This is linux based pre-configured VM for vCetner operations developed by VMware. You can download this appliance from VMware Marketplace portal.
Below are the characteristics of vCenter 6 appliance.
Below are the characteristics of vCenter 6 appliance.
- Runs on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, Update 3
- Can be used to manage ESXi 5.5 and later ESXi versions only. No prior versions can be managed from vCenter 6.0.
- Is prepackaged with a PostgreSQL embedded database in you do not want use external Oracle database. (No SQL is supported for linux based vCenter).
- In this version, PostgreSQL can support up to 1,000 hosts and 10,000 running virtual machines and 15,000 registered virtual machines.
- External Oracle database can be used which can also support up to 1,000 hosts and 10,000 running virtual machines and 15,000 registered virtual machines.
- Is equipped with the vCenter Server Appliance console, used for troubleshooting and configuration.
- Supports Single sign on.
- Can be configured for linked mode in this version. Till vsphere 5.5, linked mode is only available for windows based vCenter server.
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