Installing VMware vCenter on Windows Server 2008 R2
Installing VMware vCenter prerequisites on Windows Server 2008 R2 | Servers and Storage | TechRepublic.com
Windows Server 2008 R2 is now officially supported as a VMWare VCenter server since 4.0 update 1 has been released. However, you may run into some difficulty getting it installed as things are a bit different in the Windows 2008 world.
One of the most common mistakes is how to add a 32bit DSN to your system since Windows 2008 is 64-bit. If you launch the ODBC Administrator from the start menu, this gives you the 64bit drivers which is not supported with VCenter at this time. You need to launch the DSN configuration from the command line in order to get the 32bit drivers:
c:\windows\syswow64\odbcad32.exe
This will allow you to create a 32bit DSN assuming you have installed the 32bit SQL Server client drivers on your box.
Once this is set up, the rest is pretty easy and will work without trouble.
Windows Server 2008 R2 is now officially supported as a VMWare VCenter server since 4.0 update 1 has been released. However, you may run into some difficulty getting it installed as things are a bit different in the Windows 2008 world.
One of the most common mistakes is how to add a 32bit DSN to your system since Windows 2008 is 64-bit. If you launch the ODBC Administrator from the start menu, this gives you the 64bit drivers which is not supported with VCenter at this time. You need to launch the DSN configuration from the command line in order to get the 32bit drivers:
c:\windows\syswow64\odbcad32.exe
This will allow you to create a 32bit DSN assuming you have installed the 32bit SQL Server client drivers on your box.
Once this is set up, the rest is pretty easy and will work without trouble.
posted by Rick Mitchell Solutions @ 9:48 AM
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