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Selecting the Components to Install

1. Select the type of installation setup.

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The choices are:

  • Client — Installs the VirtualCenter client and VirtualCenter database components on the local machine.
  • Server — Installs the VirtualCenter server and the Web service component on the local machine.

    • Web service — Installed by default with the VirtualCenter server. It is a programmatic interface that allows customer-written or third-party applications to access services provided by VirtualCenter. This is not a user interface for configuring VirtualCenter.

    You must install the VirtualCenter server to install the Web service. For information about writing programs that use the VirtualCenter Web service, refer to the VMware SDK documentation available at:

    www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk

    Custom — Allows you to select which items to install and where, within the network, they are to be installed.

    Click the appropriate radio button. Then click Next to continue the installation.

  • If you selected Client only, skip to Completing the Installation.
  • If you selected Server only, skip to Installing the VirtualCenter Server. The default is to install the Web service with the Server option.
  • If you selected Custom, proceed with the next step.

    • 2. Select the VirtualCenter component(s) to install.

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    Click the down arrow next to the appropriate component and select from the drop-down menu.

    If you unselect an item, its icon changes to an X. The Space and Change buttons are grayed if a component is not selected.

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    3. Make adjustments for available disk space.

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    Click the Space button from the Custom Setup screen. In the Disk Space Requirements screen, click and drag column headers to view all columns as needed.

    If a volume line is highlighted, click OK, return to the previous screen, and select to install either the client or the server, as both do not fit in the available disk space.

    Click OK to return to the Custom Setup screen.

    4. Change location as needed.

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    Click the Custom button from the Custom Setup screen. In the Change Current Destination Folder screen, browse to find the appropriate location. Click OK to return to the Custom Setup screen.

    After your selections are made, click OK to return to the Custom Setup screen.

    5. Complete the Custom Setup screen. Click Next.

    6. Proceed to the section appropriate to the components you selected.

    If you selected Client only, skip to Completing the Installation.

    If you selected Server, proceed to Installing the VirtualCenter Server.

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