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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
Operating System Versions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) (Server only) 5.0, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.8, 6.0, 6.2, 6.3, 32-bit and
64-bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES)
10.3, 32-bit and 64-bit
11.1, 32-bit and 64-bit
11.2, 32-bit and 64-bit (Custom import as 11.1)
Windows Server 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, Retail, Volume
Windows 2003 R2 SP2 - i386 and 64-bit - Std, Ent
Table 5–3. Supported Operating Systems
For more information about installing the OS Provisioning Server and using the OS provisioning options
in VCM are available in the VCM Administration Guide.
Software Provisioning Requirements
VCM Software Provisioning provides the components to create software provisioning packages, publish
the packages to repositories, and install and remove software packages on target machines.
Supported Operating System Supported Hardware Platform
Microsoft Windows 7 x86, x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 x86, x64
Windows Vista SP2 x86, x64
Microsoft Windows XP SP3 x86
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 x86, x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86, x64
Table 5–4. Software Provisioning Operating System and Hardware Requirements
Your system must meet the requirements for VCM Software Provisioning components and software.
Software Provisioning
Component
Description Requirements
VMware vCenter
Configuration
Manager Package
Studio
Application used to the create the software packages. .NET 3.5.1 or
higher
Table 5–5. Software Provisioning Component Requirements
Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines
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