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VLM for VMware ESX, ESXi and vSphere
Installation Guide
1 Introduction
The KEMP Virtual LoadMaster is a version of the KEMP LoadMaster that runs as a virtual
machine within a hypervisor and can provide all the features and functions of a hardware-based
LoadMaster.
This document describes the installation of the Virtual LoadMaster (VLM) within a VMware ESX
or ESXi hypervisor environment.
Figure 1-1: VMware Ready
The Virtual LoadMaster is VMware ready. The VLM is has been tested with VMware ESX 4.0, 4.1,
5.0 and 5.1, vCenter Server 5.5, VMware ESXi 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.5 and vSphere 4.0, 5.0 and
5.5.
There are several different versions of the VLM available. Full details of the currently supported
versions are available on our website:
The VMware virtual machine guest environment for the VLM, at minimum, must include:
2 x virtual CPUs (reserve 2 GHz)
1 GB RAM
32 GB disk space
There may be maximum configuration limits imposed by VMware such as maximum RAM per
VM, Virtual NICs per VM etc. For further details regarding the configuration limits imposed by
VMware, please refer to the relevant VMware documentation.