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Thanks Guys, I was looking at the ODBC and there was no user/system DSN listed, but I read a conflicting article referencing the ODBC drivers, which I do have so I wanted to confirm. &nbsp;I have SQL Server 2005 listed under start &gt;&nbsp;programs so I'll presume the person that set it up used the local SQL express option.
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Thanks Guys, I was looking at the ODBC and there was no user/system DSN listed, but I read a conflicting article referencing the ODBC drivers, which I do have so I wanted to confirm.  I have SQL Server 2005 listed under start > programs so I'll presume the person that set it up used the local SQL express option.

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Not sure how to verify this since I did not install vcenter. &nbsp;I want to upgrade from 4.0 to 4.1 and noticed the guides reference backing up the DB. &nbsp;How can I confirm which DB was selected during the install and where it resides? &nbsp;
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Not sure how to verify this since I did not install vcenter.  I want to upgrade from 4.0 to 4.1 and noticed the guides reference backing up the DB.  How can I confirm which DB was selected during the install and where it resides?  

How to determine if vcenter is using local or external SQL Database?

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