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Chapter 6 Installing VMware Infrastructure Management

Configuring Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express

TheMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressdatabasepackageisinstalledandconfigured

whenyouselectMicrosoftSQLServ er2005Expressasyourdatabaseduring

VirtualCenterinstallationorupgrade.Thisisshownin“InstallingVMware

InfrastructureManagementSoftware”onpage 71.Noadditionalconfigurationis

required.

IfMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressis

alreadyinstalled,reviewtherequireddatabase

patchesspecifiedinTable 2‐1,“SupportedDatabaseFormats,”onpage 19.Ifyoudonot

prepareyourdatabasecorrectly,theVirtualCenterinstallermightdisplayerrorand

warningmessages.

See www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/express/default.mspx.

Maintaining Your VirtualCenter Database

AfteryourVirtualCenterdatabaseinstanceandVirtualCenterareinstalledand

operational,performstandarddatabasemaintenanceprocesses.Theseinclude:

 Monitoringthegrowthofthelogfileandcompactingthedatabaselogfile,as

needed.Seethedocumentationforthedatabasetypeyouareusing.

 Schedulingregularbackupsofthedatabase.

 BackingupthedatabasebeforeanyVirtualCenterupgrade.

Seeyourdatabasedocumentationforinformationonbackingupyourdatabase.

Installing VMware Infrastructure Management Software

ThissectiondescribeshowtoinstallmanagementsoftwarebyusingtheVMware

InfrastructureManagementCDordownloadpackage.TheVMwareInfrastructure

ManagementCDallowsyoutochoosethecomponentsyouwanttoinstallandinstalls

allselectedcomponentsinasingleprocedure.

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OTEVMwarerecommendsMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressforsmall

deploymentsonly(upto5hostsand50virtualmachines).