastructure\tomcat\lib)
If the ojdbc14.jar file is not found in the Oracle 11g client location, the vCenter Server installer
prompts you to copy the file manually. You can download the file from
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/htdocs/jdbc101040.html.
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