User`s guide

VCM for AD collections cause the TempDB database to grow significantly. If you have a fully populated
Microsoft Active Directory and plan to perform frequent AD collections, increase your hardware
requirements.
Longer data retention, additional WMI, registry filters, and custom information collections also add to the
requirements. For questions about how your specific requirements are affected, contact VMware Technical
Support.
Requirements Number of VCM Managed Machines
1–1000 1000–2000 2000+
Processors Dual Xeon or single Dual
Core 2GHz minimum
Quad Xeon or two Dual
Core 2GHz minimum
Eight-way Xeon or four Dual
Core 2GHz minimum
RAM 4GB+ minimum 6GB+ minimum 12GB+ minimum
Number of Separate
Disk Channels
2 3 4
Table 2–3. Minimum Hardware Requirements by Number of Managed Machines
The space allocations in the following table do not include space for backups. Allocate backup space that is
equal to the size of the VCM data for a single full backup, or larger if you want to keep multiple partial
backups.
Number of VCM Managed
Machines RAID Channel and RAID Level Partitions
Usable
Space
1–500 Channel 0 – RAID 1 OS 36GB
Collector Data
Files
36GB
TempDB 36GB
SQL Log Files 28GB
Channel 1 – RAID 0+1 (recommended) or
RAID 10
SQL Data Files 56GB
501–1000 Channel 0 – RAID 1 OS 36GB
Collector Data
Files
36GB
Channel 1 – RAID 1 TempDB 56GB
SQL Log Files 56GB
Channel 2 – RAID 0+1 (recommended) or
RAID10
SQL Data Files 113GB
1001–2000 Channel 0 – RAID 1 OS 36GB
Collector Data
Files
54GB
Channel 1 – RAID 1 TempDB 113GB
Channel 2 – RAID 1 SQL Log Files 113GB
Channel 3 – RAID 0+1 (recommended) or
RAID 10
SQLData Files 227GB
Table 2–4. Minimum Disk Configuration Requirements by Number of Managed Machines
Hardware Requirements for Collector Machines
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