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Creating a Completely Virtual Environment

If you do not yet have a CA Enterprise Log Manager environment implemented, you can create an all-virtual log collection environment. This scenario assumes that have a sufficient number of physical servers available, each with a group of at least four processors, to install each of the intended CA Enterprise Log Manager servers.

Install one CA Enterprise Log Manager server to act as a management server. During configuration, do not send event logs to this server or use this server to generate reports. Configuring your environment in this way maintains the event log collection throughput required for enterprise-level production.

Generally, you install two, four-processor CA Enterprise Log Manager servers in place of each of the appliance-class servers you would typically install when using certified hardware. (Appliance-class servers have a minimum of eight processors.)

The process you follow to create a virtual environment includes the following procedures.

1. Create a new virtual machine for each of the CA Enterprise Log Manager servers you intend to install.
2. Add virtual disk drives.
3. Install a virtual CA Enterprise Log Manager server for management functions on one of the virtual machine hosts.
4. Install two or more CA Enterprise Log Manager servers for collection and reporting.
5. Configure the CA Enterprise Log Manager servers as described in the section on installing a CA Enterprise Log Manager server.