Larry Smith Jr.

Doing my thang with #automation #DevOps and cloudy things! Providing hopefully valuable content for others to consume easily and also learn from.

vCenter 5.1 quick installation screenshots

September 12, 2012 less than 1 minute read

Here are some screenshots to click through to see the installation of vCenter 5.1. You need to download and install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Management Studio if you are using a SQL Express DB.

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