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Table 101. Virtual Machine Requirements for Custom Templates
Requirement Description
Operating system The following operating systems are supported:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1, 6.3, and 6.5 for 32- and 64-bit
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with Service Pack 1 for 64-bit, and Windows Server 2012 R2 for 32-
and 64-bit
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CentOS 5.10, 6.1, 6.3, 6.5 for 32- and 64-bit
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SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 for 32- and 64-bit
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 for 32- and 64-bit
VMware Tools VMware Tools must be installed and the version must be from vCloud Director 5.1.2 or 5.5 or vCenter Server
5.0, 5.1, or 5.5.
CD/DVD drive At least one CD/DVD drive must be available on the vCloud Director virtual machine. See the vCloud Director
documentation.
JRE Install the supported JRE from one of the following packages, which are available in the Application Services
virtual appliance:
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JRE for Windows
http://Application_Services_IP/agent/jre-1.7.0_72-win64.zip
See Configure Windows Virtual Machine Template in vCloud Director.
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JRE for Linux
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http://Application_Services_IP/agent/jre-1.7.0_72-lin32.zip
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http://Application_Services_IP/agent/jre-1.7.0_72-lin64.zip
To install JRE on a virtual machine template, see Create Linux Virtual Machine Templates in vCloud Director.
Linux agent
bootstrap service
Download the Linux agent bootstrap package vmware-appdirector-agent-service from the VMware
product download site http://vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads. Install the Linux agent bootstrap script from
one of the following packages:
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http://Application_Services_IP/agent/vmware-appdirector-agent-service_6.0.0.0-0_x86_64.rpm
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http://Application_Services_IP/agent/vmware-appdirector-agent-service_6.0.0.0-0_i386.rpm
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http://Application_Services_IP/agent/vmware-appdirector-agent-service_6.0.0.0-0_amd64.deb
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http://Application_Services_IP/agent/vmware-appdirector-agent-service_6.0.0.0-0_i386.deb
To install the agent bootstrap service on a virtual machine template, see Create Linux Virtual Machine
Templates in vCloud Director.
These files are downloaded if you use the preparevCACTemplate.sh script.
Windows agent
bootstrap service
on
vCloud Director
Download the http://Application_Services_IP/agent/vmware-appdirector-agent-bootstrap-
windows_6.0.0.0.zip file from the Application Services virtual appliance.
To install the agent bootstrap service on a Windows-based virtual machine template, see Configure Windows
Virtual Machine Template in vCloud Director.
Supported
Windows
scripting
Application Services supports scripting with Windows CMD or PowerShell 2.0.
Supported Linux
scripting
Application Services supports scripting with Bash.
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