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Table 2‑2. Storage Requirements for a vCenter Server Appliance with an Embedded or
External Platform Services Controller (Continued)
Default Storage Size Large Storage Size X-Large Storage Size
Large environment (up to 1,000
hosts or 10,000 virtual
machines)
640 GB 990 GB 1870 GB
X-Large environment (up to
2,000 hosts or 35,000 virtual
machines)
980 GB 1030 GB 1910 GB
Note The storage requirements include the requirements for the VMware Update Manager that runs as
a service in the vCenter Server Appliance.
Storage Requirements for the Platform Services Controller Appliance
The storage requirement for a Platform Services Controller appliance is 60 GB.
Software Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance and
Platform Services Controller Appliance
The VMware vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller appliance can be deployed on
ESXi hosts 5.5 or later, or on vCenter Server instances 5.5 or later.
You can deploy the vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Services Controller appliance by using the GUI
or CLI installer. You run the installer from a network client machine that you use to connect to the target
server and deploy the appliance on the server. You can connect directly to an ESXi 5.5.x or 6.x host on
which to deploy the appliance. You can also connect to a vCenter Server 5.5.x or 6.x instance to deploy
the appliance on an ESXi host or DRS cluster that resides in the vCenter Server inventory.
For information about the requirements for network client machine, see System Requirements for the
vCenter Server Appliance Installer.
Required Ports for vCenter Server and
Platform Services Controller
The vCenter Server system, both on Windows and in the appliance, must be able to send data to every
managed host and receive data from the vSphere Web Client and the Platform Services Controller
services. To enable migration and provisioning activities between managed hosts, the source and
destination hosts must be able to receive data from each other.
If a port is in use or is blacklisted, the vCenter Server installer displays an error message. You must use
another port number to proceed with the installation. There are internal ports that are used only for inter-
process communication.
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