Installation And Configuration

Of Vcenter 6.5 With External

SQL Database
By Tricks That Make You
Smart

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Why I Have To See This Video
1. Up to now we installed vcenter with embedded SQL

2.As VMware admins we don't know how to connect and

work with remote SQL

3. we don't known what SQL features we required to get

install

4.already some YouTube videos are there but there is no

clarity

5.In This video I am going to show you everything step by

 Installation Environment
This is my active directory
OS: windows server 2012 r2
Host Name : WS2012
Ram : 2 GB
CPU: 1 processor with 1 core
Domain : Harsha.com
IP Address : 10.0.0.1s
Subnet Mask :255.0.0.0
DNS: 10.0.0.1
SQL Server
OS: windows server 2012 r2
Host Name : Node4
Ram : 2 GB
CPU: 1 processor with 1 core
Domain : Harsha.com
Address : 10.0.0.5
Subnet Mask :255.0.0.0
DNS: 10.0.0.1
Vcenter 6.5
OS: windows server 2012 r2
Host Name : Node5
Ram : 8 GB
CPU: 1 processor with 2 core
Domain : Harsha.com
IP Address : 10.0.0.6
Subnet Mask :255.0.0.0
DNS: 10.0.0.1
Basics steps we need to check For Error Free
installation
1. All Should Be Part Of The Domain
2. Firewall Should Be Off (If It On We Need To Add Port
Numbers In Firewall)
3. Check Communication Between And Domain And
Member Servers
4. Check Nslookup For All Servers ( It Means DNS Is
Resolving Hostname To IP And Vice Versa)
5. Login With Domain Administrator Or With Any User
Having Domain Level Privileges Every Where
 Step By Step
1. Install 3.5 framework in SQL machine
2.Install SQL server 2014 SP2
3.create SQL database for vcenter with specific user account
4.install 3.5 framework in vcenter machine
5.install SQL native client in vcenter
6.configure ODBC connections for vcenter in native client
7.Install vcenter 6.5 server
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