To install VMware vCenter server on Windows 7 64 bit with SP1 we need to modify VMware vCenter 5 & VMware vSphere Update Manager 5 “MSI” files. Actually VMware vCenter Server 5 is not supported officially on Windows 7 .
How to Install VMware vCenter Server 5
How to Install VMware vSphere Update Manager 5
How to Install Vmware vSphere 5 on VMware Workstation
1. Download & extract ISO image of VMware vCenter Server 5 to any folder in Windows 7 machine.
2. Download “Insted” for editing msi file from Download InSted and install it on your system.
4. In Tables click on item “LaunchCondition”
5. on the right find row with text, as shown below,Installed Or ((MsiNTProductType = 3) And (VersionNT > 502 Or (VersionNT = 502 And ServicePackLevel >= 2)))
and modify it to
Installed Or ((MsiNTProductType = 1) And (VersionNT > 502 Or (VersionNT > 502 And ServicePackLevel >= 0)))
after that save and close InSted.
2. in Tables click on item “LaunchCondition”
3. on the right find row with text,
(MsiNTProductType = 3) And (VersionNT > 502 Or (VersionNT = 502 And ServicePackLevel >= 2))
and modify it to:
(MsiNTProductType = 1) And (VersionNT > 502 Or (VersionNT > 502 And ServicePackLevel >= 0))
Now save and close. Now download 64-bit version of Microsoft AD LDS “ADAM” from below URL,
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) for Windows7
and install it on machine.
Now run “autorun.exe” from VMware vcenter extracted media folder to install vCenter Server and Update Manager on Windows 7.
How to install vCenter Server and Update Manager 5.0 on Windows 7 64-bit
VERSION 1
I published
solution "How to install vCenter Server 4.1 on Windows 7 64-bit" some time ago,
you can find it
here:
Now I come with
guide "How to install vCenter Server and/ or Update Manager 5.0 on
Windows 7 64-bit",
because this OS
again is not supported for this applications. Unfortunately.
It isn't
supported but it works. Fortunately.
Preamble
warning: this hacking is not supported by VMware !
1/ extract iso
image of vCenter Server (e.g. in 7zip) to any folder in destination
machine
2/ download
application for editing msi file e.g. Insted from http://www.instedit.com/download.html and install it
3/ run Insted
and open file ...\vCenter-Server\VMware vCenter Server.msi
4/ in Tables
click on item "LaunchCondition"
5/ on the right
find row with text:
Installed Or
((MsiNTProductType = 3) And (VersionNT > 502 Or (VersionNT = 502 And
ServicePackLevel >= 2)))
and modify it
to:
Installed Or
((MsiNTProductType = 1) And (VersionNT
> 502 Or (VersionNT >
502 And ServicePackLevel >= 0)))
after that save
and close
6/ in Insted
open file ...\UpdateManager\VMware vSphere Update Manager.msi
7/ in Tables
click on item "LaunchCondition"
8/ on the right
find row with text:
(MsiNTProductType = 3) And
(VersionNT > 502 Or (VersionNT = 502 And ServicePackLevel >=
2))
and modify it
to:
(MsiNTProductType = 1) And (VersionNT > 502 Or (VersionNT > 502 And ServicePackLevel >= 0))
after that save
and close
9/ download
64-bit version of Microsoft AD LDS (new name for ADAM) from:
and install
it
10/ run
..\autorun.exe to install vCenter Server and Update Manager ...
Note:
- tested only
on Windows 7 Professional SP1 English
- Power
Settings in Windows 7 setup on High Performance
- if OS Windows
7 is member of domain, one thing is important: person doing all that
installations must be signed as domain administrator not as local
administrator
- I have UAC
disabled
- I believe
that it will work on Windows Vista 64-bit too
- this
procedure was successfully tested for upgrade from vCenter Server 4.1 U1
too
Optimalizations
(optional):
- disable IP6
if is not need (and service IP Helper)
- disable
unnecessary services as Desktop Window Manager Session Manager, Security Center,
Superfetch,
Themes, Windows
Audio, Windows Audio Endpoint Builder, Windows Defender, Windows
Search
If backup is
realized at the VMware level, you should enable Auto Shrink for database
VIM_VCDB in SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express.
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