Installing VMware Infrastructure Management

This chapter describes how to prepare your VirtualCenter database, install VMware Infrastructure Management software, and configure communication between components. You can install VMware Infrastructure Management software on a physical system or on a virtual machine running on an ESX Server 3 host.

You can install VMware Infrastructure on a physical system or in a virtual machine running on an ESX Server host.

This chapter contains the following topics:

•	Preparing the VirtualCenter Server Database

•	Installing VMware Infrastructure Management Software

•	Configuring Communication Between VirtualCenter Components

•	Uninstalling VMware Infrastructure Components

•	Installing VirtualCenter in a Virtual Machine