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Even though the use of virtual appliances for PowerMax management is preferred before PowerMaxOS 10, PowerMax management applications can be installed on virtual machines running supported operating systems. PowerMax Gatekeepers must be presented as RDMs in physical compatibility mode, with a minimum of six per PowerMax being mapped. Otherwise, there are no special considerations for installing and using these applications under virtual machines as compared to physical machines.
Note: The vApp for Solutions Enabler and Unisphere for PowerMax are deprecated in PowerMaxOS 10.
Alternatively, systems can be managed using the Embedded Management (eManagement) container application. eManagement embeds management software (Solutions Enabler, Unisphere for PowerMax) on the array, enabling management of the array without requiring software installed on a host.