The following are the system requirements for installing the System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 R2 Self-Service Portal 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 concurrent self-service connections that are maintained on the Web server.

Hardware Requirements

The following are the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for the VMM Self-Service Portal based on the number of concurrent connections that are maintained on the Web server.

Important
The installation of the VMM Self-Service Portal on a domain controller is not supported.

Maintaining up to 10 concurrent connections

Hardware component Minimum Recommended

Processor

Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz

Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz

RAM

2 GB

2 GB

Hard disk space

512 MB

20 GB

Maintaining more than 10 concurrent connections

Hardware component Minimum Recommended

Processor

Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz

Dual-Core 64-bit, 3.2 GHz or greater

RAM

2 GB

8 GB

Hard disk space

10 GB

40 GB

Software Requirements

The following software must be installed prior to installing the VMM Self-Service Portal.

Software requirement Notes

A supported operating system for the VMM Self-Service Portal

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

Windows Server Internet Information Services (IIS)
  • For Windows Server 2003, you must add the Windows Server IIS 6.0 component.

  • For Windows Server 2008, you must add the Web Server (IIS) role and then install the following server role services:

    • IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility

    • IIS 6 WMI Compatibility

    • Static Content

    • Default Document

    • Directory Browsing

    • HTTP Errors

    • ASP.NET

    • .NET Extensibility

    • ISAPI Extensions

    • ISAPI Filters

    • Request Filtering

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 2003 only)

If Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is not installed, you can have the Setup Wizard install it.
Note
If the default port (80) for the VMM Self-Service Portal is used by another Web site, you must either use a different dedicated port or specify a host header for the portal. For more information about ports, see VMM Ports and Protocols (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=128912).

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.