How you install vFabric GemFire depends on your operating system
and on whether you buy GemFire as part of vFabric Suite or as a standalone
product.
Pre-Installation Note for vFabric Suite Customers
If you obtain vFabric GemFire as part of a vFabric Suite package, you install it exclusively on VMware virtual machines that run on vSphere, and you activate your vFabric Suite license through the vFabric License Server and vCenter server.
RHEL: Install vFabric GemFire (Standalone) from RPM
If your guest operating system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), VMware recommends that you use the RPM distribution to install vFabric GemFire. You complete the installation procedure on every virtual and physical machine that will run GemFire.
RHEL: Install vFabric GemFire (vFabric Suite) from the VMware YUM Repository
If your guest operating system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and you are installing from the VMware RPM repository, VMware recommends that you use yum to install vFabric GemFire. You complete the installation procedure on every virtual and physical machine that will run GemFire.
Install vFabric GemFire from a ZIP File
For non-RHEL users, install and configure vFabric GemFire on every physical and virtual machine where you will run vFabric GemFire.