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The vCenter Server installation itself takes only a few minutes and is not administratively
intensive, assuming you've completed all of the preinstallation tasks. You can start the vCen-
ter Server installation by double-clicking autorun.exe inside the vCenter Server installation
directory.
The VMware vCenter Installer, shown in Figure 3.8, is the central point for a number of
installations:
vCenter Single Sign-On
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vCenter Inventory Service
vCenter Server
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vSphere Client
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vSphere Web Client (Server)
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vSphere Update Manager
Figure 3.8
h e VMware vCen-
ter Installer off ers
options for install-
ing several diff erent
components.
Chapter 4, “vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools,” provides more detail
on vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools. You already installed the vSphere
Client in Chapter 2. For now, we'll focus just on vCenter Server and its components.
If you will be using Windows authentication with a separate SQL Server database server,
there's an important step here before you go any farther. For the vCenter Server services to be
able to connect to the SQL database, these services need to run in the context of the domain user
account that was granted permission to the database. Be sure that you know the username and
password of the account that was granted permission to the backend database before proceed-
ing. You'll also want to be sure that you've created an ODBC DSN with the correct information.
You'll need the information for the ODBC DSN as well as the user account when you install
