Prerequisites - Capacity Planner analysis

Before starting a Capacity Planner excercise, there is a number of things that should be in place. The following is typically what I send to customers and ask them to have in place beforehand:

No.	Prerequisite	Status
1.	Account with administrative rights on all servers to be surveyed, so: A Windows account(s) that have administrative privileges on local servers.	Username: Password: Domain:
2.	1 x Windows 2k3 or 2k8 server that we can install the Capacity Planner application on: Windows 2003 SP2 standard with min. 1 GB mem, 1 cpu 5 GB free on D-drive. Can be virtual. Should be joined to the domain where we collect data. We should have RDP-access to this server. This server can be virtual. The server needs internet access as performance data will be uploaded to optimize.vmware.com on port 80 and 443 TCP outbound.	Servername: Specifications: Domain: RDP available: Internet access:
3.	Local windows firewall should be disabled on clients to be surveyed or the following ports must be opened in local firewalls, inbound: TCP/UDP Ports: 135-139 and 445 (They are used for communication between Capacity Planner Data collector and windows hosts).	Firewalls disabled: Or ports opened:
4.	WMI and Remote Registry services should be running on all servers to be surveyed (typically they are running by default)	WMI is running: Remote Registry is running:
5.	A list of servers to be surveyed	List in .csv or .xls:

It is recommended that performance data is collected for a period of minimum 30 days and no less than 14 days.