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Figure 3–1. Virtual Environments Configuration Diagram
Managing Agents
The Managing Agent machines must have the 5.5 Agent or later installed. They must also be configured to
manage the secure communication between the vCenter Server, vCloud Director, and vShield Manager
instances and the Collector. Depending on the size of your Cloud Infrastructure environment, you can use
your Collector as a Managing Agent or you can use another Windows machine. If your individual vCenter
Server instances manage no more than 1–30 hosts and a maximum of 1000 guests, then you can use the
Collector as your Managing Agent. If any of your vCenter Server instances exceed this amount, you must
use a Windows machine that is not your Collector as a Managing Agent.
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