Prerequisites - VM Lifecycle Management

The following conditions must be met to use VM Lifecycle Management:

• To verify the version of VMware software that is required to support this feature, see System Requirements.
• A version of VMware Tools that is supported by the host must be installed on virtual machine templates (preferably the latest supported version)
• Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Linux (RedHat5) are supported

You must install the following components to set up VM Lifecycle Management:

• CommServe software with Operations Manager installed. For installation instructions, see Install the CommServe Software
• Virtual Server Agent. For installation instructions, see Deployment - Virtual Server Agent for VMware.
• Web Server and Web Console. For installation instructions see Setting up Web Access.