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Chapter 6 Installing VMware Infrastructure Management
Configuring Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express
TheMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressdatabasepackageisinstalledandconfigured
whenyouselectMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressasyourdatabaseduring
VirtualCenterinstallationorupgrade.Thisisshownin“InstallingVMware
InfrastructureManagementSoftware”onpage 71.Noadditionalconfigurationis
required.
IfMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressis
alreadyinstalled,reviewtherequireddatabase
patchesspecifiedinTable 2‐1,“SupportedDatabaseFormats
(S
EE
U
PDATE
)
,”onpage 19.
Ifyoudonotprepareyourdatabasecorrectly,theVirtualCenterinstallermightdisplay
errorandwarningmessages.
See www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/express/default.mspx.
Maintaining Your VirtualCenter Database
AfteryourVirtualCenterdatabaseinstanceandVirtualCenterareinstalledand
operational,performstandarddatabasemaintenanceprocesses.Theseinclude:
Monitoringthegrowthofthelogfileandcompactingthedatabaselogfile,as
needed.Seethedocumentationforthedatabasetypeyouareusing.
Schedulingregularbackupsofthedatabase.
BackingupthedatabasebeforeanyVirtualCenterupgrade.
Seeyourdatabasedocumentationforinformationonbackingupyourdatabase.
Installing VMware Infrastructure Management Software
ThissectiondescribeshowtoinstallmanagementsoftwarebyusingtheVMware
InfrastructureManagementCDordownloadpackage.TheVMwareInfrastructure
ManagementCDallowsyoutochoosethecomponentsyouwanttoinstallandinstalls
allselectedcomponentsinasingleprocedure.
N
OTEVMwarerecommendsMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressforsmall
deploymentsonly(upto5hostsand50virtualmachines).
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