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VMware, Inc. Update–1

Updates for the ESX Server 3

Installation Guide

LastUpdated:March15,2008

ThisdocumentprovidesupdatestotheESXServer3.5andVirtualCenter2.5versionof

theESXServer3InstallationGuide.Updateddescriptions,procedures,andgraphicsare

organizedbypagenumbersothatyoucaneasilylocatetheareasoftheguidethathave

changes.Ifthe

changespansmultiplesequentialpages,thisdocumentprovidesthe

startingpagenumberonly.

ThefollowingisalistofupdatestotheESXServer3InstallationGuide:

 UpdatesfortheVirtualCenterDatabaseRequirementsSectiononPage 19

 UpdatesfortheToprepareaSQLServerdatabasetoworkwithVirtualCenter

ProcedureonPage 68

 UpdatesfortheConfiguringCommunicationBetweenVirtualCenterComponents

SectiononPage 76

Updates for the VirtualCenter Database Requirements

Section on Page 19

ThefollowingrowshouldappearinTable 2‐1:

MicrosoftSQLServer2005Standard InstallSP1orSP2forMicrosoftSQLServer2005.

ForWindows2000andWindowsXP,apply

MDAC2.8SP1totheclient.

UsetheSQLNativeClientdriverfortheclient.