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ACC 3.0 VMWare requirements

alex.hartmaier
I couldn't find the VMWare requirements for 3.0. Have they been defined already?


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    I don't know about official requirements... but I've installed it using the same settings I used for ASG Version 8 installations...

    This is on ESXi 4.1 / 5.0:

    OS Type:  SLES 64 Bit 11.x
    Ethernet Adapter(s):  E1000
    HD: You can choose different sizes, I went with 120GB -- standard LSI Logic Adapter
    CPU: 1 Dual Core Processor
    RAM: 2GB

    Seems to work just fine that way.

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    I'm running ACC 3.0 in 512MB with a 10GB virtual disk.

    Cheers - Bob
     
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  • 0 in reply to BAlfson
    Now that the virtual images are on the servers can someone from Astaro please clarify the VM requirements for CPU, memory and harddisk space and what the difference between the two files (-vmware and -esx-v4) are?
    Thanks!
  • 0 in reply to alex.hartmaier
    Alex, 1GB of ram is more then enough for most installations (depends on how many systems you plan to manage), and minimum of 1 CPU allocated to the VM.

    The "vmware" file is for old versions of VMware Server, etc.  The ESX-v4 one is for ESX/EXSXi V4 or newer -- at least that's how the old naming scheme worked (there should be, but isn't, a readme file in the directory to point out the differences).  I still recommend just installing from ISO.

    Check out http://download.astaro.com/ACC/v2/virtual_appliance/ACC_V2-2_Virtual_Appliance_Readme.pdf  for some info on how these Virtual Appliances are deployed -- note that this file is for Version 2.2, but most of it will apply to Version 3.   My guess is that they just haven't published an updated readme file yet to the V3 directory.

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  • 0 in reply to BrucekConvergent
    Alex, I actually downloaded one of the files... the Readme file you need to review is embedded in the zip file.  I've attached a copy of it to this post for your perusal, it should answer your questions.

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    ACC V3 Virtual Appliance Readme.zip
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    Thanks for the answers!
    I've downloaded the vmware zip file and its readme pdf says that the minimum required VMWare ESX version is 4.
    It furthermore says that the vmware zip is for desktop products whereas the esx is for enterprise products.
    We're still running ESX 3.5, does this mean it's just unsupported or that it won't work for whatever reason?
  • 0 in reply to alex.hartmaier
    Alex, I'm sure it would probably run under ESX 3.5 --- but the pre-packaged VM appliances may not, they probably have not even tested them under 3.5.  I would suggest, in your case, creating your own VM using the ISO.

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    https://www.convergesecurity.com

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    Quick question.  

    I was looking at the release notes for ASG 8.300 and saw that they had also put together an ACC EC2 VMI.  The EC2 "micro reserved instance" is only $35 for a 3 year term, plus what looks to be about $9/month for usage which, all total, over a 3 year period is only ~$360.  That's cheaper than I could build a new machine.  So, my question is could an ACC (that only manages 3 ASGs) fit into a "micro" instance and if so, have any of you tried something like this and what was your experience?

    Thanks,

    -Bob
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    that should work fine for 3 asg's...[:)]

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    I know, I know, 3 ASGs is hardly worth managing with an ACC, particularly not at $120/year.  But then sometimes fun projects are their own reward.  ;-)

    To be perfectly honest, I've never run an ACC so I have no idea what kind of load it has.  Of course, this doesn't really need to be in a topic about ACC VM's but since there was discussion of hardware requirements and VM's I thought it might fit.

    -Bob
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