The VMware Interoperability page shows that sql 2008 r2 service pack 2 is not approved to host the vCenter 5.1 database. Does this mean it does not work or that it just has not been tested? Is anyone out there running this combination?
Yes, i have actually 4 SQL2008 R2 running on 5.1 host and it work.
means it hasn't been tested, so isn't officially supported.
What service pack are you running? I need to use sp2.
I just checked and i am using SP1 actually ... not tested Sp2