CapacityIQ Installation Requirements
Before you install CapacityIQ, your vSphere environment must meet virtual appliance, port access, and
listening port requirements.
vCenter Server/ESX Requirements
CapacityIQ supports vCenter Server 4.0 or later versions. For more information about the scalability limits and
the vCenter Server and ESX Server versions that CapacityIQ supports, see the CapacityIQ release notes.
You must have one vCenter Server instance for each CapacityIQ instance. If you have vCenter Server Linked
Mode groups in your environment, install a separate instance of CapacityIQ for each vCenter Server system.
vCenter Server includes a service called VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices. CapacityIQ
requires vCenter Server to run this service.
CapacityIQ Virtual Appliance Requirements
Table 2-1
lists the requirements for the CapacityIQ virtual appliance.
Table 2-1.
Requirements for the CapacityIQ Virtual Appliance
Component
Minimum Requirement
CPU
2vCPU on a 2.4GHz or faster CPU
Memory
3600MB
Disk space
258GB for vSphere 4.0 with thick disk provisioning
258GB for vSphere 4.1 with thick disk provisioning
Approximately 12GB for vSphere 4.1 with thin disk
provisioning
ESX host
ESX 3.0.2
The CapacityIQ virtual appliance uses the Community ENTerprise Operating System (CentOS) 5.2 operating
system.
CapacityIQ Port Requirements
Table 2-2
describes CapacityIQ port access requirements for TCP connection. Configure your external firewalls
so that these ports are open.
N
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You cannot customize the server ports for CapacityIQ.
Table 2-2.
CapacityIQ Port Access Requirements
Port Number
Description
22
Must be open to enable SSH access to the CapacityIQ virtual
appliance
80
Administration Portal HTTP server port (forwards to port
8080)
443
Administration Portal HTTPS server port (forwards to port
9443)
5480
HTTPS server port for the VMware Studio version of the
Administration Portal
8080
CapacityIQ HTTP port
8443
CapacityIQ HTTPS port
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