VMware VCENTER CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.3 - SOFTWARE REQUIEREMENTS GUIDE Guida Utente

VMware vCenter Configuration ManagerHardwareand Software Requirements GuidevCenter Configuration Manager 5.4This document supports the version of eac

Figure 1-2: VCM Collector with OS Provisioning ServervCenter Configuration Manager Hardware and Software Requirements Guide10 VMware, Inc.

Hardware Requirements for CollectorMachines2Hardware Requirements for CollectorMachinesVCM hardware requirements are dependent on the number of physic

In this example, an enterprise contains machines and objects that represent 1177 managed machines andso is in the 1000 to 2000 managed machines catego

Longer data retention, additional WMI, registry filters, and custom information collections also add to therequirements. For questions about how your

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Hardware and Operating System Require-ments for Agent Machines3Hardware and Operating SystemRequirements for Agent MachinesAgent machines are managed

Agent Supported Operating SystemSupportedHardwarePlatformPlatforms tobe UpgradedAIX 5L 5.1 RISCAIX 5L 5.2 RISCAIX 5L 5.3 RISCAIX 6L 6.1 (5.2 Agent or

These x64 platforms have been tested:nFor Windows: Intel64 and AMD64nFor Linux: Intel64 and AMD64nFor Solaris: Intel64Itanium is not supported for eit

Software Provisioning RequirementsVCM Software Provisioning provides the components to create software provisioning packages, publishthe packages to r

Supported Operating System Supported Hardware PlatformHP-UX 11i v3.0 (11.31) PA-RISCMac OS X 10.4 Intel and PowerPCMac OS X 10.5 Intel and PowerPCRed

CopyrightYou can find the most up-to-date technical documentation on the VMware Web site at:http://www.vmware.com/support/The VMware Web site also pro

Physical RequirementsnProcessor. Single Xeon or single-core 2 GHz minimumnRAM. 4 GB minimumnDisk Space. Each VCM for Virtualization Agent Proxy requir

Operating System Version Hardware Platform FIPS Module CertificateWindows XP SP1 x86 240Windows XP Gold x86 240Windows XP Gold x86 238Windows 2000 All

DSSENH Validated OperatingSystemsValidated Versions (Links to SecurityPolicy)FIPSCertificate #FIPS VersionValidatedWindows Server 20086.0.6001.18000 #

Agent TypeInstalledfile sizeData FileSize (aftercollectingdata usingdefaultfilter set)Projected Data File Size (determined by collected datatypes and

Mac OS X MachinesAgent TypeInstalledfile sizeData File Size(aftercollectingdata usingdefault filterset)Projected Data File Size (determined by collect

Software and Operating System Require-ments for Collector Machines4Software and Operating SystemRequirements for Collector MachinesYour system must me

Upgrade ConsiderationsTo upgrade to the current version of VCM, you must have version 4.11.1 or later installed and running.Detailed upgrade procedure

VCM managed machines do not require DCOM. Instead, you can use HTTP on VCM managed machinesif you do not want to use DCOM or if it is blocked by firew

To verify the correct IIS 7.5 Role Services are enabled on the Web server1. Open Server Manager.2. Expand Roles and click Web Server (IIS).3. In the W

To Configure the IIS 7.5 settings1. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.2. Expand the Server Manager (<server name>), expand Sites,

ContentsAbout This Book 5Overview 7Agent and Collector Host OS Platform Support 8Understand the VCM Installation Manager 8Understand VCM Installation

To verify the ASP Role Service1. Select Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.2. Expand Server Manager (<server name>) and expand

Verify the IIS Server-Side Includes Role ServiceThe IIS ServerSideIncludes Role Service must be installed.To verify the IIS ServerSideIncludes Role Se

Install and Configure SQL ServerVCM operates with a Standard or Enterprise edition of SQL Server. You must install SQL Server 2008 R2(64-bit), English

To install SQL Server 2008 R21. Run setup.exe to begin the SQL Server 2008 R2 installation.2. In the SQL Server Installation Center, review the list o

21. On the Error Reporting page, you do not have to take action and can proceed to the next page.22. On the Installation Configuration Rules page, cor

1. Select Start > All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 > SQL Server Management Studio.2. Click the Database Engine Query button.3. In

1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools.2. Click Internet Options and the Security tab.3. Click Local intranet and clear the Enable Protected Mode (requi

During the installation process, you must specify certificates for the Collector and for the Enterprise. Youcan have Installation Manager generate the

Assign ASP.NET Permissions to the VMware Application Services AccountThe VMware Application Services Account is a custom service account that requires

Run Foundation CheckerFoundation Checker is a tool that runs system checks on the VCM Collector machine. FoundationChecker automatically checks the ma

vCenter Configuration Manager Hardware and Software Requirements GuideDisallowed Packages 42VCM Agent 42Patching the OS Provisioning Server 42Network

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Hardware and Software Requirements forthe Operating System Provisioning Server5Hardware and Software Requirements for theOperating System Provisioning

Required PackagesThe Development Tools and Legacy Software Development package groups can be installed from Red Hatmedia. These packages are found in

Configure the provisioning network interface on the machine you are using as the OS Provisioning Serverwith a static IP address so that the OS Provisi

Add the following entry in the /etc/sysconfig/iptables firewall configuration file to allow traffic onall ports on the provisioning network.-A RH-Fire

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibitedCOMMIT# Completed on Fri Dec 3 14:51:10 20104. Restart the iptables service using t

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Configure SQL Server for VCM6Configure SQL Server for VCMSQL Server 2008 R2 is user friendly and designed so that even a novice Database Administrator

nRecovery interval (minutes): Type or select 5. This setting configures the approximate amountof time that SQL Server takes to run the recovery proces

1. Select Start > All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 > SQL Server Management Studio.2. Right-click the SQL instance that you install

About This BookAbout This BookThe VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Hardware and Software Requirements Guide describes thehardware and software req

Because SQL Server is extremely disk-write intensive, performance suffers when SQL is configured withRAID 5. Understanding the RAID levels can help SQ

nUltra 320 SCSI, or U320 supports up to 320MB/s throughput per channel. The HP SmartArray 6404 cansupport multiple U320 channels (four in the case of

Use SQLIO to Determine IO Channel ThroughputSQLIO is a tool that determines the I/O capacity of a SQL configuration. To predict how well VCM willfunct

..NET 29status 29.NET versions 2964-bit 29Aabout this book 5administrator rights 36agent 38hardware 15disk sizing 22software provisioning 18software 1

PowerShellagent 17prerequisitesinstallation 25processor settingsSQL Server 48propertiesSQL Server 34provisioning, operating systemnetwork 42requiremen

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Overview1OverviewThis manual helps you determine your specific hardware and software requirements for VMware vCenterConfiguration Manager (VCM) and he

If you have questions about the Windows server/workstation or UNIX machine configuration, or aboutany requirements not answered in this document, cont

Figure 1-1: Typical VCM Enterprise-wide, single-server installationOverviewVMware, Inc. 9