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Product Description Anticipated Number of Managed
Machines in the Next 12–24 Months
VCM Windows Servers 92
vSphere/ESX/ESXi Servers 5
Virtual Machines 50
Linux or UNIX 100
Mac 100
Windows Workstations 920
VCM for
Active
Directory
Divide total number of AD objects by 100 to
determine the approximate "machine count" for
your AD environment.
10,000 AD Objects/100 = 100
managed machines to
accommodate VCM for AD
Total Managed Machines: 1377
Table 2–1. Sample Sizing Worksheet
Use the blank worksheet to calculate and record the managed machines in your environment.
Product Description Anticipated Number of Managed
Machines in the Next 12–24 Months
VCM Windows Servers
vSphere/ESX/ESXi Servers
Virtual Machines
Linux or UNIX
Mac
Windows Workstations
VCM for
Active
Directory
Divide total number of AD objects by 100 to
determine the approximate "machine count" for
your AD environment.
Total Managed Machines:
Table 2–2. Blank Sizing Worksheet
Identify Your Specific Hardware Requirements
Size your VCM Collector and database based on the requirements for managed vCenter Server instances
and the number of machines managed by VCM.
Database Sizing for Managed vCenter Server Instances
Use the following requirements to size your SQLServer database depending on the number of hosts and
guests per vCenter Server managed by VCM. Guest collections include only the virtual machine data that
vCenter provides and do not include any in-guest data. In-guest collections are separate from vCenter
collections.
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