VMware vRealize Configuration Manager architecture design

The VMware vRealize Configuration Manager architecture design was developed to support virtual infrastructure compliance and change management within the customer environment. The required platform being defined here will be used to assist a customer with configuration, change, and compliance of their virtual infrastructure, including the guest computing resources, as well as provide a tool for patching both Linux and Windows Server guest machines.

This chapter details the recommended implementation of a vRealize Configuration Manager (VCM) foundation architecture based on VMware recommended practices and specific customer requirements and goals. The document provides both logical and physical design considerations that encompass all VMware VCM-related infrastructure components, including requirements and specifications for virtual machines, networking and storage, and management. After this initial foundation architecture is successfully...