Microsoft System Center 2012 - Unified Installer Supported Configurations
Updated: January 9, 2012
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Unified Installer
In addition to the server on which you run System Center 2012 – Unified Installer, you need additional computers for the System Center components that you install. You need an additional computer for each component, except for Service Manager. For Service Manager you need two computers, one for the Service Manager management server and one for the data warehouse management server.
We recommend that you review the documentation that is available for the components that you install so that you can become familiar with their system requirements and planning considerations.
System Requirements for the Unified Installer
This topic describes the hardware and software requirements for the computer on which you will run Unified Installer.
Hardware Requirements
The following are the recommended hardware requirements for the Unified Installer target computers. These computers can be physical servers or virtual servers.
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CPU: Dual-core 2.1 gigahertz (GHz)
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RAM: 2 gigabytes (GB) minimum, 4 GB recommended
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Disk space: 10 GB of free space
Software Requirements
The following are the software requirements for running Unified Installer:
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One of the following versions of Windows operating systems:
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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
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64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
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Internet Information Services (IIS)
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Microsoft .NET Framework 3.51
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Windows PowerShell 2.0
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.51 is installed as a feature in Service Manager. Adding .NET Framework 3.51 installs IIS. Windows PowerShell 2.0 is installed with Windows Server 2008 R2.
System Requirements for System Center Components
The following table contains information about where you can find system requirements for System Center components.
| System Center Component | Documentation |
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System Center 2012 - Orchestrator | |
System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) RC | |
System Center 2012 - App Controller Beta | |
System Center 2012 – Operations Manager RC | |
Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager RC2 | |
System Center 2012 – Service Manager RC | |
System Center 2012 – Data Protection Manager (DPM) RC |