It is strongly recommended that you install a System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 R2 Administrator Console on the same computer as the VMM server. You can install additional VMM Administrator Consoles on other computers to remotely access and manage the VMM server. When you install the VMM Administrator Console, the Setup Wizard also installs Windows PowerShell — Virtual Machine Manager command shell.

If you plan to use the reporting feature of VMM, you must install a VMM Administrator Console on the same computer as the VMM server. The reporting feature of VMM relies upon System Center Operations Manager 2007. For Operations Manager administrators to perform tasks on hosts and virtual machines from within the Server Virtualization Management Pack requires that the Windows PowerShell — Virtual Machine Manager command shell be installed on the VMM server.

The following are the system requirements for installing the VMM Administrator Console on a dedicated computer. If your computer has less than the minimum requirements, you will not be able to install this component. Actual requirements vary based on your system configuration and the number of hosts and virtual machines that the VMM server manages.

Hardware Requirements

The following are the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for the VMM Administrator Console based on the number of hosts you manage.

Managing up to 150 hosts

Hardware component Minimum Recommended

Processor

Pentium 4, 550 MHz

Pentium 4, 1 GHz or greater

RAM

512 MB

1 GB

Hard disk space

512 MB

2 GB

Managing more than 150 hosts

Hardware component Minimum Recommended

Processor

Pentium 4, 1 GHz

Pentium 4, 2 GHz or greater

RAM

1 GB

2 GB

Hard disk space

512 MB

4 GB

Software Requirements

The following software must be installed prior to installing the VMM Administrator Console.

Software requirement Notes

A supported operating system for the VMM Administrator Console

For more information, see Supported Operating Systems for VMM Components.

Windows PowerShell 1.0

This software is included in Windows Server 2008. If this software has been removed, the Setup Wizard automatically adds it.

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

  • For Windows Server 2008, Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is not required.

  • For all other supported operating systems, if Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is not installed; you can have the Setup Wizard install it.

See Also


For the most up-to-date Setup information, go to Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Deployment. To find additional Virtual Machine Manager 2008 documentation, go to the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 TechCenter Library.