Introducing IPM Virtual Editions
The Virtual Editions consist of either an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file or a Virtual Hard Disk (VHDX) file that contains essentially the same software stack that comes pre-loaded on a IPM Platform Appliance. These files are meant to be deployed in your VMware or Microsoft Hyper-V environment as virtual machines.
The IPM Virtual Editions are available as either
(VMware and Hyper-V) A single-node deployment (classic Virtual Edition) or
(VMware only) Distributed Virtual Edition, a multi-node deployment, which, when installed and configured, forms a three-node cluster consisting of one management node and two worker nodes.
The management node hosts configuration information and the IPM web-based user interface. The two worker nodes support metrics and graph operations and are generally inaccessible to customers.
The Distributed Virtual Edition is meant to serve as a replacement for IPM Platform Appliance 4210 deployments.
This guide tells you how to get started using the IPM Virtual Editions. Each edition, single- and multi-node, will be discussed in turn in subsequent sections. For general information regarding IPM, see the Virtana Infrastructure Performance Management Administration and User Guides.
Note
“DVW is deprecated and no longer upgrade-able beyond 7.2.6”