Option 2: No

If the organization does not use Operations Manager or if the project team determined that it is not integrating Virtual Machine Manager with Operations Manager, it can move forward to step 4 to determine the number of Virtual Machine Manager instances the organization requires.

If the project team chooses not to integrate Virtual Machine Manager with Operations Manager, users can still take advantage of the performance data that Operations Manager provides. However, instead of using the Virtual Machine Manager console to view this data, the Operations Manager console must also be installed and used. The result of no integration is that users must rely on two consoles instead of one.

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