5.7

Physical Requirements for Virtualization Agent Proxy
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Processor. Single Xeon or single-core 2GHz minimum
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RAM. 4GB minimum
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Disk Space. Each Agent Proxy requires an additional 93MB of disk space, above the 200MB required for
the standard Agent. You will also need:
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4MB per ESX server for data model storage
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150MB per ESX server for Agent master files
Virtual Requirements for Virtualization Agent Proxy
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CPU. One virtual CPU, 2GHz, on a supported ESX host machine.
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RAM. 4GB minimum reservation on a supported ESX host machine.
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Storage. Each Agent Proxy requires an additional 93MB of disk space, above the 200MB required for
the standard Agent on a supported ESX platform. You will also need:
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4MB per ESX server for data model storage
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150MB per ESX server for Agent master files
vCenter Operations Manager Integration Features
You can configure the following versions vCenter Operations Manager with VCM 5.7. Different integrated
versions of vCenter Operations Manager support different features.
vCenter Operations Manager
Version
VCM Features in vCenter Operations Manager
5.0.x VCM change events
5.6, 5.7 VCM change events, compliance template results, and machine
groups
Table 5–7. vCenter Operations Manager Integration
FIPS Requirements
If your organization must conform to the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), the following
tables list the VCM supported standards.
FIPS for Windows
For the following Windows platforms, VCM uses the Microsoft CryptoAPI and the Microsoft
Cryptographic Service Providers (CSPs), which is included with Microsoft Windows.
Operating System Version Hardware Platform FIPS Module Certificate
.NET 3 cil 894
Windows Vista 1 x86 899
Windows Vista 1 x86 and 64-bit 894
Windows Vista 1 x86 and 64-bit 893
Table 5–8. FIPS Support for Windows Machines
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