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Installation and Quick Start
The following sections provide installation and quick start information, including
Information Prerequisites
Before you begin the installation process:
•Gather TCP/IP address information to assign to the virtual appliance.
•Deploying the ASM virtual appliance to a VMware vSphere environment requires that both VMware vCenter Server and VMware vSphere Client be running.
•Deploying the ASM virtual appliance to a Microsoft Windows virtualization environment requires that the
•Download ASM appliance file, which contains either the virtual appliance .ovf file for (VMware) or the virtual appliance virtual hard drive .vhd
•Determine the host on which the ASM virtual appliance will be installed. You can use any host managed by VMware vCenter or
CAUTION: ASM virtual appliance functions as a regular virtual machine. Therefore, any interruptions or shut downs affects the overall functionality.
Installing Active System Manger
Before you begin, make sure that systems are connected and VMware vCenter Server, VMware vSphere Client, and SCVMM are running.
Deployment Prerequisites
Specification | Prerequisite |
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Connection Requirements | • The virtual appliance is able to communicate |
| with the |
| and any other networks from which you want |
| to discover the resources. |
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