Default virtual machine configuration

You can configure the default values of virtual machines for patterns that you use in a trial environment or in a production environment.

To use patterns in a trial environment, you can set the default values of virtual machines with the virtual CPU and virtual machine memory that are shown in the following table:
Table 1. Default values of virtual machines for patterns in a trial environment
Virtual machine Default virtual CPU Default virtual machine memory (GB)
Deployment Manager 1 3.0
IBM® HTTP Server 1 2.0
Custom Node 2 7.0
Database 2 3.0
Note: If you increase the virtual machine memory for the custom node, the Java virtual machine (JVM) heap size of the IBM Business Monitor application server increases. For example, the JVM heap size of the IBM Business Monitor application server is 2.5 GB if the VM memory is 6 GB by default. When the virtual machine memory increases to 12 GB, the JVM heap size of the IBM Business Monitor application server is automatically tuned to 5 GB. Therefore, increase the added disk size before deploying applications to ensure that the added disk size is large enough for the possible dump files. You can count the size of the dump files as the triple of JVM heap sizes.
To use patterns in a production environment, you can set the default values of virtual machines with the virtual CPU and virtual machine memory that are shown in the following table:
Table 2. Default values of virtual machines for patterns in a production environment
Virtual machine Default virtual CPU Default virtual machine memory (GB)
Deployment Manager 2 3.0
IBM HTTP Server 2 4.0
Custom Node 8 10.0
Database 8 24.0