Virtual Standalone Sentry requirements
If you are installing Standalone Sentry on a virtual machine (VM), ensure that the minimum requirements are met.
| NOTE: | Standalone Sentry tunes its settings based on the available resources. |
The following describe the minimum requirements for setting up Standalone Sentry on a VM:
| • | Hard drive |
| • | Periodic backups for VMware |
| • | VMware requirements (Core and Cloud) |
| • | Hyper-V requirements (Core only) |
| • | Minimum memory and CPU requirements for email (VMware, Hyper-V, OpenStack KVM) |
| • | Minimum requirements for tunneling (VMware, Hyper-V, OpenStack KVM) |
Hard drive
MobileIron recommends the following:
| • | Configuring only one hard drive on the virtual machine. |
| • | Since system performance is directly related to hard disk drive performance, use only high-performance tier 1 storage products. |
Periodic backups for VMware
MobileIron recommends the following:
| • | Take periodic .vmdk backups of your MobileIron Virtual Appliance as part of your system maintenance. |
| • | Use VMware VCB or another VMware-supported backup system. |
| • | A backup of the full virtual disk is recommended; VMware snapshots are not sufficient. |
VMware requirements (Core and Cloud)
Confirm the following requirements before setting up Standalone Sentry on VMware:
| • | Download link or package (ISO) from MobileIron Support: https://support.mobileiron.com/support/CDL.html |
| • | VMware ESXi 5.1/5.5, ESXi 6, ESXi 6.5 |
| • | 64-bit VM |
| • | Network adapter: |
| - | E1000 |
| - | VMXNET3 |
| • | VM OS Type: CentOS 6 (64-bit), Other Linux (64-bit), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64-bit) |
This setting is intended to ensure successful installation; it does not imply that MobileIron distributes Red Hat.
| • | CPU Settings: |
| - | Shares: Normal |
| - | Reservation: 900MHz |
| - | Limit: Unlimited (maximum assigned) |
| NOTE: | MobileIron supports LSI logic SAS or Parallel SCSI controllers; para-virtualized controllers are not supported at this time. Only E1000 and VMXNET3 network adapters are supported. |
Hyper-V requirements (Core only)
Confirm the following requirements before setting up Standalone Sentry on Hyper-V:
| • | Hyper-V version |
| - | Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, or Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 |
| • | 64-bit VM |
| • | Network adapter |
| NOTE: | Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 requires legacy network adapter. |
OpenStack Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) requirements (Core and Cloud)
Confirm the following requirements before setting up Standalone Sentry on OpenStack KVM:
| • | Download link or package (ISO) from MobileIron Support: https://support.mobileiron.com/support/CDL.html |
| • | OpenStack is version 15.0.4-1.el7 through the most recently released version as supported by MobileIron. |
| • | OpenStack client version 3.8.1 through the most recently released version as supported by MobileIron. |
Minimum memory and CPU requirements for email (VMware, Hyper-V, OpenStack KVM)
The following table shows VM memory and CPU requirements depending on the number of devices your Standalone Sentry supports for email:
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Small configuration |
Medium configuration |
Large configuration |
|
Maximum devices |
< 2000 devices |
< 8000 devices |
< 20,000 devices |
|
Memory |
4 GB |
6 GB |
8 GB |
|
Virtual CPUs** |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Memory reservations |
Reservations: 4 GB |
Reservations: 6 GB |
Reservations: 8 GB |
|
Disk |
20 GB |
30 GB |
40 GB |
Minimum requirements for tunneling (VMware, Hyper-V, OpenStack KVM)
To calculate the requirements for AppTunnel, see Sizing Calculator for the Access and AppTunnel Sentry.