User`s guide

The following information identifies the data files for default collections only. A 20MB overlap exists
between the Agent Proxy Agent and the Active Directory Agent when both Agents are installed on the
same machine.
Use the following information as a general guideline. Factors such as the types of data collected can affect
the sizing. VMware makes every effort to validate the numbers but cannot guarantee that the quoted
sizing information is accurate for all installations.
Windows Machines
For several components, the projected data file sizing information can vary. The data file size is the
estimated amount after an initial data collection using the default filter set.
Agent Type
Installed
File Size
Data File
Size
Projected Data File Size
VCM Agent with
Extension for
Provisioning (default
Agent)
130–135MB 10–20MB The projected data file sizing information can vary
depending on your collection filter set, and is
determined by collected data types and actions. The
size can vary from 10–20MB to more than 100MB.
The most likely data types to cause large data
growth are File System-File Structure and System
Logs.
VCM Agent without
Extension for
Provisioning
70–76MB 10–20MB The projected data file size is determined the same
as the default Agent.
Agent Proxy for
Virtualization
VCM
Agent
+40MB
See VCM
Agent data
file sizes
The projected data file size is determined the same
as the default Agent.
Active Directory
Agent
VCM
Agent
+30MB
See VCM
Agent data
file sizes
The projected data file size is determined the same
as the default Agent.
VCM Remote Client VCM
Agent
+2MB
(installs or
upgrades
Agent)
See VCM
Agent data
file sizes
The projected data file size is determined the same
as the default Agent.
Patching Agent VCM
Agent
+2MB
See VCM
Agent data
file sizes
The projected data file size is determined the same
as the default Agent.
Package Manager
(installed with VCM
Agent Extension for
Provisioning), which
includes the database
and cratecache.
Package
Manager
4MB
Database
140KB
Cratecache
0MB
n/a Package Manager. The application that installs and
removes packages. Size remains fixed.
Database. Metadata about packages. Increased size
based on number of installed packages. For
example, installing one package increased the size
from 140KB to 141KB.
Cratecache. Packages downloaded to the machine
from Software Repository. Increased sized is based
on the number of installed packages and the size of
the packages. The size of cratecache changes if
packages are "cleaned" from the cratecache after
Table 5–9. Windows Agents and Component File Sizes
Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines
VMware, Inc.
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