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Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 is an enterprise level administrative suite. As such, there as a number of strict system and configuration requirements which must be met, or exceeded, in order to install and run this technology. The goal of this chapter of [[VMM 2008 Essentials]] is to provide an overview of these requirements.
== VMM 2008 and Active Directory ==
The first, and perhaps most crucial requirement is that the system on which VMM 2008 components are installed, together with any servers on which virtualization is to be managed, must all belong to an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. It is not, however, necessary for the servers to belong to the same domain.
== Operating System Requirements ==
As has been mentioned a number of times in preceding chapters, VMM 2008 comprises a numbe rof different components which may be installed on a single server, or distributed over multiple servers. When considering operating system requirements, therefore, it is important to understand that the system requirements differ from one components to another. For example, whilst the VMM Administrator Console is supported on Windows Vista, it is not supported on Windows Server 2008 Core. The following table provides a complete overview of supported operating systems and VMM components.
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="E3B" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-color:#cccccc; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom:20px">
<tr bgcolor="#cccccc" style="color:black" valign="top">
<th>
<p>Operating System</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>VMM Server</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>VMM Admin Console</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>VMM Library Server</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>VMM Self-Service Portal</p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2008 32-bit Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2008 64-bit Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2008 Server Core Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2003 32-bit (SP2) Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2003 64-bit (SP2) Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit (SP2) Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2003 R2 64-bit (SP2) Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Vista (SP1)</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows XP Professional 32-bit (SP2 or SP3)</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows XP Professional 64-bit (SP2 or SP3)</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
</table>
== VMM 2008 and Active Directory ==
The first, and perhaps most crucial requirement is that the system on which VMM 2008 components are installed, together with any servers on which virtualization is to be managed, must all belong to an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. It is not, however, necessary for the servers to belong to the same domain.
== Operating System Requirements ==
As has been mentioned a number of times in preceding chapters, VMM 2008 comprises a numbe rof different components which may be installed on a single server, or distributed over multiple servers. When considering operating system requirements, therefore, it is important to understand that the system requirements differ from one components to another. For example, whilst the VMM Administrator Console is supported on Windows Vista, it is not supported on Windows Server 2008 Core. The following table provides a complete overview of supported operating systems and VMM components.
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="E3B" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-color:#cccccc; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom:20px">
<tr bgcolor="#cccccc" style="color:black" valign="top">
<th>
<p>Operating System</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>VMM Server</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>VMM Admin Console</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>VMM Library Server</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>VMM Self-Service Portal</p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2008 32-bit Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2008 64-bit Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2008 Server Core Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2003 32-bit (SP2) Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2003 64-bit (SP2) Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit (SP2) Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Server 2003 R2 64-bit (SP2) Standard, Enterprise Datacenter</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows Vista (SP1)</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows XP Professional 32-bit (SP2 or SP3)</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windows XP Professional 64-bit (SP2 or SP3)</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
</table>
