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ThischapterdescribesinstallationanddeploymentoftheADM.Topicsinclude:
 “A D M InstallationRequirements”onpage 15
 “DisablingvMotion”onpage 16
 “PreparingtheEnvironment”onpage 16
 “DeployingtheVirtualAppliances”onpage 18
 “InstallingWindowsCollector”onpage 20
ADM Installation Requirements
ADMisanappliancethatcanruninaVMwareinfrastructure.Thissectioncontainsrequirementsthatmust
bemetbeforeyouinstallandusetheADMappliance.
Installation Personnel
TheinstallationproceduresinthisdocumentmustbeperformedbyITprofessionalsfamiliarwith
virtualizationandVMwaretechnologiessuchasESXserversandrelatedvirtualandphysicalequipment.
ESX Resources
TousetheADMappliance,youmustinstalltheADMapplianceonaVMwareESXserverversion3.5orlater.
ConfigurethevirtualmachineonyourESXserveraccordingtothedeploymentmodelwithresourcesas
describedinTable 2‐1.
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Table 2-1. Virtual Appliance Deployments
ADM Virtual Appliance (VA) Memory (GB) Number of vCPUs NICs Disk (GB) OVF Template
Single‐box 4 4 4 80 Core
Aggregator+DB 4 4 1 80 Core
Aggregator 3 2 1 80 Core
Database 3 2 1 80 Core
PassiveCollector 2 1 4 8 Collector
LinuxActive+PassiveCollector 4 2 4 8 Collector
WindowsActiveDiscovery
Collector
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Standard
NOTEVMwaredoesnotprovideOVFtemplateforlocalwindowsmachinethathoststheWinApe.