VMware vCenter vCenter AppSpeed 1.0 Installation guide

Brand: VMware vCenter

Model: vCenter AppSpeed 1.0

Type: Installation guide

VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation

Guide

AppSpeed 1.0

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Contents

AboutThisBook 5

1 AppSpeedInstallationOverview 7

InstallationWorkflow 7

InstallationPrerequisites 7

SystemRequirements 8

DeploymentConsiderations 8

OpenPortRequirements 8

2 InstallingandConfiguringtheAppSpeedServer 9

ImportandInstalltheAppSpeedVirtualAppliance 9

ConfiguretheAppSpeedServer 10

3 InstallingtheAppSpeedPlug‐InandProbes 13

InstalltheAppSpeedPlug‐In 13

DeployingtheAppSpeedProbes 13

InstallanAppSpeedProbe 14

PowerProbesOnorOff 15

DeleteProbes 15

AddingaLicense 15

VerifyingtheInstallation 15

ViewUnmappedTraffic 16

ManagingSSLKeys 16

ViewSSLKeyInformation 16

AddanSSLKey 17

4 ConfiguringAppSpeedwithvNetworkDistributedSwitching 19

ConfiguringAppSpeedtoMonitoravNetworkDistributedSwitch 19

CreateadvPortGroup 19

ConfigurethevPortGroup 20

ConfiguretheAppSpeedProbetoMonitorvNetworkDistributedSwitches 20

ConfiguringAppSpeedtoMonitorCiscoNexus1000VSwitches 20

ConfigurePortMirroring 20

ConfiguretheAppSpeedProbetoMonitorCiscoNexus1000VSwitch 21

Createa

TemporaryvSwitch 21

5 UpgradingAppSpeed 23

OverviewoftheUpgradeProcess 23

UpgradeAppSpeed 23

6 ExtractingSSLFiles 25

ExtractSSLFilesfromanApacheServer 25

ExtractSSLFilesfromaMicrosoftIIS6.0Server 25

ExtractSSLFilesfromaMicrosoftIIS7.0Server 26

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7 Troubleshooting 27

AppSpeedSetupErrors 27

AppSpeedUserInterfaceLoadingProblems 28

GeneralErrorsWhileUsingAppSpeed 30

Index 33

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Thisbook,theVMwarevCenterAppSpeedInstallationGuide,describestheproceduresforinstallingthe

VMware

vCenterAppSpeedvirtualapplianceandplug‐in,includinghowtoconfiguretheAppSpeedserver

andhowtodeploytheAppSpeedprobesontheVMwarehostmachineswithinthedatacenternetwork.

Intended Audience

ThisbookisintendedforanyonewhowantstoinstalltheAppSpeedplug‐in.Theinformationiswrittenfor

experiencedWindowsorLinuxsystemadministratorswhoarefamiliarwithvirtualappliancetechnologyand

datacenteroperations.

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VMwarevCenterAppSpeedprovidesperformancemanagementandservice‐levelreportingforapplications

runningwithinvirtualappliances.AppSpeedanalyzesthetrafficthatflowsbetweenendusers,Web

applications,andback‐endservers.Thisanalysisprovidesvisibilityintomultitierapplicationsandenables

rapididentificationofperformanceissuesoriginatingfrominadequateresourceallocationand

application

problems.

AppSpeedisinstalledonaVMwarehostmachinethatresideswithinthedatacenternetworkandintegrates

intoboththeVMwarevSphereClientandtheVMwareVirtualInfrastructure(VI)Client.AppSpeedis

installedonacentralizedserver,withoneormoreAppSpeedprobesinstalledoneachhosttobe

monitored.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

 “InstallationWorkflow”onpage7

 “InstallationPrerequisites”onpage7

Installation Workflow

AppSpeedisIavirtualapplianceinOpenVirtualizationFormat(OVF).TheAppSpeedplug‐inisinstalledin

thevSphereClientorVIClient.

Youperformtheinstallationandsetupprocessinthefollowingstages:

 ImporttheOVFfileandconfiguretheAppSpeedserver(see“InstallingandConfiguringtheAppSpeed

Server”onpage9)

 InstalltheAppSpeedplug‐inintheClient(see“InstalltheAppSpeedPlug‐In”onpage13)

 InstalltheAppSpeedprobesusingtheAppSpeeduserinterfacewithintheClient(see“Deployingthe

AppSpeedProbes”onpage13)

 AddavalidAppSpeedlicensekey(see“A d d i n g aLicense”onpage15)

 Verifythesuccessfuldeploymentoftheprobes(see“ManagingSSLKeys”onpage16)

Installation Prerequisites

ThefollowingVMwareESX™andvCenterversionssupportAppSpeed:

 ESX,version3.0.x,3.5.xor4.0x

 vCenterServer,version2.5x,orvSphere4.0

AppSpeed Installation Overview

NOTEToupgradefromapreviousversionofAppSpeedtoamorerecentversion,seeChapter5,“Upgrading

AppSpeed,”

onpage23.

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System Requirements

ReviewthefollowingsystemrequirementsbeforeyouinstallAppSpeed:

 Youmusthaveadmin‐levelaccesstovCenterServerfortheautomatedinstallationprocess.

