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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Installation Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Preparing to Install VCM
- Common Prerequisites for All VCM Servers
- VCM Installation
- Post-Installation
- Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines
- VCM Agent Support on Non-English Windows Platforms
- VCM Managed Machine Requirements
- Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS Agent Files
- Windows Custom Information Supports PowerShell 2.0
- Supported OS Provisioning Target Systems
- Software Provisioning Requirements
- Linux and UNIX Patch Assessment and Deployment Requirements
- Support for VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- vCenter Operations Manager Integration Features
- FIPS Requirements
- Agent Sizing Information
- Index
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 1–3. Blank Sizing Worksheet
Hardware and Disk Requirements By Number of Managed Machines
Use the total number of managed machines from the worksheet to size your environment size (1–1000,
1001–2000, 2001–5000, or more). If you have more than 5000 machines in your environment, contact
VMware Technical Support to help you determine your hardware requirements.
If you run SQLServer on a virtual machine, see the Microsoft SQL Server on VMware Best Practices Guide at
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/sql_server_best_practices_guide.pdf. If you run SQL Server in a Hyper-
V environment, see Best Practices and Performance Considerations for Running SQL Server 2008 in a Hyper-V
Environment on the Microsoft Web site.
The requirements in the following tables are based on the following assumptions.
n
Daily VCM collections using the default filter set, with additional Microsoft AD security descriptors
collected using VCM for AD
n
15 days retention of change data
n
Simple recovery mode only
n
Daily VCM Patching collections
n
No applications other than VCM running on the server
VCM for AD collections cause the TempDB database to grow significantly. If you have a fully populated
Microsoft Active Directory and plan to perform frequent AD collections, increase your hardware
requirements.
Longer data retention, additional Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), registry filters, and
custom information collections also add to the requirements.
Single Tier 2-Tier Database 2-Tier Web/Collector
Processor Dual Xeon or single Dual
Core 2GHz
Dual Xeon or single Dual
Core 2GHz
Dual Xeon or single Dual
Core 2GHz
RAM 8GB 8GB 4GB
Table 1–4. Minimum Hardware Requirements to Support 1–1000 Managed Machines
Preparing to Install VCM
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