Trying to install VCenter 5.1 on Server 2012

[VSprague]

I'm trying to install VCenter 5.1 on Server 2012 but it keeps failing. Here is the log file I keep getting. Has anyone had this issue? The services are created during the install but they won't start. When I try to re-run the installer it generates this error log. I'm hoping there is an easy solution for this.

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

vCenter Server 5.1 is currently not supported on Windows 2012. However, since support for Windows 2012 has been added for vCenter 5.0 Update 2, I expect to see this with one of the next vCenter Server 5.1 updates.

Anyway, take a look at e.g. http://vniklas.djungeln.se/2012/09/14/installing-vsphere-vcenter-5-1-on-windows-2012/ which explains the vpxd service dependency and how to make vCenter Server 5.1 run on Windows 2012. Although this may work, please consider carefully whether you want to use this in production environment.

André

[VSprague]

Thank you, I found that site shortly after posting this. It's working fine so far. It's a very small single server environment. I wouldn't go this far in a larger environment.