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Creating a Completely Virtual Environment

If you do not yet have a CA User Activity Reporting Module 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 User Activity Reporting Module servers.

Install one CA User Activity Reporting Module 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 User Activity Reporting Module 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 using virtual appliance includes the following procedures.

1. Download the virtual appliance package.
2. Install a CA User Activity Reporting Module virtual server for management functions.
3. Install two or more virtual appliance servers for collection and reporting.
4. Configure the virtual appliance servers as described in the section on installing a CA User Activity Reporting Module server.

Important! If you want to provision a CA User Activity Reporting Module server using the virtual appliance, the Application Instance Name of the primary CA User Activity Reporting Module server must be CAELM.