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CPU Requirements for
1. vCenter Server (Windows)
2. vCenter Server (Linux Appliance) |
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1. Two 64-bit CPUs or 1 64-bit dual-core processor
2. Same for appliance
Note: Same for 5.0 and 5.1 |
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What are the physical memory requirements for
1. vCenter server and
2. vCenter Server Appliance
State difference for 5.0 and 5.1 |
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Definition
1. 4GB Ram in 5.0 and 5.1 but 10GB in 5.1 if SSO and Inventory Service installed on same server(e.g. SSO)
2. Mem requirements depend on inventory size for vCenter Appliance:
<10 Hosts/<100 VM: > 4GB
10-100 Hosts/ 100-1000 VM: >8GB
100-400 Hosts/ 1000-4000VM: 13 GB (16GB in 5.1)
>400 Hosts/ >4000 VM: 17GB (24GB in 5.1) |
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vCenter Server Disk Storage Requirements in 5.0 and 5.1 for:
1. vCenter Server
2. vCenter Server Appliance
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Definition
1. 4GB with 100GB in 5.1 if SSO and inventory service on the same machine to allow for inventory growth (e.g. simple install)
2. 7GB up to 80GB: can deploy as thin provisioned virtual disks that can grow to max 80GB |
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| How much free disk space should you give for the MS SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Disk? |
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Definition
| Up to 2GB free disk space to decompress the installation archive. Approx. 1.5GB of these files are deleted after the installation is complete. |
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| What Network speed is required for vCenter Server? |
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What are the recommended JVM Heap Settings for vCenter Server with small (1-100 hosts or 1-1000 VMs) inventory size? (5.0 and 5.1)
1. VMware Virtual Center Management Webservices (Tomcat)
2. Inventory Service
3. Profile Driven Storage
Note: these are the same for both vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance |
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Definition
1. VMware Virtual Center Management Webservices (Tomcat): 1GB
2. Inventory Service: 2GB
3. Profile Driven Storage: 512MB |
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What are the recommended JVM Heap Settings for vCenter Server with medium (100-400 hosts or 1000-4000 VMs) inventory size? (5.0 and 5.1)
1. VMware Virtual Center Management Webservices (Tomcat)
2. Inventory Service
3. Profile Driven Storage
Note: these are the same for both vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance |
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Definition
1. VMware Virtual Center Management Webservices (Tomcat): 2GB
2. Inventory Service: 4GB/6GB (5.0/5.1)
3. Profile Driven Storage: 1GB
Note: these are the same for both vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance |
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What are the recommended JVM Heap Settings for vCenter Server with large (>400 hosts or >4000 VMs) inventory size? (5.0 and 5.1)
1. VMware Virtual Center Management Webservices (Tomcat)
2. Inventory Service
3. Profile Driven Storage
Note: these are the same for both vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance |
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Definition
1. VMware Virtual Center Management Webservices (Tomcat): 3GB
2. Inventory Service 6/12GB (5.0/5.1)
3. Profile Driven Storage: 2GB
Note: these are the same for both vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance |
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| T/F: vCenter Server can be installed on a netowork drive or USB flash drive |
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Definition
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| T/F: When installing a DB on the same server as vCneter server, DB physical host requirements can are in addition to those for the vCenter Server appliance |
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| The embedded DB that comes with vCenter Server Appliance has a host limit and a VM limit. Exceeding these limits could cause vCenter Server to stop responding. What are these limits? |
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| No. of CPUs and min Processor speed for vSphere Client? |
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Definition
1 CPU, 500MHz or faster, Intel or AMD
1GHz is recommended
Same for 5.0 and 5.1 |
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| Minimum memory required for vSphere Client |
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Definition
| 1GB Ram. Same for 5.0 and 5.1 |
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| Disk storage required for vSphere Client (complete installation) |
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Definition
1.5GB free disk space for a complete installation
Same for 5.0 and 5.1 |
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| Name the components installed with the vSphere Client |
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Definition
n Microsoft .NET 2.0 SP2
n Microsoft .NET 3.0 SP2
n Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1
n Microsoft Visual J#
Remove any previously installed versions of Microsoft Visual J# on the system where you are installing the vSphere Client.
n vSphere Client
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Identify the minimum recommended system configuration for performance in a medium sized environment with up to 50 hosts and 500 powered on VMs in 5.0 and 5.1 for: no. CPU cores, Memory, Disk Size for
1. vCenter Server
2. vSphere Client |
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Definition
vCenter Server:
Cores: 2
Memory: 4GB
Disk: 5GB
vSphere Client:
Cores: 1
Memory: 200MB/1GB (5.0/5.1)
Disk: 1.5GB |
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Identify the minimum recommended system configuration for performance in a large sized environment with up to 300 hosts and 3000 powered on VMs in 5.0 and 5.1 for: no. CPU cores, Memory, Disk Size for
1. vCenter Server
2. vSphere Client
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Definition
vCenter Server:
Cores: 4
Memory: 8GB
Disk: 10GB
vSphere Client:
Cores: 1
Memory: 500MB/1GB (5.0/5.1)
Disk: 1.5GB
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Identify the minimum recommended system configuration for performance in an extra large sized environment with up to 1,000 hosts and 10,000 powered on VMs in 5.0 and 5.1 for: no. CPU cores, Memory, Disk Size for
1. vCenter Server
2. vSphere Client
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vCenter Server:
Cores: 8
Memory: 16GB
Disk: 10GB
vSphere Client:
Cores: 2
Memory: 500MB/1GB (5.0/5.1)
Disk: 1.5GB
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Amount of physical memory required by the vSPhere Web Client Server Component.
Name the components that require this memory and the split |
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Total: 2GB
Java heap: 1GB
Additional components: 1GB
Additional Components include:
- The resident code
- The stack for Java threads
- Global/bss segments for the Java process
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| What are the physical CPU requirements for the vSphere web client server component? No. CPU and speed |
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Definition
| 1 processor, 4 cores, 2.00GHz |
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Name the additional requirements to install vCenter Server on a custom drive?
i.e. what space is required and by which components? |
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Definition
1. 1GB on the custom drive for vCenter Server
2. 1.13 GB on the C:\ drive for Microsoft .NET 3.0 SP1, Microsoft ADAM, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express (optional) and Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable
3. 375MB for the custom drive %temp% directory |
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