vCenter installation

• When creating the database first, run the script provided in the VMware installation and setup guide, but change the password.
• I also used the script to create the Update Manager database, but I changed the username.
• For 64 bit servers, run the odbc.exe in c:\windows\SysWoW64\odbcad32.exe, and configure the System DSN from there.
• It's best to use a service account for the vCenter and Update Manager services, and it is also better to create these before install, rather than changing them after.
• These service accounts will need to have run as a service, act as part of the operating system rights, plus be local admins on the vCenter server.
• The service account will also need access to the SQL vCenter database created in point 1
• When installing vCenter, make sure you are logged on with a domain account with local admin rights rather than a local account. It will also need rights to the SQl server. I got error "25004: Failed to create vcenter server repository" right at the end of the install which i think was due to this causing issues with connection to the SQL server.
• When installing, I found it much quicker to unzip the vCenter iso/zip onto a drive on the vCenter server, rather than connecting the iso to the CD or opening the zip from a remote server.