Christiano,  The preferred method for deploying Solutions Enabler in a VMware environment is through the use of the SE Virtual Appliance--mainly because it is the easiest and fastest way to go about doing it. I would suggest it for those reasons (you dont have to have vCenter, you can deploy it with the vSphere client to just an ESX host). Other than that, you can install it on any linux or Windows virtual or physical machine you have running in your environment (that has direct access to Symmetrix gatekeepers if you are using a Symmetrix)  and then make sure you have the server daemon running and configured properly which is documented in the remote/client SE setup portion of the install guide. Firewall exceptions might need to be made as well.  If you are running ESX (not ESXi) you can also install the linux version of SE on the service console of the ESX server, but we discourage the use of that wherever possible.  You can find a bit more of an in-depth discussion of the vApp on page 52 of this techbook:  [URL]  Hope this helps  Cody -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cody Hosterman SVPG Partner Engineering – VMware & Cisco TechnologiesSymmetrix & Virtualization Product Group EMC Corporation Twitter [NAME]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I want to install Solutions Enabler on vSphere Server 4.1, but I can't find reference to install it. Neither software or DOC named for vSphere. May I use the Linux resources and references to install it ?  I need this because I installed VSI on vSphere Client at WinXP notebook, and in this environment I haven't vCenter Server.  The DOC "EMC Solutions Enabler - Installation Guide - Version 7.2" P/N 300-008-918 REV A04 just reference vSphere on "Deploying The Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance". Is this the only way to have Solutions Enabler on vSphere Server ?  Anyone can help me ?  Regards. Cristiano.
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