Initial design checklist

Document your initial overall design of the deployment.
Each chapter in this guide includes a checklist. “Design and Deployment Checklists” contains all the available checklists.
Initial design checklist
Complete
Task
Description
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Determine the configuration of the
deployment.
Determine
configuration, including the number of
Global Manager
s and how they are organized in the deployment.
“Determine the Service Assurance configuration”.
Determine the hardware required to support the Service Assurance deployment.
For each
Global Manager
in the
configuration, determine the type of equipment required to support it.
Determine the location of the
VMware Smart Assurance
Broker.
Choose a location for the Broker that will support the deployment.
Determine the location of the License Server.
Choose a location for the License Server that will support the deployment.
Determine the location of the
VMware Smart Assurance
Global Manager
s.
Choose locations for the one or more
Global Manager
s that will support the deployment.
“Locating the Global Managers in the network”
Determine if the Service Assurance Manager must be configured with failover.
Determine if a high-availability configuration is required.
“Considering failover (high availability) configurations”
Determine if acceptance tests are required.
Acceptance tests may be required for different portions of functionality. Be aware of the requirements and develop acceptance criteria.
“Designing acceptance tests”