Deployment restrictions and guidelines

To deploy IMC in distributed mode, follow these restrictions and guidelines:

• The master and subordinate servers must use the same operating system.

• You can use SQL Server and MySQL databases for Windows. You can use Oracle and MySQL databases for Linux.

• When you use Oracle, make sure all databases used by the master and subordinate servers have different network service names.

• The following subcomponents must be deployed on the master server:

  • Resource Management

  • NE Management

  • Report Management

  • Network Asset Management

  • Security Control Center

  • Virtual Resource Management

  • Server & Storage Automation

  For more information about the deployment for other subcomponents, see Table 12. For more information about the deployment for other service components, see Table 13.

• If the IMC Intelligent Deployment Monitoring Agent is already installed on subordinate servers, uninstall it before you deploy IMC components in distributed mode. For more information about how to uninstall the Intelligent Deployment Monitoring Agent, see "Uninstalling IMC."