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ADM User’s Guide
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Figure 1-1. Single-box Setup Architecture
Single-box Appliance Configuration
IfyouareusingaSingleboxsetup,youneedtoperformthestepsdescribedinVMwarevCenterApplication
DiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuide,aftercompletingtheinstallationinstructionsprovidedintheVMware
vCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAppliancePlatformInstallationQuickReferenceGuide.
VMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuidealso
describeshowtomoveanexisting
SingleboxsetuptoaDistributedsetuporDistributedwithremotedatabasesetup.
Distributed Appliance Solutions
ADistributedappliancesolutionhasthefollowingtwooptions:
Distributedsetup
Distributedwithremotedatabasesetup
Distributed Setup
TheDistributedsetuphasatleastonedesignatedapplianceenabledasaCollector,andanotherappliance
enabledasanAggregatorandDatabaseasshowninFigure 12.
Figure 1-2. Distributed Setup Architecture
Database
All modes
Database
Aggregator
Collector
Management
Passive
Detail
Discovery
NOTEPassiveandDetailDiscoverycanrunonsingleormultipleCollectors.
Discovery
Database
Management
passive
discovery
detail
discovery
Discovery
Aggregator
Database
Collector
passive
discovery
vCollector