User`s guide

Operating System Versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) (Server only) 5.0, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.0 32- and 64-bit

For more information about configuring the OS Provisioning Server for installation, see "Hardware and

Software Requirements for the Operating System Provisioning Server" on page 47. Instructions for

installing the OS Provisioning Server and using the OS provisioning options in VCM are available in the

VCM Installation and Getting Started Guide.

Software Provisioning Requirements

VCM Software Provisioning provides the components to create software provisioning packages, publish

the packages to repositories, and install and remove software packages on target machines.

Supported Operating System Supported Hardware Platform

Microsoft Windows 7 x86, x64

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 x86, x64

Windows Vista SP2 x86, x64

Microsoft Windows XP SP3 x86

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 x64

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 x86, x64

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86, x64

Table 5–3. Software Provisioning Operating System and Hardware Requirements

Software Provisioning Component Software Requirements

Your system must meet the requirements fro VCM Software Provisioning components and software.

Software Provisioning

Component Description Requirements

VMware vCenter

Configuration Manager

Package Studio

Application used to the create the software packages. .NET 3.5.1 or

higher

Software Repositories File system used to store the shared software packages. .NET 3.5.1

and IIS 6, 7,

or 7.5

Package Manager Application on each managed machine that downloads packages from

repositories, and installs and removes the software contained in the

packages.

.NET 3.5.1 or

higher

Table 5–4. Software Provisioning Component Requirements

You can use any virtual machine guest on VMware ESX and ESXi Servers that meets these requirements

for any of the VCM Software Provisioning components.

UNIX/Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment Requirements

VCM 5.4.1 supports UNIX patch assessments and deployments for various machine types and operating

systems. The PLS files used for UNIX patch assessments require 20MB of disk space.

vCenter Configuration Manager Hardware and Software Requirements Guide

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