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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 includes the following procedures.

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