Step Four: Determine the Number of VMM Instances
The fourth step in the VMM planning process is to determine the number of VMM instances that should be deployed. A VMM instance is a single installation of VMM Server, which has the following considerations:
• Each VMM instance must have its own separate SQL Server database instance.
• Each managed host server can only be managed by a single VMM instance.
• There is no relationship between VMM instances. Therefore, they cannot be integrated nor can they share data.
Based on these considerations, you need to use the information that was gathered during the previous steps in this planning process to best answer the following questions to determine if more than one VMM instance is required:
• Are ...
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