Installing VMware VCenter 5.0 Steps by Steps

Installing VMware VCenter 5.0 is quite easy and it can be installed on Windows Server. To install, follow the below steps.

• Ensure that your Windows Server has joined a Domain where you will be installing VMware VCenter 5.0.
• Download VMware VCenter 5.0 on the windows server.
• Launch VMware VCenter Installer on the windows machine.
• Select VCenter Server and Click on Install.
• When .Net Framework Installer Screen appears Radio Check “I have read and Accept…License Agreement” and Click on Install.
• Click on Next when “Welcome to the installation wizard for VMware VCenter Server Server” screen appears.
• Click on Next when “End User Patent Agreement” screen appears.
• Radio Check “I Agree to the terms in the license agreement” when License Agreement screen appears and click on Next
• Enter “User Name”, “Organization” and “License Key” when Customer Information Screen Prompted and click on Next. If you don’t have a license, do not enter a license and click next to proceed. Your software will be installed as a trial version.
• Radio Check “Install a Microsoft SQL Server 2008” when Database Options screen is prompted. and click on Next. (If you have existing SQL database, radio check “Use and Existing supported database”.
• Check Mark “Use System Account” if you would like to use your Windows Server user credentials and click on Next. Else you can create a new one to be used for Login.
• Select destination folder if you don’t want to use the one defined by VMware and click on Next.
• Radio Check “Create a standalone VMware VCenter Server Instance” and click on Next
• Change the Ports if you wish to, else click on Next to use the default ports.
• Change the Ports if you wish to, else click on Next to use the default ports for Inventory Service.
• Select your Inventory size accordingly as per your configuration and click on Next when “VCenter Server JVM Memory” screen is prompted.
• Click on Install when “Ready to Install the Program” screen is prompted.
• Click on Finish when Installation is completed.
• Now use VMware VSphere Client to Login to VMware VCenter Server.

1 - VMware-VCenter-Installation-Screen

2 - VMware-VCenter-Dot-Net-Framework-Install

3 - VMware-VCenter-Installation-Next

4 - VMware-VCenter-End-User-Patent-Agreement

5 - VMware-VCenter-License-Agreement

6 - VMware-VCenter-Customer-Information

7 - VMware-VCenter-Install-Microsoft-SQL

8 - VMware-VCenter-Install-Destination-Folder

9 - VMware-VCenter-Install-Create-a-Standalone

10 - VMware-VCenter-Configure-Ports

11 - VMware-VCenter-Configure-Ports-for-Inventory-Service

12 - VMware-VCenter-JVM-Memory

13 - VMware-VCenter-Install-The-Program

14 - VMware-VCenter-Installation-Completed

That’s all !! Your VMware VCenter Installation is completed.
Cheers!!

Avinash Karnani

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