vcenter 4 setup can't find 32bit system dsn
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 05/19/2010
Huzaifah Ahmad
I am currently working as a Senior Field Consultant. I started my professional career in 1999 in India. In the year 1999 I decided to transition from the Retail Industry to hard core Information Technology, which was always my strength and desire. I realised my strengths and keen interest when I worked on Dbase III Plus a few years back but due to various constraints I could not pursue my career at that point in time. I have worked in various capacities in the fields of Software Technology, as Systems administrator, Systems Support Engineer, Implementations Engineer and Senior Implementation Engineer. Currently, I am based as Senior Field Consultant for a Microsoft Gold Partner in Oxford, U.K.
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942976/en-us
To set up a 32-bit DSN launch the 32-bit version of the Data Source Administrator. It is located at:
%systemdrive%\Windows\SysWoW64\Odbcad32.exe
If this step is not carried while creating a ODBC connection the vcenter installer will give you a message.
(Please create a 32 bit system DSN)
Upgrade to vCenter Server 4.0 fails with the error: DSN is pointing to a unsupported ODBC driver.
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1015804
Note: Please ensure you select the SQL Server Native Client 10.0 while creating the DSN.
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