new vm for srm?

[tdubb123]

Is it better to have srm as another vm (2003 std 32bit) or install it on the virtual center vm?

[TimOudin]

The answer for that really depends upon 1) the size of the environment 2) resources available for the vCenter server.

I don't believe I've ever seen a real recommendation from VMware, I generally start looking at a separate SRM server with 150 or more virtual machine OR the chance of growth in the foreseeable future. It can't hurt to just install as a separate server, especially if vCenter is a 32-bit server.

Tim Oudin

[Michelle_Laveri]

I would always recommend a separate windows instance for SRM...

As for 64/32-bit. I'm making the move over to W2K8-64-bit in all my VMware infrastructure where I can... I think we will be facing a 64-bit on version of vCenter in future - it kinda leaked out the rel notes for the last release of vCenter 4.0 U1

Regards

Mike Laverick

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