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Command-Line Deployment of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0
Table 1. summarizes the characteristics of the two deployment models.
For more information about vCenter Server Appliance deployment models, see the vSphere Installation and
Setup documentation at http://pubs.vmware.com.
Requirements
Supported Operating Systems for the Command-Line Installer
You can run the vCenter Server Appliance command-line installer from any virtual or physical server in the
vSphere network. The vCenter Server Appliance command-line deployment is supported on the following
operating systems:
 Windows 7
 Windows Server 2008/2012
 Windows 8
 SUSE Linux 11 SP3
 Mac OS 10.9
Hardware Requirements
When you deploy the vCenter Server Appliance, select to deploy an appliance that is suitable for the size of
your vSphere environment.
The hardware requirements, such as the number of CPUs and memory, depend on the size of your vSphere
inventory.
Table 1. vCenter Server Appliance Deployment Models
vCenter Server Appliance Deployment Model Description
vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform
Services Controller
All services bundled with the Platform Services Controller
are deployed together with vCenter Server in the same
appliance.
IMPORTANT vCenter Server with an embedded Platform
Services Controller is standalone. You cannot use it to
replicate vCenter Single Sign-On data. Setting up
replication partners between multiple vCenter Server
instances with embedded Platform Services Controllers is
not supported in this release.
vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform
Services Controller
All services bundled with the Platform Services Controller
are deployed as one appliance and vCenter Server is
deployed as another appliance.
IMPORTANT You must first deploy the Platform Services
Controller.
Table 2. Hardware Requirements
Resources Number of CPUs Memory
Platform Services Controller 2 2 GB RAM
Tiny environment
up to 10 hosts, 100 virtual machines
28 GB RAM
Small environment
up to 100 hosts, 1,000 virtual machines
4 16 GB RAM
Medium environment
up to 400 hosts, 4,000 virtual machines
8 24 GB RAM
Large environment
up to 1,000 hosts, 10,000 virtual machines
16 32 GB RAM