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ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide

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12 ForVMwareUpdateManager,youcanusethesamedatabasethatyouusefor

VirtualCenter,oryoucanuseanotherdatabase.SeeStep 8.

13 ForVMwareUpdateManager,entertheportandproxyinformationthatyouwant

touseoracceptthedefaultinformationshownonscreen.Thisstepappliesonlyto



custominstallations.

14 ForVMwareConverter,entertheportinformationthatyouwanttouseoraccept

thedefaultinformationshownonscreen.Thisstepappliesonlytocustom

installations.

ClickNexttocontinuethroughthedeploymentoptionsscreens.

15 AcceptthedefaultdestinationfoldersandclickNext.

Ifyoudonotwantto

acceptthedefaultdestinationfolders:

 ForVMwareInfrastructure,clickChangetoselectanotherlocationandclick

Next.

 Fordownloadingpatches,clickChangetoselectanotherlocationandclick

Next.

16 ClickInstall.

Installationmighttakeseveralminutes.Multipleprogressbarsappearduring

installationoftheselectedcomponents.

17 ClickFinishtocompletetheVMwareInfrastructureinstallation.

Configuring Communication Between VirtualCenter

Components

TheVirtualCenter ServermustbeabletosenddatatoeveryVirtualCentermanaged

hostandreceivedatafromeachVI Client.Toenableanymigrationorprovisioning

activitiesbetweenVirtualCentermanagedhosts,thesourceandtargethostsmustbe

abletoreceivedatafromeachother.

CAUTIONToinstalltheVMwareInfrastructurecomponentsonadriveotherthan

theC:drive,verifythereisenoughspaceintheC:\WINDOWS\Installerfolderto

installtheMicrosoftWindowsInstaller.msifile.Ifyoudonothaveenoughspace,

becauseofaknownissuewithWindowsInstaller,yourVMwareInfrastructure

installation

mightfail.