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ESX Server 3 Installation Guide

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UninstallingtheVMwareInfrastructurecomponentsdoesnotuninstalltheMicrosoft

.NETFramework.DonotuninstalltheMicrosoft.NETFrameworkifyouhaveother

applicationsonyoursystemthatdependuponit.

To uninstall a VMware Infrastructure Component using the Add/Remove

Programs Tool

1AsAdministratorontheWindowssystem,chooseStart>Settings>ControlPanel

>Add/RemovePrograms.

2Toselecta

VMwareInfrastructurecomponent,scrollthroughthelistofinstalled

programs,selectthecomponenttoremove,andclickChangeorRemove.

3ClickYestoconfirmthatyouwanttoremovetheprogram.

4ClickFinish.

Installing VirtualCenter in a Virtual Machine

YoucaninstallyourVirtualCentercomponentsinaWindowsvirtualmachine,which

runsonanESX Serverhost.DeployingyourVirtualCenterinthevirtualmachinehas

thefollowingadvantages:

 RatherthandedicatingaseparateservertoyourVirtualCenter,youcanplaceitin

avirtualmachinerunningonthesameESX Serverhostwhereyourothervirtual

machinesrun.

 YoucanprovidehighavailabilityfortheVirtualCenter Serverbyusing

VMware HA.

 YoucanmigratethevirtualmachinecontainingyourVirtualCenterfromonehost

toanother,enablingmaintenanceandotheractivities.

 YoucancreatesnapshotsoftheVirtualCentervirtualmachineandusethemfor

backups,archiving,andsoon.

To install VirtualCenter in a Virtual Machine

1Onastandaloneserver,installtheESX Server.

See “InstallingVMwareESX ServerSoftware”onpage 81.

2OnanymachinethathasnetworkaccesstoyourESX Serverhost,installthe

VI Client.

ToinstallonlytheVI Client,perform

acustominstallationasdescribedin“To

installVMwareInfrastructureManagement”onpage 73.