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Interactions Between vCloud Management Components

The following diagram illustrates how the components involved in vCloud Director management interact. SystemEDGE and the vCloud AIM run on a Windows server. The AIM communicates with one or more remote vCloud Director servers to manage the virtual environment. The vCloud AIM collects the data for an entire view of the virtual resources associated with the vCloud Director. The underlying vSphere environment provides the required resources to run virtual machines and vApps.

vCloud Architecture

You can configure vCloud management through the Administration tab of the user interface.

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