System Requirements

VMware vCenter Protect Essentials Plus

Console Prerequisites

Restrictions:

An NTFS file system is required on the console machine
If you install the console on a domain controller that uses LDAP certificate authentication, you may need to configure the server to avoid conflict issues between the SSL certificate and the VMware vCenter Protect program certificate. There is no easy way to configure this on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller and this combination is not recommended for use as a console.
If you install the console on two or more machines that share a database, all of the machines must have unique security identifiers (SIDs) in order to prevent user credential problems. Machines are likely to have the same SIDs if you make a copy of a virtual machine or if you ghost a machine.

Processor:

Minimum: 2 processor cores 2 GHz or faster
Recommended: 4 processor cores 2 GHz or faster (for 250 – 1000 seat license)
High performance: 8 processor cores 2 GHz or faster (for 1000+ seat license)

Memory:

Minimum: 2 GB of RAM
Recommended: 4 GB of RAM (for 250 – 1000 seat license)
High performance: 8 GB of RAM (for 1000+ seat license)

Video:

1024 x 768 screen resolution or higher (1280 x 1024 recommended)

Disk Space:

100 MB for application
2 GB or more for patch repository

Operating System (one of the following):

Note: VMware vCenter Protect supports 32- and 64-bit versions of the listed operating systems for both console and target systems.
Minimum:

Windows XP Professional SP3 or later (SP2 or later if using 64-bit version)
Windows Server 2003 Family SP2 or later
Windows Vista SP2 or later, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate Edition

Recommended:

Windows Server 2008 Family SP2 or later, excluding Server Core
Windows Server 2008 Family R2 SP1 or later, excluding Server Core
Windows 7 SP1 or later, Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate Edition

Database:

Use of SQL Server database (SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 R2, or SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition SP1) is required. If you do not have access to a SQL Server database, the option to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition SP1 will be provided during the prerequisite software installation process.
Size: 1.5 GB

Prerequisite Software:

Windows Installer 4.5 or later (only required if installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Express SP1 during VMware vCenter Protect installation)
Use of Microsoft SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 R2, or SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition SP1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 or later
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 (required in order to use the ITScripts feature)
Windows PowerShell 2.0 or later (required in order to use the ITScripts feature)
Windows Imaging Component
Remote Desktop Connection must be allowed in order to use the RDP feature

Windows Account Requirements:

In order to access the full capabilities of VMware vCenter Protect, you must run under an account with administrator privileges

Configuration Requirements:

When performing an asset scan of the console machine, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service must be enabled and the protocol allowed to the machine. In Windows Firewall, on Windows XP/Windows 2003 machines the service is called Remote Administration, and on Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 machines the service is called Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)/Remote Administration.

Clients (agentless)

Browser:

Internet Explorer 5.5 or later required to receive patch deployments

Operating Systems (any of the following):

Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Windows 2000 Small Business Server
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Windows XP Embedded
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server
Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
Windows Vista, Home Basic Edition
Windows Vista, Home Premium Edition
Windows Vista, Business Edition
Windows Vista, Enterprise Edition
Windows Vista, Ultimate Edition
Windows 7, Home Premium Edition
Windows 7, Professional Edition
Windows 7, Enterprise Edition
Windows 7, Ultimate Edition
Windows Server 2008, Standard
Windows Server 2008, Enterprise
Windows Server 2008, Datacenter
Windows Server 2008, Standard - Core
Windows Server 2008, Enterprise - Core
Windows Server 2008, Datacenter – Core
Windows Server 2008 R2, Standard
Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 R2, Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 R2, Standard - Core
Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise - Core
Windows Server 2008 R2, Datacenter – Core

Virtual Machines (offline virtual images created by any of the following):

VMware ESX Server 3.0 or later
VMware ESXi 3.0 or later
VMware vCenter (formally VMware VirtualCenter) 2.0 or later
VMware Workstation 4.0 or later
VMware Player

Configuration Requirements

Remote Registry service must be running
Simple File Sharing must be turned off
Server service must be running
NetBIOS (tcp139) or Direct Host (tcp445) ports must be accessible
When deploying patches on Windows Vista or later operating systems, the Windows Update service Startup type must be set to either Manual or Automatic.
Remote Desktop connections must be allowed in order for the console to make an RDP connection with a target machine
When performing an asset scan, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service must be enabled and the protocol allowed to the machine (TCP port 135). In Windows Firewall, on Windows XP/Windows 2003 machines the service is called Remote Administration, and on Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 machines the service is called Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)/ Remote Administration.

Products Supported (for patch program):

See http://xml.shavlik.com/data/supportedproducts.htm for the current list

Disk Space (for patch program):

Free space equal to five times the size of the patches being deployed

Supported Languages (for patch program):

Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Clients Running VMware vCenter Protect Agent

Note: An NTFS file system is required on agent machines.

Processor:

500 MHz or faster CPU

Memory:

Minimum: 256 meg RAM
Recommended: 512 meg RAM or higher

Disk Space:

30 MB for VMware vCenter Protect Agent client
500 MB or more for patch repository

Operating Systems (any of the following):

Windows XP SP2 or later
Windows Vista Family
Windows 7 Family
Windows Server 2003 Family
Windows Server 2008 Family
Windows Server 2008 Family R2

Prerequisite Software

MSXML 3.0 or later

Configuration Requirements

Workstation service must be running

Port Requirements

These are the default port requirements. The port numbers are configurable.