Error Installing vCenter 4.1

[AJY]

Hello All ,

We are facing error installing vCenter server , please see screenshot attached , its a Fresh install , please advsie , is there a Compatibility issue Or we are missing something ?

The DSN gets identified fine its the Next step after that when putting username & password to connect to DB error happens ,

[schepp]

Well, like the error message said, make sure your SQL Server agent is running and start it if necessary.

You can do this in the Windows Services Section or in the MS SQl Server Management Studio ( where you made your first screenshot. Left side, all the Way down "SQL Server-Agent" -> rightclick -> start.

Regards

[AJY]

Thanks for the Prompt reply .

Restart of SQL Agent service even SQL has been done Few times along with reboot of Host , but the Error remains . No Change . Compatibility Matrix shows that the SQL version is compatible , so we are at loss to find what is happening .

[schepp]

Strange. I installed vCenter 4.1 yesterday and everything went fine.

How did you create a blank database? And is the DSN pointing to the right databse?

[AJY]

Blank DB was created by SQL Management studio via logging into it with a local admin, windows authentication used,  DSN does point to right DB ,

[schepp · Accepted solution]

Ah, there's a KB-Article about your problem, saying your vcenter iso or zip may be corrupt. You might want to download it again.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=103651...

Regards

[bulletprooffool]

Hi,

2 thinigs to verify -

1 - your installation media (do an MD5 hash check, or at least re-dowload your media)

2 - Make sure that you have create a 64 bit DSN (although it is not immediately visible - your 64 bit OS has 2 seperate places to view and manage ODBC settings, based on number of bits)

[AJY]

Even though it looked Highly unlikely , it turned out that the ISO was currpt rather few modules related to SQL were currpt . After Downloading the ISO again the INstall works fine ,

Thank you very Much all for your help and support