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Chapter 2 System Requirements
VirtualCenter Database Requirements
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VirtualCentersupportsthedatabaseformatslistedinTable 2‐1.
Eachdatabaserequiressomeconfigurationadjustmentsinadditiontothebasic
installation.See “PreparingtheVirtualCenter ServerDatabase”onpage 66.
End of Support Life for Microsoft Access Databases
SupportforMicrosoftAccesswasdiscontinuedwithVMwareVirtualCenter
version 2.0.VirtualCenter 2.5comeswithabundledversionofMicrosoftSQLServer
2005Expressforsmalldeployments(upto5hostsand50virtualmachines).
Table 2-1. Supported Database Formats
Database Type Service Pack, Patch, and Driver Requirements
MicrosoftSQLServer2000Standard SP4
ForWindows2000andWindowsXP,apply
MDAC2.8SP1totheclient.
UseSQLServerdriverfortheclient.
MicrosoftSQLServer2000Enterprise
MicrosoftSQLServer2005Enterprise SP1orSP2
ForWindows2000andWindowsXP,apply
MDAC2.8SP1totheclient.
Use
SQLnativeclientdriverfortheclient.
MicrosoftSQLServer2005ExpressSP2 ForWindows2000andWindowsXP,apply
MDAC2.8SP1totheclient.
UseSQLnativeclientdriverfortheclient.
Oracle9irelease2Standard
Oracle9irelease2Enterprise
Applypatch9.2.0.8.0totheserverandclient.
Oracle10g
StandardRelease1(10.1.0.3.0)
Oracle10gEnterpriseRelease1(10.1.0.3.0)
None
Oracle10gStandardRelease2(10.2.0.1.0)
Oracle10gEnterpriseRelease2(10.2.0.1.0)
Firstapplypatch10.2.0.3.0totheclientandserver.
Then applypatch5699495totheclient.
