vCenter Update Manager SQL Database 1) Create vCenter Update Manager Database USE [master] GO CREATE DATABASE [vcenter-update-manager] on PRIMARY (NAME = N'vcenter-update-manager', FILENAME = N'D:\Microsoft SQL Server\vcenter-update-manager\vcenter-update-manager.mdf', SIZE = 128MB, MAXSIZE = 4096MB, FILEGROWTH = 128MB) LOG ON (NAME = N'vcenter-update-manager_log', FILENAME = N'D:\Microsoft SQL Server\vcenter-update-manager\vcenter-update-manager.ldf', SIZE = 64MB, MAXSIZE = 1024MB, FILEGROWTH = 64MB) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS GO 2) Modify vCenter Update Manager Database USE [vcenter-update-manager] GO ALTER DATABASE [vcenter-update-manager] SET RECOVERY SIMPLE; GO 3) Create user vumdb USE [vcenter-update-manager] GO CREATE LOGIN [vumdb] WITH PASSWORD = 'insert-a-password-here', DEFAULT_DATABASE = [vcenter-update-manager], DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=[us_english], CHECK_POLICY=OFF GO CREATE USER [vumdb] for LOGIN [vumdb] GO USE [msdb] GO CREATE USER [vumdb] FOR LOGIN [vumdb] GO 4) Add rights to vumdb user account USE [msdb] GO EXEC sp_addrolemember N'db_owner', N'vumdb' GO USE [vcenter-update-manager] GO sp_addrolemember [db_owner],[vumdb] GO