You must install the Symantec High Availability Console, if you plan to configure application monitoring in a VMware virtual environment.

You can install the Console server on a system thats runs Windows operating system only.

The Symantec High Availability Console enables integration with vSphere Client and configures access control for vCenter Server users to perform the following tasks:

As part of the Symantec High Availability Console installation, the installer registers the Symantec High Availability plugin for VMware vCenter Server. This plugin is required to view the Symantec High Availability tab, the Symantec High Availability dashboard and the the Symantec High Availability home page, in the vSphere Client.

Use the Symantec High Availability tab to configure and control application monitoring on an individual virtual machine.

Use the Symantec High Availability Dashboard to administer application monitoring at a VMware datacenter/cluster level.

Use the Symantec High Availability home page to install the Symantec High Availability guest components and to manage the licenses.