The Orchestrator Appliance is a preconfigured Linux-based virtual machine optimized for running vCenter Orchestrator.
The Orchestrator Appliance package contains the following software:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Update 1 for VMware, 64-bit edition |
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The default Orchestrator Appliance database configuration is suitable for small- or medium-scale environment. The default OpenLDAP configuration is suitable for experimental and testing purposes only. To use the Orchestrator Appliance in a production environment, set up a new database and directory service, and configure the Orchestrator server to work with them. You can also configure the Orchestrator server to work with VMware vCenter Single Sign On. For more information about configuring external LDAP or vCenter Single Sign On, and database for production environments, see Selecting the Authentication Type and Orchestrator Database Setup.
The Orchestrator Appliance has the following hardware configuration:
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Do not reduce the default memory size, because the Orchestrator server requires at least 2GB of free memory.
The configuration maximums for the Orchestrator Appliance are the same as the maximums for vCenter Orchestrator. For more information, see Configuration Maximums at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdf.