System Requirements

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System Requirements

The CA Virtual Systems Monitor must be installed on the Microsoft® Windows operating system. It is your responsibility to install a licensed version of the Windows operating system. CA does not include a license for the Windows operating system with the CA Virtual Systems Monitor.

To successfully deploy the CA Virtual Systems Monitor, your virtual machine should meet the following requirements:

Requirement	Description
Virtual switch	VMware ESX® and VMware ESXi® 3.5 or 4.1 with the VMware vSwitch. VMware ESX and ESXi 4.1 with the Cisco Nexus® 1000V.
Virtual machine to host CA Virtual Systems Monitor	Processor: 1 virtual processor (minimum). Memory: 1 GB (minimum). Virtual Disk: Windows Server 2003: 16 GB Windows Server 2008 R2: 30 GB Network: 2 virtual network adapters (1 Gbit minimum). An uplink port (physical port leaving the ESX Host) is required to enable the CA Virtual Systems Monitor to communicate with its corresponding management console.
Guest operating system	The CA Virtual Systems Monitor requires either: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (x64 or 32-bit) with SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (x64 only).

Requirement

Description

Virtual switch

VMware ESX® and VMware ESXi® 3.5 or 4.1 with the VMware vSwitch.
VMware ESX and ESXi 4.1 with the Cisco Nexus® 1000V.

Virtual machine to host CA Virtual Systems Monitor

Processor: 1 virtual processor (minimum).

Memory: 1 GB (minimum).

Virtual Disk:

Windows Server 2003: 16 GB
Windows Server 2008 R2: 30 GB

Network: 2 virtual network adapters (1 Gbit minimum). An uplink port (physical port leaving the ESX Host) is required to enable the CA Virtual Systems Monitor to communicate with its corresponding management console.

Guest operating system

The CA Virtual Systems Monitor requires either:

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (x64 or 32-bit) with SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (x64 only).

If you have registered the management console with CA PC or CA NPC, the CA PC or CA NPC reports virtual machine-related performance statistics from VMware along with performance data from the CA Virtual Systems Monitor.

To enable CA PC or CA NPC to display virtual machine-related performance statistics from VMware:

VMware Tools must be installed on the VMs you plan to monitor.
If the virtual machine you plan to monitor is assigned to more than one virtual NIC, the management IP address for the virtual machine must be assigned to a network adapter that belongs to the last physical NIC on the ESX Host (the virtual NIC). This is a VMware issue -- when selecting a network adapter, VMware only exposes the IP address of a network adapter if it is assigned to the last virtual NIC. For example, a virtual machine with 3 virtual NICs (VMNIC1, VMNIC2, and VMNIC3) will report the IP address for the network adapter that is assigned to VMNIC3, but not VMNIC1 and VMNIC2.