SVM selection algorithm

for Windows and Linux

The infrastructure of the organization may have multiple deployed SVMs to which Light Agents can connect. To balance the load on the network and resources of the virtual infrastructure, you need to distribute the Light Agents among the SVMs.

SVM selection algorithm settings

Settings	OS	Description
Use the standard SVM selection algorithm	`Windows` `Linux`	If this algorithm is used, after installation and startup, the Light Agent on the virtual machine chooses to connect to an SVM that is local with respect to the Light Agent. To identify an SVM as local, Light Agent mainly uses the location of the SVM in the virtual infrastructure. If SVMs are located in the same hypervisor as the Light Agent, Light Agent considers such SVMs local. In some virtual infrastructures, you must manually specify local SVMs using a configuration file. If no local SVMs suitable for connection are to be found, the Light Agent selects an SVM to which the least number of Light Agents is connected, regardless of the position of the SVM in the virtual infrastructure.
Use the extended SVM selection algorithm	`Windows` `Linux`	The extended algorithm lets you manually specify local SVM selection criteria or disable local SVM discovery. To do so, you need to select the SVM path in the virtual infrastructure: Hypervisor, Cluster, or Data center. That is, you must select the scope in which the local SVMs is to be discovered. If the Light Agent cannot connect to a local SVM in the configured discovery scope, it stops trying to connect. The extended algorithm also allows disabling local SVMs discovery for the Light Agent. In this case, Light Agent selects SVMs with the least number of connected Light Agents in the entire virtual infrastructure.

Settings

Description

Use the standard SVM selection algorithm

Windows

Linux

If this algorithm is used, after installation and startup, the Light Agent on the virtual machine chooses to connect to an SVM that is local with respect to the Light Agent. To identify an SVM as local, Light Agent mainly uses the location of the SVM in the virtual infrastructure. If SVMs are located in the same hypervisor as the Light Agent, Light Agent considers such SVMs local. In some virtual infrastructures, you must manually specify local SVMs using a configuration file.

If no local SVMs suitable for connection are to be found, the Light Agent selects an SVM to which the least number of Light Agents is connected, regardless of the position of the SVM in the virtual infrastructure.

Use the extended SVM selection algorithm

Windows

Linux

The extended algorithm lets you manually specify local SVM selection criteria or disable local SVM discovery. To do so, you need to select the SVM path in the virtual infrastructure: Hypervisor, Cluster, or Data center. That is, you must select the scope in which the local SVMs is to be discovered. If the Light Agent cannot connect to a local SVM in the configured discovery scope, it stops trying to connect.

The extended algorithm also allows disabling local SVMs discovery for the Light Agent. In this case, Light Agent selects SVMs with the least number of connected Light Agents in the entire virtual infrastructure.

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