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Getting Started with ESX Server 3i Installable

Managing Multiple ESX Server 3i Hosts in Your

Datacenter

Nowthatyou’veexploredavirtualmachineontheESX Server 3ihost,youcandeploy

aVirtualCenterServertomanagemultiplehostsatthesametime.Managingmultiple

hoststhroughaVirtualCenterServerallowsyoutoexperimentwithadvanced

managementoptions,suchasresourcesharing,andalltheotheroptionsavailable

within

theVMwareInfrastructureenvironment.

TheVMwareInfrastructureManagementInstallerCD‐ROMisincludedintheVMware

packagingaccompanyingyourphysicalserver.UsetheCD‐ROMtoinstalla

VirtualCenterServeronthecomputerthatwillbeusedasamanagementstation.

Forproductionuse,VMwarerecommendsthattheVirtualCenterServer

beinstalledon

adedicatedserversystem.However,forthepurposeofthisexercise,itcanbeinstalled

onadesktoporlaptopandmanagedremotelythroughtheVI Client.VirtualCenter

ServermustbeinstalledonaWindowsmachinethathasnetworkaccesstothe

ESX Server 3ihost.

Before You Begin

TheVirtualCenterServerrequiresadatabase.VirtualCenterServerusesMicrosoftSQL

Server2005Expressforsmalldeploymentswithupto5hostsand50 virtualmachines.

Beforeyoubegin,makesureyoursystemmeetsthehardwareandsoftware

requirements.Forlargerdeployments,VMwaresupportsseveralOracleandMicrosoft

SQLServerdatabases.Forinformation

aboutsupporteddatabases,seetheESXServer

3iInstallableSetupGuide.

Hardware Requirements

TheVirtualCenterServerhardwaremustmeetthefollowingrequirements:

 Processor–2.0GHzorhigherIntelorAMDx86processor.Processorrequirements

canbelargerifyourdatabaseisrunonthesamehardware.

 Memory–2GBRAMminimum.RAMrequirementscanbelargerifyourdatabase

isrunonthesamehardware.

 Diskstorage–560MBminimum,2GBrecommended.Youmusthave245MBfree

onthedestinationdriveforinstallationoftheprogram,andyoumusthave315MB

freeonthedrivecontainingyour%temp%directory.

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