Before you install vRealize Business for Cloud, verify that minimum hardware and software requirements are met.
Hardware Requirements
The vRealize Business for Cloud server requires a minimum of 80 GB of disk space, 8-GB memory, and 4 vCPU. If you are deploying only the remote data collector, without the vRealize Business for Cloud server, you can reduce the memory size to 2 GB ( tab).
Sizing and Server Specification Requirements
By default,
vRealize Business for Cloud can scale up to 10,000 virtual machines across 12
vCenter Server instances, which includes:
- Live and deleted virtual machines
- Daily change in CPU, memory, and storage for 4000 or 20% of the virtual machines
- Change in virtual machine configurations and count for up to 1000 virtual machines
Note: If you use remote data collectors,
vRealize Business for Cloud can scale up to 20,000 virtual machines across 17
vCenter Server instances.
The default server memory of the
vRealize Business for Cloud virtual appliance is 8 GB (3 GB for the server and 1400 MB for FactsRepo).
To manage... | Increase the memory to... |
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Up to 20,000 live or deleted virtual machines with daily change in CPU, memory, and storage for 20,000 or more than 20% of the virtual machines and change in the count for up to 1000 virtual machines. |
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Up to 30,000 live or deleted virtual machines with daily change in CPU, memory, and storage for 30,000 or more than 20% of the virtual machines and change in the count for up to 1000 virtual machines. |
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To increase the memory based on your infrastructure, perform the following:
- Modify the server memory parameter from -Xmx3g to -Xmx5g or -Xmx7g in the setenv.sh at /usr/local/tomcat/itbm-server/bin/
Note: After you update the server memory, run the
monit restart itbm-server
command. - Modify the FactsRepo parameter from -Xmx1400m to -Xmx3g or -Xmx5g in the facts-repo.service at /etc/systemd/system/
Note: After you update the FactsRepo memory, run the
systemctl daemon-reload
andsystemctl restart facts-repo.service
commands.
Software Requirements
- VMware ESXi
- VMware or vCloud Director for virtual appliance deployment
- vRealize Automation or VMware Identity Manager for user management
Web Browser Requirements
You can access
vRealize Business for Cloud on latest three versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge.
Note:
If you are using Internet Explorer, you must deselect the Display intranet sites in Compatibility View option under .
You must install the VMRC plug-in for vCloud Director to work with your browser.
Note: The screen resolution must be above 1024x768 to view the complete
vRealize Business for Cloud user interface. If you set the resolution to 1024x768 or lower, you might not see all the options such as
Status and
Help on the user interface. To view the complete
vRealize Business for Cloud user interface, zoom out the browser or increase the screen resolution.
Port Requirements
Note: All communications between the source and destination are one way.
Source | Destination | Protocol | Port | Description |
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vRealize Automation | vRealize Business for Cloud | HTTPS | 443 | For user interface connections |
vRealize Business for Cloud | vRealize Automation, vCenter Server, vCloud Director, vRealize Operations Manager, EMC SRM, AWS, Azure, VMware NSX Manager | HTTPS | 443 | For the vRealize Business for Cloud data collection from multiple systems |
vRealize Automation | vRealize Business for Cloud | SSH | 22 | For an external SSH connection |
vRealize Business for Cloud Web console (browser) | vRealize Business for Cloud | HTTPS | 5480 | For the web management interface |
vRealize Automation | vRealize Business for Cloud | HTTPS | 5050 | For pricing service |
vRealize Business for Cloud | vCenter Server Inventory Service | HTTPS | 10443 | For a successful data collection
Note: The default port for the inventory service is 10433. However, if it is configured with a different port, that port must be opened between
vRealize Business for Cloud and vCenter Inventory service.
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Data collection manager Web console (browser) | vRealize Business for Cloud | HTTPS | 9443 | For logging in to a remote data collection manager, add data sources, and manage data collectors through the web management interface. |
Data collection manager | vRealize Business for Cloud | HTTPS | 443 | For the remote data collection manager to register with vRealize Business for Cloud server. |
vRealize Business for Cloud | https://vrbc-services.vmware.com | HTTPS | 8443 | For automatic update of the reference database. |
vRealize Business for Cloud | vRealize Log Insight | TCP | 9543 | For exporting logs to vRealize Log Insight server. |