error 25036 on install of vcenter 2.5

See this VMware Kb

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003890

i am loooking for the minumun system requirements for vcenter 2.5 do you have a link?

VirtualCenter Server Requirements

are in this document

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_installation_guide.pdf

do you think it is an iissue that it is xeon processor? 1.6ghz?

No, I've installed VC 2.5 on Xeon 550MHz CPUs.

Follow the troubleshooting guide in the first post.

Do you have an earlier version of SQL?

check the vim-all-msi.log logfile.

it does not seem to create this file i only see one from 2008

yes i moved the existing vim-all-msi.log and it did not create a new one is there a way to create verbose logging onthe installl

here is what i found on the VMINST.log in the users temp dir

VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:43:47 Begin Logging
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:43:47 --- CA exec: VMCheckDsn
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:43:47 Getting Property DB_DSN = VMware VirtualCenter
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:43:47 ERROR: 'VMware VirtualCenter' does not exist or is not a system DSN: 2.
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:43:47 Getting Property UILevel = 4
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:43:47 Setting property DatabaseOK =
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:43:47 Setting property FORMAT_DB =
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:43:47 Setting property LAUNCHWIZARD =
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:43:47 Setting property VPX_START = 1
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:43:47 End Logging
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Begin Logging
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 --- CA exec: VMSetIndexHtmlPage
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Getting Property CustomActionData = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\docRoot\;index1.html
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Found "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\docRoot\index1.html"
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 End Logging
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Begin Logging
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 --- CA exec: VMGenerateSSLKeys
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Getting Property CustomActionData = C:\DOCUME~1\CWPS-A~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\{463D9F90-A18E-450C-BDFC-CE62AEBE70F8};C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VirtualCenter Server\;C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL\;
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Found "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL\rui.crt"
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Found "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL\rui.key"
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Found "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL\rui.pfx"
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Using existing SSL key files from 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL\'
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 End Logging
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Begin Logging
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 --- CA exec: VMStartMsde
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Getting Property CustomActionData = SQLEXP_VIM
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Inst_StartService: Attempting to start service: MSSQL$SQLEXP_VIM
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Inst_StartService: Service Manager successfully opened
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Inst_StartService: Service could not be opened: ERROR_SERVICE_DOES_NOT_EXIST
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Inst_StartService: Attempting to open service using reduced permissions
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 Inst_StartService: Service could not be opened: ERROR_SERVICE_DOES_NOT_EXIST
VMware VirtualCenter-build-227637: 04/05/11 17:44:52 End Logging

there is an error about a system dsn and starting the service, when does the error 25036 occur?

is this the entire log?

yes in the final phase of the install , after it hangs a long time in the SQL install , when it is done it rolls back all ,

I am thinking if i can manually insall SQL2005 and create a DB and point to it maybe iut work?

what service is it talking about i think it is MSSQL$SQLEXP_VIM
  I am assuming that it is cuase it is the last service that what attempted to be started


so i need to install SQL2005 ? create a DB called MSSQL$SQLEXP_VIM
 and connect to it ???

thanks for all the help !

I built a new server and never resolved this