User`s guide

Hardware and Operating System Require-
ments for Agent Machines
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Hardware and Operating System
Requirements for Agent Machines
Agent machines are managed machines from which VCM collects data. The Agent is supported on many
different machine and operating system types.
VCM Agent Requirements
The amount of additional disk space required on a Windows, UNIX/Linux, Mac OS X,or AD managed
machine running an Agent is fairly constant. Each machine requires no more than 200MB to run an Agent.
However, the recommended memory to run the HP-UX Agent is 1GB.
This table provides the list of hardware platforms and operating systems supported by VCM. While it
might be possible to install Agents on platforms or operating system versions other than those listed
below, such configurations will not be supported. From time to time VMware introduces support for
additional platforms and operating systems. If a particular combination of platform and operating system
is not listed, contact VMware Customer Support to confirm whether the combination is supported by a
later version of VCM.
The platforms indicated with an asterisk (*) that have agents prior to the 5.2.1 Agent may not correctly
report the name of the operating system. You should upgrade these platform agents as soon as possible.
The platforms indicated with the "(up to the 5.2.1 Agent only)" note are supported only to the Agent
version specified. You can install the 5.2.1 version of the Agent on the platforms specified, but you cannot
install newer or the current Agent. This means that you will not be able to use the new features in this
release on those platforms. Contact VMware Customer Support for the earlier supported Agents.
Agent Supported Operating System
Supported
Hardware
Platform
Platforms to
be Upgraded
Windows
Microsoft Windows 2000 (up to 5.2.1 Agent only) x86
Microsoft Windows 2003 x86 and x64
Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 x86 and x64
Microsoft XP Professional (including SP3) x86 and x64
Microsoft XP Professional (SP2 and earlier up to 5.2.1 Agent
only)
x86 and x64
Microsoft Vista Business (including SP1) x86 and x64 *
Microsoft Vista Ultimate (including SP1) x86 and x64 *
Microsoft Vista Enterprise (including SP1) x86 and x64 *
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x86 and x64 *
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x86 and x64 *
Microsoft Windows 7 Business x86 and x64
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x86 and x64
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise x86 and x64 *
UNIX/Linux
AIX 4.3.3 (up to 5.1.3 Agent only) RISC
Table 3-1. Agent Operating System and Hardware Requirements
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