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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.
== Operating System Requirements ==
As has been mentioned a number of times in preceding chapters, VMM 2008 comprises a numbe rof number of 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 component 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.
== VMM Server Software Requirements ==
In addition to the above operating system requirements (i.e . Windows Server 2008 64-bit Standard, Enterprise or Datacenter), the ''VMM Server'' component requires that the following items be installed prior to installation:
* Windows PowerShell
== Self-Service Portal Software Requirements ==
In addition to the requirements for VMM Server, Internet Information Services (IIS) is required on the system on which the Self-Service Portal is to be installed. the The IIS installation must also include the IIS Metabase Compatibility and IIS 6 WMI Compatibility options.
IIS may be installed on Windows Server 2008 systems using the ''Add Roles'' option of the Server Manager console.
== VMM 2008 Single System Installation Hardware Requirements ==
The extact exact hardware requirements for a VMM 2008 installation depend on a number of different factors, including whether the components are distributed over multiple systems or installed on a single computer and the number of hosts to be managed and monitored.
The following hardware specification covers the recommended hardware configuration for a complete VMM 2008 installation on a single computer managing up to 5 hosts:
* Disk space requirements depended on volume of files stored in library
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