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itsvivekg
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VCM Installation Reccomendation - to be installed on a VM or physical

Guys,

We are in process of planning to install and configure VCM in our environment. We have both Physical and Virtual servers in radar, to be managed by VCM. Our first choice is weather we should install in on a virtual server or physical. We have around 8-9 VCs to be managed with vast number of VMs to be managed through VCM.

And what do you suggest to go for Tier 1, 2 or 3?

Thanks in advance

Vivek

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bobsingh
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For an environment as big as you mention, you definitely need at least a Tier 2 or a Tier 3. For a Tier 3, you can even separate the SSRS service and install it on the Web server to reduce the amount of traffic to the DB server, but that requires a separate SQL license. You can choose either a physical or a virtual server as long as it has enough resources as recommended by the VCM install guide. I added more memory to the VMs in my Tier 2 environment and that helps performance.

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