User`s guide

These x64 platforms have been tested:

For Windows: Intel64 and AMD64

For Linux: Intel64 and AMD64

For Solaris: Intel64

Itanium is not supported for either Windows or UNIX/Linux, except for HP-UX for Itanium servers.

Windows Custom Information Supports PowerShell 2.0

PowerShell version 2.0 is required for Windows Custom Information (WCI). VMware recommends that

you upgrade from PowerShell 1.0 to PowerShell 2.0, which introduced several useful functions.

Because of the additional ability to set the execution policy at the process level, PowerShell 2.0 is the base

requirement for WCI in VCM. The default script type command line used for script based filters in WCI

includes options to set the process-level execution policy to Remote Signed. This usage allows WCI to

execute collection scripts against systems whose machine and user level signing policies might be

anything, without having to change the setting. Out-of-the-box, non-in-line collection filters for VCM

Windows Custom Information will fail if executed against PowerShell 1.0 client systems.

PowerShell 2.0 is supported on all platforms that support PowerShell 1.0. For more information, see the

online Help.

Supported OS Provisioning Target Systems

You use OS provisioning to install the following operating system on machines with at least 1 GB RAM.

Operating System Versions

ESX 4.0u1/u2, 4.1

ESXi 4.1

Windows 2008 R2 - 64-bit - Std, Ent, Web, DC, StdCore, EntCore,

WebCore, DCCore

SP1 - i386 and 64-bit - Std, Ent, DC, StdCore, EntCore,

DCCore

SP2 - i386 and 64-bit - Std, Ent, DC, StdCore, EntCore,

DCCore

Windows 7 Pro i386 and 64-bit

Windows 2003 R2 SP2 - i386 and 64-bit - Std, Ent

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SP3 only) 32- and 64-bit and 11 (SP1 only) 32-

and 64-bit

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Server only) 5.0, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5 32- and 64-bit

Table 3-1. Supported Operating Systems

See "Hardware and Software Requirements for the Operating System Provisioning Server" on page 41 for

more information about configuring the OS Provisioning Server for installation. Instructions for installing

the OS Provisioning Server and using the OS provisioning options in VCM are available in VCM

Installation and Getting Started Guide.

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