6. Step 2: Determine Whether to Integrate with Operations Manager for Reporting
Virtual Machine Manager includes an intelligent placement capability that makes recommendations on where to run each VM. It can even be used to dynamically move a VM from one VM host to another (for example, if the host resources are becoming overcommitted). The intelligent placement decisions are based on VMM’s knowledge of the VM host and its current load from running VM guests. That knowledge is delivered by performance data that the VMM agent collects on the VM host. The data is sent from the VMM agent to the VMM server every 9 minutes, and the VMM server stores it in the VMM database.
Operations Manager 2007 agents may be installed on the VM host, and also ...
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