{"id":11433,"date":"2011-07-29T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11433"},"modified":"2011-07-29T17:54:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T17:54:00","slug":"vmm-2012-system-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11433","title":{"rendered":"VMM 2012 System Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official TechNet content is a bit scattered about so I through I\u2019d reorganise it and consolidate to make stuff easier to find.&#160; The software requirements of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM\/SCVMM) 2012 are easy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise or Datacenter with SP1<\/li>\n<li>Windows Remote Management (WinRM) 2.0 \u2013 a part of W2008 R2<\/li>\n<li>.NET 3.5 with SP1 (a feature in W2008 R2)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=194654\" target=\"_blank\">WAIK&#160; for Windows 7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s a significant change for the database.&#160; SQL Express is no longer supported.&#160; You will need to migrate the VMM database to one of the supported versions\/editions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise\/Standard x86\/x64 (no news of support for the recent SP1 yet)<\/li>\n<li>SQL Server 2008 Enterprise\/Standard x86\/x64 with Service Pack 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u2019s the system requirements for VMM 2012:<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Manage Up To 150 Hosts<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be honest; how many of us <em>really<\/em> have anything close to 150 hosts to manage with VMM?&#160; Hell; how many of us have 15 hosts to manage?&#160; Anyway, here\u2019s the system requirements and basic architecture for this scale of deployment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/image17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/image_thumb17.png\" width=\"404\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You <em>can<\/em> run all of the VMM roles on a single server with the following hardware configuration:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"612\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Component<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Minimum<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">Recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">CPU<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Pentium 4, 2 GHz (x64)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>Dual-Processor, Dual-Core, 2.8 GHz (x64) or greater<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Memory<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>2 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">4 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Disk space (no local DB)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>2 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">40 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Disk Space (local DB)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">80 GB<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">150 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Although you <em>can<\/em> run all the components on a single server, you may want to split them out onto different servers if you need VMM role fault tolerance.&#160; You\u2019re looking at something like this if that\u2019s what you want to do:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/image18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/image_thumb18.png\" width=\"504\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A dedicated SQL server will require:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"612\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Component<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Minimum<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">Recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">CPU<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz (x64)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>Dual-Processor, Dual-Core, 2 GHz (x64) or greater<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Memory<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>2 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">4 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Disk space (no local DB)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>80 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">150 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A dedicated library server will require:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"612\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Component<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Minimum<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">Recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">CPU<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz (x64)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>Dual-Processor, Dual-Core, 3.2 GHz (x64) or greater<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Memory<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>2 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">2 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Disk space (no local DB)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>Depends on what you store in it<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>Depends on what you store in it<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A dedicated Self-Service Portal server will require:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"612\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Component<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Minimum<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">Recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">CPU<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz (x64)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>Dual-Processor, Dual-Core, 2.8 GHz (x64) or greater<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Memory<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>2 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">2 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Disk space (no local DB)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>512 MB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>20 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If all you want is hardware fault tolerance for VMM then the simple solution is to run VMM in a highly available virtual machine.&#160; I don\u2019t like System Center being a part of a general production Hyper-V cluster.&#160; That\u2019s because you create a chicken\/egg situation with fault monitoring\/responding.&#160; If you want to virtualise System Center then consider setting up a dedicated host or cluster for the VMM, OpsMgr, ConfigMgr VMs.&#160; DPM is realistically going to remain physical because of disk requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Manage More Than 150 Hosts<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is recommended that you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not use VMM server to host your library.&#160; Set the library up on a dedicated server\/cluster.<\/li>\n<li>Install SQL Server on a dedicated server\/cluster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The VMM server requirements are:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"612\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Component<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Minimum<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">Recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">CPU<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz (x64)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>Dual-Processor, Dual-Core, 3.6 GHz (x64) or greater<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Memory<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>4 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">8 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Disk space (no local DB)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>10 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">50 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The database server requirements are:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"612\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Component<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Minimum<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">Recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">CPU<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Pentium 4, 2 GHz (x64)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>Dual-Processor, Dual-Core, 2.8 GHz (x64) or greater<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Memory<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>4 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">8 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Disk space (no local