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Supported Directory Services
LCM requires a working LDAP server on your infrastructure.
LCM supports these directory service types.
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Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
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Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
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Sun Java Directory Server Enterprise Edition (DSEE) Version 6.3
Supported Browsers
The LCM user interface requires a Web browser.
You must use one of the following browsers to connect to LCM.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8
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Mozilla Firefox 3.0.19 or 3.6.x
To connect to a virtual machine through your browser, you must use the VMware WebCenter Remote MKS
Plug-in, which is compatible with the following browsers and operating systems:
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
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Mozilla Firefox 3.0.19 or 3.6.x on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7,
or Linux
Database Requirements
Orchestrator requires you to have a database that is separate from the standard vCenter database.
LCM can use either the same database as Orchestrator or a separate database. The best practice is to use a
separate database for LCM.
NOTE Because of CPU and memory use, you should consider hosting the database and the Orchestrator server
on different machines from the same datacenter. Make sure at least 1GB of free disk space is available on each
machine.
The following database types are supported by LCM.
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 x64
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 (10.0.1600)
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Oracle 10g Standard Edition, Release 2 (10.2.0.3.0)
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Oracle 11g Standard Edition, Release 1 x64 (11.1.0.7.0)
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