Orchestrate Agent; Vm Hosts - Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION GUIDE 10-09-2009 Installation And Configuration Manual

1.1.3 Orchestrate Agent

PlateSpin Orchestrate manages jobs on and gathers data about data center computing resources
running the PlateSpin Orchestrate Agent and meet the following minimum requirements:
Orchestrate Agent Requirements
Table 1-2
Item
Operating System
Hardware
TCP Ports

1.1.4 VM Hosts

We recommend that computers designated as VM hosts in your data center be able to host the VM
and run it according to designated parameters of the specific VM. The processor architecture must
match the designated VM's processor in architecture, although not in version number. In order for a
machine to serve as a host machine, it must also have a hypervisor installed along with the operating
system. For a detailed list of the supported hypervisors, see
Minimum and Recommended Hardware Requirements for VM Host Machines
Table 1-3
Host Operating System
SLES 11
Requirement
Linux machines:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 (32-bit or 64-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 4 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Windows* machines:
Windows Server* 2003 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit)
VMware* console operating systems:
ESX machine:
ESX 3.0.x /3.5.x
The Orchestrate Agent does not require a minimum hardware
configuration other than a minimum recommended disk space of 100 MB.
The computing node communicates with the Orchestrate Server over a
custom protocol. The server listens for the agent on port 8100 and 8101
(port 8101 is for secure agent connections). Network firewalls need to
allow outgoing agent connections to these ports on the server.
Minimum Requirements
x86 or x86_64
2 GB RAM
30 GB Hard Drive Space
Table 2-2 on page 69.
Recommended Hardware
x86 or x86_64
4+ GB RAM
100+ GB Hard Drive Space
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