Dell Active System Manager Practices Guide

Active System Manager Virtual
Appliance Best Practices for VMware

This Dell technical white paper provides information about best
practices for configuring Active System Manager Virtual Appliance in a

VMware environment.

Author:
Dmitry Gomerman

Active System Manager Virtual Appliance Best Practices for VMware

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Active System Manager Virtual Appliance Best Practices for VMware

Contents

Introduction ........................................................................................................... 4

Hardware Recommendations ....................................................................................... 4

Virtualization Platform .............................................................................................. 4

Configuring the Active System Manager Virtual Appliance ..................................................... 5

Sizing Virtual Machines .............................................................................................. 5

Backing Up and Restoring the Virtual Appliance ................................................................. 6

Virtual Machine Snapshots .......................................................................................... 6

Updating the Active System Manager Virtual Appliance ........................................................ 7

Disaster Recovery ..................................................................................................... 8

Scalability .............................................................................................................. 8

Sources ................................................................................................................. 8

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