Correct, easy install, supported versions for the latest 7.2P1 are:
- On VMware vSphere, support for ESXi 6.5 in addition to 6.0.
ESXi 5.5 is no longer supported.- On the Windows platform, support for Windows Server 2016 in addition to 2012.
Windows Server 2008 is no longer supported.- On the Red Hat platform, support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 in addition to previous versions 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3.
You can deploy Unified Manager as a virtual appliance on a VMware ESXi server. Install Guide is here: https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_get_file/ECMLP2638750 which includes the spec of the servers.
You just need network connectivity between the systems to be able to monitor.
FYI, Unified Manager 7.2P1 includes Performance Manager (which was a seperate product in previous releases).
Cheers,
Grant.