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CA Server Automation vCenter Management Recommendations

The VA-IM manager does far more than simply monitor and publish vCenter data. It has the responsibility for storing and managing historical data, performing active operations against the vCenter, running automation policy based upon vCenter data, reporting, and so on. As such, it often requires more resources than the vCenter AIM, which it uses as its main data collection mechanism.