Posts Tagged ‘sql 2005’
Warning 25098 when installing VirtualCenter 2.5
October 7th, 2008 | 
Author: My attempt to perform a fresh VirtualCenter (VC) 2.5 Update 3 installation on Windows 2003 R2 failed with the following error:
“Warning 25098. Setup has detected that the VirtualCenter Service is not running on this system. Please wait for the service to start and then try installing VMware Update Manager and/or VMware converter again.”
Troubleshooting the ODBC connection using the SQL Native Client to the remote SQL 2005 Server and removing and reinstalling without Update Manager or VMware Converter did not help. Turns out the problem was Read the rest of this entry »
11 best practices for upgrading to ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5
Upgrading to ESX3.5 and VirtualCeter 2.5 Best Practices is a VMware KB article that lists best practice recommendations when performing the VI upgrade. As explained in the article:
This document provides additional steps which may be useful when upgrading to ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5. It is assumed at this point that you have also read the Upgrade Guide.
Although the article contains 11 items in the list, in my opinion the last few are common steps (place the cd in the cd-rom drive of the host etc.) and not really best practices.
Regardless, review the following before performing the upgrade and follow these recommendations to minimize trouble.
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Posted in esx, how to, VirtualCenter | 
Tags: backup, best practices, esx, esx, highavailability, SAN, sql 2005, upgrade, virtualcenter, vmware | 
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Installing the Microsoft SQL Native Client for VirtualCenter
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: Read the rest of this entry »
