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vCenter Operations Manager collector—Acts as the gateway between vCenter Operations Manager and
the adapters used to collect data from the collection landscape. It is installed by default as part of the
primary server but can also be distributed as a stand-alone component. You can install one or more remote
collectors to navigate firewalls, share bandwidth across data centers, and reduce the load on the
vCenter Operations Manager server. You can install the collector on a shared server.
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vCenter Operations Manager messaging—The message bus (ActiveMQ) passes metric
information between vCenter Operations Manager components.
vCenter Operations Manager uses two data storage solutions. A relational database (Oracle or Microsoft SQL
Server) stores configuration and state data. A proprietary high-performance file system-based repository
(FSDB) stores the collected raw metrics.
The installation script installs all vCenter Operations Manager components—server (including messaging),
collector, and analytics—in the same folder structure. It also installs several vCenter Operations Manager
system tools.
System Requirements
vCenter Operations Manager has specific hardware and software requirements.
Operating System Requirements
You must install vCenter Operations Manager on a supported operating system.
vCenter Operations Manager is compatible with the following operating systems.
Table 1. Operating Systems
Operating System Version Service Pack
Windows Server 2000 64-bit SP2 or later
Windows Server 2008 64-bit N/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64-bit N/A
Hardware Requirements
You must install vCenter Operations Manager Server on a 64-bit machine that meets specific hardware
requirements.
Table 2. Hardware Requirements
Hardware
Component One Million Metrics Two Million Metrics Six Million Metrics
CPU 4CPU 8CPU 32CPU
Memory 14GB 28GB 72GB
Disk Storage 1.5TB
FSDB: 1.5TB
Database: 100GB
3TB
FSDB: 2.8TB
Database: 200GB
8.8TB
FSDB: 8.4TB
Database: 400GB
Disk I/O for Analytics
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2,000 IOPS 4,000 IOPS 12,000 IOPS
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