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Chapter 6 Installing VMware Infrastructure Management
To identify the authentication type
1OpenSQLServerEnterpriseManager.
2ClickthePropertiestabtoviewproperties.
3Checkthemode.
ThemodeindicateseitherWindowsNTorSQLServerauthenticationtype.
Configuring Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express
TheMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressdatabasepackageisinstalledandconfigured
whenyouselectMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressasyourdatabaseduring
VirtualCenterinstallationorupgrade.Thisisshownin“InstallingVMware
InfrastructureManagementSoftware”onpage 72.Noadditionalconfigurationis
required.
IfMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressis
alreadyinstalled,reviewtherequireddatabase
patchesspecifiedinTable 2‐1,“SupportedDatabaseFormats,”onpage 19.Ifyoudonot
prepareyourdatabasecorrectly,theVirtualCenterinstallermightdisplayerrorand
warningmessages.
See www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/express/default.mspx.
NOTEVMwarerecommendsMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressforsmall
deploymentsonly(upto5hostsand50virtualmachines).