Installation and deployment
In distributed deployment, the master server is the management center of IMC. It interacts with subordinate servers to implement network management. A subordinate server is responsible for specific tasks, for example, network analysis for NTA and portal for UAM.
To improve server performance, IMC uses the "Install + Deploy" model.
Install—Copies the IMC installation packages to the server and loads them to the Intelligent Deployment Monitoring Agent.
Deploy—Decompresses the installation packages and runs deployment scripts on the server.
The IMC components are operational only after they are deployed. In distributed deployment, all IMC components are installed on the master server and deployed on the master server or a subordinate server as needed. The master server provides centralized Web services.
IMC automatically creates a database user for each component when the component is deployed. As a best practice, do not modify the database user configuration, including the database user password and password policy.
If the deployment or upgrade process is interrupted, IMC automatically stores logs as a compressed file in the \tmp directory of the IMC installation path. You can use the logs to quickly locate the issue or error.