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Chapter 2 System Requirements
VirtualCenter Database Requirements
VirtualCentersupportsthedatabaseformatslistedinTable 2‐1.
Eachdatabaserequiressomeconfigurationadjustmentsinadditiontothebasic
installation.See “PreparingtheVirtualCenter ServerDatabase”onpage 65.
End of Support Life for Microsoft Access Databases
SupportforMicrosoftAccesswasdiscontinuedwithVMwareVirtualCenter
version 2.0.VirtualCenter 2.5comeswithabundledversionofMicrosoftSQL
Server2005Expressforsmalldeployments(upto5hostsand50virtualmachines).
Table 2-1. Supported Database Formats
Database Type Service Pack, Patch, and Driver Requirements
MicrosoftSQLServer2000Standard
MicrosoftSQLServer2000Enterprise
SP4
ForWindows2000andWindowsXP,apply
MDAC2.8SP1totheclient.
UseSQLServerdriverfortheclient.
MicrosoftSQLServer2005Standard SP1orSP2
ForWindows2000andWindowsXP,apply
MDAC2.8SP1totheclient.
Use
SQLNativeClientdriverfortheclient.
MicrosoftSQLServer2005Enterprise SP1orSP2
ForWindows2000andWindowsXP,apply
MDAC2.8SP1totheclient.
UseSQLnativeclientdriverfortheclient.
MicrosoftSQLServer2005ExpressSP2 ForWindows2000andWindowsXP,apply
MDAC2.8SP1to
theclient.
UseSQLnativeclientdriverfortheclient.
Oracle9irelease2Standard
Oracle9irelease2Enterprise
Applypatch9.2.0.8.0totheserverandclient.
Oracle10gStandardRelease1(10.1.0.3.0)
Oracle10gEnterpriseRelease1(10.1.0.3.0)
None
Oracle10gStandardRelease2(10.2.0.1.0)
Oracle10gEnterpriseRelease2(10.2.0.1.0)
Firstapply
patch10.2.0.3.0totheclientandserver.
Then applypatch5699495totheclient.