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ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide

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 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.

 MicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressdiskrequirements–Thebundleddatabase

requiresupto2GBfreediskspacetodecompresstheinstallationarchive.

However,approximately1.5GBofthesefilesaredeletedaftertheinstallationis

complete.

 Networking–Gigabitrecommended.

VirtualCenter Server Software Requirements

TheVirtualCenter Serverissupportedasaserviceonthe32‐bitversionsofthese

operatingsystems:

 Windows2000ServerSP4withUpdateRollup1(downloadUpdateRollup1from

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/news/bulletins/rollu

p.mspx)

 WindowsXPProSP2

 Windows2003ServerSP1andSP2(allreleasesexcept64‐bit)

 Windows2003ServerR2

VirtualCenter 2.xinstallationisnotsupportedon64‐bitoperatingsystems.

TheVirtualCenterinstallerrequiresInternetExplorer5.5orhighertorun.

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OTEStoragerequirementscanbelargerifyourdatabaserunsonthesame

hardwareastheVirtualCenter Servermachine.Thesizeofthedatabasevarieswith

thenumberofhostsandvirtualmachinesyoumanage.Usingdefaultsettingsfor

ayearwith25hostsand8to16virtualmachineseach,the

totaldatabasesizecan

consumeupto2.2GB(SQL)or1.0GB(Oracle).

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OTEForanyoperatingsystemexceptWindowsServer2003SP1,installMicrosoft

WindowsInstaller3.1,otherwiseyourVirtualCenterinstallationcanfail.

See http://support.microsoft.com/?id=893803forinformationondownloading

WindowsInstaller3.1.