vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 comes with a GUI installer that can run from different platforms (Windows, Linux, or macOS). The installer by itself has software and hardware requirements that need to be met for optimal performance during installation:
Operating system | CPU | Memory | Storage |
macOS Mavericks/Yosemite/El Capitan | 4 cores or vCPUs at 2.4 GHz | 8 GB | 150 GB |
Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 | 4 cores or vCPUs at 2.3 GHz | 4 GB | 32 GB |
SUSE 12 (64-bit) or Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit) | 2 cores or vCPUs at 2.3 GHz | 4 GB | 16 GB |