DB)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>150 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">200 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A dedicated library server will require:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"612\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Component<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Minimum<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">Recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">CPU<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz (x64)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>Dual-Processor, Dual-Core, 3.2 GHz (x64) or greater<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Memory<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>2 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">2 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Disk space (no local DB)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>Depends on what you store in it<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>Depends on what you store in it<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A dedicated Self-Service Portal server will require:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"612\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Component<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Minimum<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">Recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">CPU<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz (x64)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>Dual-Processor, Dual-Core, 3.2 GHz (x64) or greater<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Memory<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>2 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">8 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Disk space (no local DB)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>10 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>40 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><u>VMM Console<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The software requirements are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Either Windows 7 with SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1<\/li>\n<li>PowerShell 2.0 (included in the OS)<\/li>\n<li>.NET 3.5 SP1 (installed by default in Windows 7 and a feature in W2008 R2 \u2013 VMM setup will enable it for you)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Managing up to 150 hosts will require:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"612\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Component<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Minimum<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">Recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">CPU<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Pentium 4, 550 MHz<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>Pentium 4, 1 GHz or more<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Memory<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>512 MB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">1 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Disk space (no local DB)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>512 MB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>2 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Managing over 150 hosts will require:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"612\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Component<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Minimum<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">Recommended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">CPU<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>Pentium 4, 1 GHz<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>Pentium 4, 2 GHz or more<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Memory<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>1 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">2 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"136\">Disk space (no local DB)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">\n<p>512 MB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"328\">\n<p>4 GB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><u>Managed Hosts<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Supported Hyper-V hosts are below.&#160; <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"610\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"271\">Parent OS<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"154\">Edition<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"183\">Service Pack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"290\">Windows Server 2008 R2 (Full or Server Core)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"164\">\n<p>Enterprise or Datacenter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"183\">\n<p>Service Pack 1 or earlier<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"290\">Hyper-V Server 2008 R2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">                <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"183\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"284\">Windows Server 2008 (Full or Server Core)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n<p>Enterprise or Datacenter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"183\">\n<p>Service Pack 1 or earlier<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Please note that the following are not listed as supported:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hyper-V Server 2008<\/li>\n<li>Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard edition<\/li>\n<li>Windows Server 2008 Standard edition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the <em>beta<\/em>, Windows Server 2008 is not supported.<\/p>\n<p>Supported VMware hosts are listed below.&#160; They must be managed by vCenter Server 4.1.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ESXi 4.1<\/li>\n<li>ESX 4.1<\/li>\n<li>ESXi 3.5<\/li>\n<li>ESX 3.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is no mention of vSphere\/ESXi 5 at the moment.&#160; That\u2019s understandable \u2013 both VMM and the VMware v5 product set were being developed at the same time.&#160; <em>Maybe<\/em> support for v5 will appear later.<\/p>\n<p>Citrix XenServer 5.6 FP1 can also be managed as standalone hosts or as Resource Pools if you deploy the <a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=213177\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft SCVMM XenServer Integration Suite<\/a> to your hosts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Bare Metal Host Deployment<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The requirements for being able to use VMM 2012 to deploy Hyper-V hosts to bare metal machines are:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"612\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"378\">Item<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"397\">Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Deployment Services (WDS)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">PXE Server to boot the bare metal up on the network.&#160; No other PXE service is supported.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"397\">Boot Management Controller (BMC)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">\n<p>This is a server management card:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) versions 1.5 or 2.0<\/li>\n<li>Data Center Management Interface (DCMI) version 1.0<\/li>\n<li>Hewlett-Packard Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) 2<\/li>\n<li>System Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) version 1.0 over WS-Management (WS-Man)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"393\">VHD image<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">A Windows Server 2008 R2 host OS captured as a generalized VHD image.&#160; Have a look into WIM2VHD or maybe using a VM to create this.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"393\">Host Hardware Drivers<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">NIC, Storage, etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><u>Update Management<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <em>dedicated<\/em> WSUS root server, running <a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=213178\" target=\"_blank\">WSUS 3.0 SP2<\/a>.&#160; It cannot be a downstream server because that is not supported.&#160; There will be a lot of processed updates so this may require a dedicated server (possible a VM).&#160; If you install WSUS on a VMM server cluster then you must install the WSUS Administrator Console on each node in that cluster.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:91602c0c-cb63-444d-abdd-ca3cc9fb517d\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Hyper-V\" rel=\"tag\">Hyper-V<\/a>,<a 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