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Scalability Limitation in Terms of Monitored Servers

The vCenter AIM functions in a multiple vCenter Server environment. The vCenter AIM framework results in a slight CPU usage reduction with fewer VMs per vCenter Server. For example, CPU usage is lower for three vCenter Servers, each with 2,000 VMs, than for a single vCenter Server with 6,000 VMs.

Sometimes the responsiveness of the vCenter AIM becomes the scalability limit. In general, vCenter AIM is able to monitor up to ten vCenter Servers.