Consider the following before you proceed to install the Symantec High Availability Console:

• The installation must be performed locally. Remote install is not supported.

• .Net 4.5 framework is installed on the virtual machine.

• Ensure that the virtual machine meets the following system requirements:

  • CPU: Dual processor

  • Memory: 4 GB

  • Disk space: 15 GB

• You can install the Symantec High Availability Console on a dedicated physical host or a virtual machine.

  Note:

  You must not install the Console on a machine where VMware vCenter Server is installed.

• If you wish to configure monitoring for the Console itself, you must install the Console on a virtual machine.

  Note:

  You can configure monitoring for the Console only in a start-stop mode on a single virtual machine, using the Symantec ApplicationHA guest components. You cannot configure monitoring for the Console in a failover mode, using the Symantec High Availability guest components.

• The installer uses the logged-on user account context to perform the installation. Verify that the logged-on user has local administrator privileges on the machine where you want to install the server.

• As part of the Symantec High Availability Console installation, the installer registers the Symantec High Availability plugin for VMware vCenter Server.

• The Symantec High Availability solution supports one Console per vCenter Server.

  To reconfigure the vCenter Server with another instance of Symantec High Availability Console, you must first uninstall the existing Console and verify that the plugin is unregistered from the vCenter Server.