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The designated VCM for Agent Proxy servers should meet the following minimum requirements for

physical hardware or virtual machines. An Agent Proxy server meeting these requirements can manage

approximately 50 ESX Servers.

Physical Requirements for Virtualization Agent Proxy

n Processor. Single Xeon or single-core 2GHz minimum

n RAM. 4GB minimum

n Disk Space. Each Agent Proxy requires an additional 93MB of disk space, above the 200MB required for

the standard Agent. You will also need:

n 4MB per ESX server for data model storage

n 150MB per ESX server for Agent master files

Virtual Requirements for Virtualization Agent Proxy

n CPU. One virtual CPU, 2GHz, on a supported ESX host machine.

n RAM. 4GB minimum reservation on a supported ESX host machine.

n 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:

n 4MB per ESX server for data model storage

n 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 15–7. 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

Table 15–8. FIPS Support for Windows Machines

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