The legacy VMAN appliance
For versions prior to 8.0, the VMAN virtual appliance was the polling engine for VMAN. The appliance was installed and maintained as a virtual machine instance in your VMware or HyperV environment. To work with the SolarWinds Platform, the appliance had to be integrated and synchronized.
End of Life
When VMAN 2020.2.1 was released, the appliance reached End of Life. The VMAN appliance is no longer updated with security updates, bug fixes, or new features. It should no longer be used.
All VMAN functionality now works completely within the SolarWinds Platform without the need for integration or synchronization.
New users
New users do not need to install or use the appliance. VMAN is fully functional as part of the SolarWinds Platform out of the box.
Existing users already using the appliance
If you're an existing user still using the VMAN appliance, it's time to retire the appliance and move fully over to the SolarWinds Platform. You can follow our VMAN Upgrade Guide, which will walk you through the process.