[VMWare] Deploy vCenter Server Appliance to ESXi 6.5

Mon, 25 Dec 2017 13:00:22 +0000

To deploy the vCenter Server Appliance (vcsa) to an ESXi 6.5 Server, you need to grab the latest vCenter Server for Linux from http://vmware.com/go/evaluate-vsphere-en - at the moment, thats the Version 6.5.0U1d from 19.12.2017 - which equals to the file VMware-VCSA-all-6.5.0-7312210.iso. After downloading that DVD Image, just burn it to a DVD or unpack it. You can then go on with Deploying it via GUI - or via CLI.

For deploying it via GUI, just start vcsa-ui-installer\win32\installer.exe - if you’re on a Windows PC - or execute the installer / Installer.app files in the lin64 or mac folders.

[ESXi4.1U1] vCenter Server Startup Problems

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:00:01 +0000

I got the vmware virtualcenter server error 1000 odbc error on bootup of my Windows Server 2003 (64bit) which did serve my vCenter Server.
In fact this did mean in my case: The MSSQL Server didn’t boot / or too slow, so that vCenter Server came up - couldn’t access the DB and shutdown - “great!”.
Luckily, there is an solution, pointed to by this ( http://communities.vmware.com/message/1247357 ) and this Website ( http://blogs.egroup-us.com/?p=1821 )

VCenter on Nico Maas

[VMWare] Deploy vCenter Server Appliance to ESXi 6.5

[ESXi4.1U1] vCenter Server Startup Problems