如果在WIN7中安装Vcenter (Vsphere功能 How to Install Vmware vSphere 5 on VMware Workstation)

1. Download & extract ISO image of VMware vCenter Server 5 to any folder in Windows 7 machine.

2. Download “Insted” for editing msi file fromDownload InSted and install it on your system.

3. Open Insted and open file “VMware vCenter Server.msi” from the extracted VMware vCenter folder.

4. In Tables click on item “LaunchCondition”

5. on the right find row with text, as shown below,
Installed Or ((MsiNTProductType = 3) And (VersionNT > 502 Or (VersionNT = 502 And ServicePackLevel >= 2)))
and modify it to
Installed Or ((MsiNTProductType = 1) And (VersionNT > 502 Or (VersionNT > 502 And ServicePackLevel >= 0)))
after that save and close InSted.

1. Now open file “VMware vSphere Update Manager.msi” from the extracted VMware vcenter media.
2. in Tables click on item “LaunchCondition”
3. on the right find row with text,
(MsiNTProductType = 3) And (VersionNT > 502 Or (VersionNT = 502 And ServicePackLevel >= 2))
and modify it to:
(MsiNTProductType = 1) And (VersionNT > 502 Or (VersionNT > 502 And ServicePackLevel >= 0))
Now save and close.

Now download 64-bit version of Microsoft AD LDS “ADAM” from below URL,
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) for Windows7
and install it on machine.
Now run “autorun.exe” from VMware vcenter extracted media folder to install vCenter Server and Update Manager on Windows 7.