VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A Setup Guide - Page 17
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Chapter 2 System Requirements Hardware Requirements for vCenter Server, the vSphere Web Client , vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Single Sign-On vCenter Server host machines must meet hardware requirements. vCenter Single Sign-On, the vSphere Web Client , vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Server Hardware Requirements You can install vCenter Single Sign-On, the vSphere Web Client, vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Server on the same host machine (as with vCenter Simple Install) or on different machines. See Table 2-2. The follosing tables list the hardware requirements for vCenter Single Sign-On and Inventory Service, running on separate host machines. n Table 2-3 n Table 2-4 If you use Custom Install to install vCenter Single Sign-On, vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Server on the same host machine, the vCenter Single Sign-On, and Inventory Service memory and disk storage requirements are in addition to the requirements for vCenter Server. See Table 2-5. Table 2‑2. Minimum Hardware Requirements for Simple Install Deployment of vCenter Single Sign-On, the vSphere Web Client , vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Server Host Hardware for Simple Install Deployment Minimum Requirement Processor Memory Disk storage Network speed Intel or AMD x64 processor with two or more logical cores, each with a speed of 2GHz. 12GB. Memory requirements are higher if the vCenter Server database runs on the same machine as vCenter Server. vCenter Server includes several Java services: VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices (tc Server), Inventory Service, and Profile-Driven Storage Service. When you install vCenter Server, you select the size of your vCenter Server inventory to allocate memory for these services. The inventory size determines the maximum JVM heap settings for the services. You can adjust this setting after installation if the number of hosts in your environment changes. See the recommendations in Table 2-7. 100GB recommended. 40-60GB of free disk space are required after installation, depending on the size of your inventory. You should provide more space to allow for future growth of your inventory. Disk storage requirements are higher if the vCenter Server database runs on the same machine as vCenter Server, depending on the size of the database. In vCenter Server 5.x, the default size for vCenter Server logs is 450MB larger than in vCenter Server 4.x. Make sure the disk space allotted to the log folder is sufficient for this increase. 1Gbps VMware, Inc. 17
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