Install vCenter 5.0 plus update manager trial on Windows 2008 R2

For the server part you only need .NET framework 3.5. Make sure it is installed and patched.
Domain it not mandatory. i.e. you can run this vCenter installation in a workgroup if you like. For a home lab setup, a single disk should be fine, but as we need to install MS SQL, a separate disk for the SQL server is perhaps a good idea.
For this run i will install the database separately, and when the db is up and running, i will install vCenter 5.0. I shouldn't be necessary - but for some reason, the default vCenter installation seems to do a fairly poor job with the SQL setup. Or at least I don’t understand the setup and consequently Update Manager fails.