VMware ESX 4.0 - GETTING STARTED UPDATE 1 User manual

ESX and vCenter Server Installation

Guide

Update 1

ESX 4.0

vCenter Server 4.0

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Contents

Updated Information 7

About This Book 9

1Introduction to VMware vSphere 11

2System Requirements 13

ESX Hardware Requirements 13

vCenter Server and vSphere Client Hardware Requirements 16

vCenter Server Software Requirements 17

vSphere Client Software Requirements 18

Support for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems 18

Requirements for Creating Virtual Machines 18

Required Ports 18

Supported Remote Management Firmware Versions 19

3Introduction to Installing ESX 21

Prerequisites for Installing ESX 21

About the esxconsole.vmdk 22

Options for Accessing the Installation Media, Booting the Installer, and Running the Installer 22

About ESX Evaluation Mode 23

ESX Installation Options 23

4Location of the ESX Installation Media 27

Download the ESX ISO Image and Burn the Installation DVD 27

Creating a Media Depot 27

5Booting the ESX Installer 29

Bootstrap Commands 29

Boot the ESX Installer from the Installation DVD 30

PXE Booting the ESX Installer 31

6Installing VMware ESX 41

Install ESX Using the Graphical Mode 41

Install ESX Using the Text Mode 45

Installing ESX Using Scripted Mode 47

7ESX Partitioning 63

Required Partitions 63

Optional Partitions 64

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8Post-Installation Considerations for ESX 65

Download the vSphere Client 65

Licensing the Host 65

Set an ESX/ESXi Host to Evaluation Mode 66

9Installing, Removing, and Updating Third-Party Extensions 67

About Patching Hosts with vSphere Host Update Utility 67

About the vihostupdate Command-Line Utility 68

Update an ESX/ESXi Host Using Offline Bundles with the vihostupdate Utility 68

Update an ESX/ESXi Host Using a Depot with the vihostupdate Utility 69

Remove Custom Packages on ESX Using the Service Console 70

Remove Selected Custom Packages on ESX/ESXi Using the vSphere Command Line 70

10 Preparing the vCenter Server Databases 73

vCenter Server Database Patch and Configuration Requirements 73

Create a 32-Bit DSN on a 64-Bit Operating System 75

Configure vCenter Server to Communicate with the Local Database After Shortening the Computer

Name to 15 Characters or Fewer 75

About the Bundled Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Database Package 76

Maintaining a vCenter Server Database 76

Configure DB2 Databases 76

Configure Microsoft SQL Server Databases 85

Configure Oracle Databases 89

11 Introduction to Installing vCenter Server 95

vCenter Server Prerequisites 95

Using a User Account for Running vCenter Server with SQL Server 96

About Installing vCenter Server on IPv6 Machines 97

Configure the URLs on a Standalone vCenter Server System 97

Running the vCenter Server and vSphere Client Installers from a Network Drive 97

vCenter Server Components 98

Required Data for Installing vCenter Server 98

12 Installing vCenter Server 101

Download the vCenter Server Installer 101

Install vCenter Server in a Virtual Machine 101

Install vCenter Server 102

13 Postinstallation Considerations for vCenter Server 105

Install the vSphere Client 106

Install the vSphere Host Update Utility 107

Uninstall VMware vSphere Components 108

14 Creating vCenter Server Linked Mode Groups 109

Linked Mode Prerequisites 109

Linked Mode Considerations 110

Configure the URLs on a Linked Mode vCenter Server System 110

Joining to a Linked Mode Group During and After Installation 111

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Join a Linked Mode Group After Installation 111

Isolate a vCenter Server Instance from a Linked Mode Group 112

Linked Mode Troubleshooting 113

15 Install Additional Modules 117

Install VMware vCenter Guided Consolidation 117

Install VMware vCenter Update Manager 118

Install VMware vCenter Converter 119

16 Managing ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server Licenses 121

About License Key Capacity 122

About vSphere and vCenter Server License Keys 123

About Using a License Server to Manage ESX 3.x/ESXi 3.5 Hosts 123

About the License Portal 123

About License Inventories 124

Controlling License Permissions 125

View License Information 126

Add a License Key to the License Inventory and Assign It to an Asset 127

Add Multiple License Keys to the License Inventory 127

Assign a License Key to Multiple Assets 128

Export Report Data 129

License a Host Without vCenter Server 130

License a Host When Adding It to the vCenter Server Inventory 130

View Which Features Are Licensed on a Host 130

Set an ESX/ESXi Host to Evaluation Mode 131

Troubleshooting Licensing 131

Index 135

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Updated Information

This ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.

This table provides the update history of the ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide.

Revision Description

EN-000258-02 nIn “vCenter Server Database Patch and Configuration Requirements,” on page 73, Table 10-1 now

contains information that the patch version is updated to 10.2.0.4 for Oracle 10g database.

n“vCenter Server Prerequisites,” on page 95 now contains information that to use vCenter Linked

Mode, multiple vCenter Server systems should be added to a domain.

EN-000258-01 nAdded a command to Step 1 in the topic “Use a Script to Create a DB2 Database,” on page 79.

nAdded commands to Step 3 in the topic “Use a Script to Create the DB2 Database Schema (Optional),”

on page 81.

nAdded commands to Step 4 in the topic “Use a Script to Create the Microsoft SQL Server Database

Schema (Optional),” on page 86.

nAdded commands to Step 3 in the topic “Use a Script to Create the Oracle Database Schema

(Optional),” on page 91.

EN-000258-00 Initial release.

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About This Book

The Installation Guide describes how to install new configurations of VMware® vCenter Server and ESX. It does

not include setup or installation information for ESXi.

Intended Audience

This book is intended for anyone who needs to install vCenter Server and install ESX 4.0.

The information is written for experienced Windows or Linux system administrators who are familiar with

virtual machine technology and datacenter operations.

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