VM /ETC

When installing VirtualCenter 2.5 you may be prompted to install the Microsoft SQL Server Native Client while configuring the ODBC connection to a SQL 2005 database. The SQL Native Client is distributed as a .msi file available from Microsoft.

If you have access to SQL 2005 CD you find sqlncli.msi in the \Setup directory.

The file is also available from Microsoft’s Feature Pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 page as as a stand alone install package. This page provides some more info about the Native Client as well as the download links.

More from Microsoft about the SQL Native Client:

Microsoft SQL Server Native Client

Microsoft SQL Server Native Client (SQL Native Client) is a single dynamic-link library (DLL) containing both the SQL OLE DB provider and SQL ODBC driver. It contains run-time support for applications using native-code APIs (ODBC, OLE DB and ADO) to connect to Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, 2000 or 2005. SQL Native Client should be used to create new applications or enhance existing applications that need to take advantage of new SQL Server 2005 features. This redistributable installer for SQL Native Client installs the client components needed during run time to take advantage of new SQL Server 2005 features, and optionally installs the header files needed to develop an application that uses the SQL Native Client API.

Audience(s): Partner, Developer

X86 Package (sqlncli.msi) – 3516 KB
X64 Package (sqlncli_x64.msi) – 6403 KB
IA64 Package (sqlncli_ia64.msi) – 8376 KB