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vCenter servers must trust their ESX/ESXi hosts.
vSphere Licensing Requirements
vCloud Director requires the following vSphere licenses:
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VMware DRS, licensed by vSphere Enterprise and Enterprise Plus.
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VMware Distributed Switch and dvFilter, licensed by vSphere Enterprise Plus. This license enables
creation and use of vCloud Director isolated networks.
Supported vCloud Director Server Operating Systems
Table 1-4. Supported vCloud Director Server Operating Systems
Operating System
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64 bit), Update 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64 bit), Update 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64 bit), Update 6
Disk Space
Requirements
Each vCloud Director server requires approximately 950MB of free space for
the installation and log files.
Memory Requirements
Each vCloud Director server must be provisioned with at least 1GB of memory.
2GB is recommended.
The required packages are typically installed by default with the operating system software. If any packages
are missing, the installer fails with a diagnostic message.
Table 1-5. Required Software Packages
Package Name Package Name Package Name
alsa-lib libICE module-init-tools
bash libSM net-tools
chkconfig libstdc pciutils
coreutils libX11 procps
findutils libXau redhat-lsb
glibc libXdmcp sed
grep libXext tar
initscripts libXi which
krb5-libs libXt
libgcc libXtst
Supported vCloud Director Databases
vCloud Director supports Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases. The most current information about
supported databases is available from the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes at
http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide/sim/interop_matrix.php.
For recommended database server configurations, see “Installing and Configuring a vCloud Director
Database,” on page 15.
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