Decision Summary

An instance is a Virtual Machine Manager server connected to a unique Virtual Machine Manager database. Although a single Virtual Machine Manager instance is the best practice, some organizations benefit from multiple Virtual Machine Manager instances. For example, the project team can define one instance for a lab environment and another instance for the production environment.

After completing this step, the project team has determined the number of Virtual Machine Manager instances the organization requires and which instances will share a database server. The project team recorded these decisions and information about each instance in Appendix C: "Virtual Machine Manager Instances Job Aid." The project team continues with ...

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