Information Collection
To design a Virtual Machine Manager infrastructure using this guide, the following information is required:
To determine the scope of the virtualization project:
List of locations containing VM hosts
List of virtualization technologies each location uses
The organization’s management model (centralized or decentralized)
To design Operations Manager integration:
List of Operations Manager management groups containing VM hosts
To size and place Virtual Machine Manager infrastructure servers:
Physical network map
List of images and other files used by VM hosts at each location
List of database servers available to each location
To design network connections:
Physical network map
Available bandwidth between each location
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