 RoutableIPaddressesforserversandprobesneedtobedefined.

 IfHTTPSsitesaretobemonitored,anSSLprivatekeyisrequired.

 AdministratorprivilegesarerequiredontheClientmachinetoinstallAdobeFlashPlayer10.

Inaddition,itisrecommendedthatyousynchronizethetimeonthehostsonwhichtheAppSpeedserverand

probesaretobeinstalled.Ifthetimeisnotsynchronized,AppSpeedmightlosedataandexperiencedelaysin

themappingprocess.YoucansynchronizethetimebysettinganNTPserver

intheConfiguringTimeoption

foreachhostinvCenter.

Deployment Considerations

WhenyouplanyourAppSpeeddeployment,takeintoconsiderationthefollowingsystemresource

requirements:

 Server

 30GBHDD

 2vCPUs

 4GBRAM

 Probes

 5GBHDD

 1vCPU

 0.5GBRAM

Open Port Requirements

AppSpeedrequiresthatthefollowingportsbeopenonyourfirewall:

 AppSpeedservertovCenterServer:

 TCPport443toconnecttovCenterServerforthevCenterinterface.Port443isthevCenterdefault

Webserviceport,butyoucanconfigureadifferentTCPportinvCenter.

 TCPport80toconnecttovCenterServerforthevCenterproxyinterface.Thisportisusedonly

duringsetuptoverifythatthevCenterproxyisconfiguredcorrectly.Port80isthevCenterdefault

Webserviceport,butyoucanconfigureadifferentTCPportinvCenter.

 vCenterServertotheAppSpeedserver:

 TCPport80toconnecttotheAppSpeedserver(Webinterface).

 AppSpeedserverandprobecommunication:

 TCPport1194toconnecttotheAppSpeedserver(OpenVPNoveraTCPconnection)

 UDPport123toconnecttotheAppSpeedserver(NTP)

 TCPport22toconnecttotheprobesifyouwanttoaccesstheprobesfromoutsidetheVPN

 vSphere/VIClienttovCenterServer:

 TCPport80toconnecttovCenterserver(vCenterproxyinterface).Port80isthevCenterdefaultWeb

serviceport,butyoucanconfigureadifferentTCPportinvCenter.

NOTEUsingDHCPisnotrecommended.However,ifDHCPisused,youdonotneedroutable

IPaddresses.

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ThefirststageintheinstallationprocessistoimporttheOVFfileandinstallandconfiguretheAppSpeed

server.YoucaninstalltheAppSpeedserveronanyESXhostthatismanagedbythemonitoredvCenter.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

 “ImportandInstalltheAppSpeedVirtualAppliance”onpage9

 “ConfiguretheAppSpeedServer”onpage10

Import and Install the AppSpeed Virtual Appliance

AppSpeedisprovidedasanOVFfile.ThefirststepintheinstallationprocessistoimporttheOVFfileinthe

installationpackageintothevSphereClientorVIClient.

YoumusthaveadministratorprivilegestoimporttheOVFfile.

To import the OVF file into the vSphere Client

1 SavetheOVFfileinalocationthatcan

beaccessedfromthevSphereClient.

2InthevSphereClient,selectFile>DeployOVFTemplate.

3 SelectDeployfromFileandclickBrowsetolocatedtheOVFfile.

4ClickNextandclickNextagain.

5ReadandaccepttheEndUserLicenseAgreement,andclickNext.

6EnteranameforthevirtualapplianceserverintheNametextbox.

Thenamemustbeunique.

7 SelectthelocationforthedeployedtemplateandclickNext.

8FromtheInventoryLocationtree,selecttheESXhostonwhichtoinstallthevirtualappliance,andclick

Next.

ThehostmustbemanagedbythemonitoredvCenter.

Ifyouselectacluster,youmustselectaspecifichostwithinthatcluster.

9 Selectthedatastoreonwhichtostorethefilesforthevirtualappliance,andclickNext.

10 FromtheManagementNetworkdrop‐downmenu,selectthenetworktousetomanagetheprobes.

TheAppSpeedserverusesthisnetworktodeployandcommunicatewithprobesdeployedonotherhosts.

SelectanetworkthathasaccesstotheothermachinesandtovCenter.

11 ClickNext.

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12 ReviewtheinstallationsummaryandclickFinishtobegintheinstallation.

Whentheinstallationiscomplete,thevirtualapplianceisaddedinthevSphereClient.

13 IntheBasicTaskspane,clickPoweronthevirtualappliancetostartthevirtualappliance.

To import the OVF file into the VI Client

1 SavetheOVFfileinalocationthatcanbeaccessedfromtheVIClient.

2IntheVIClient,selectFile>VirtualAppliance>Import.

3 SelectImportfromfileandclickBrowsetolocated

theOVFfile.

4ClickNextandclickNextagain.

5ReadandaccepttheEndUserLicenseAgreement,andclickNext.

6EnteranameforthevirtualapplianceserverintheNametextbox.

Thenamemustbeunique.

7FromtheInventoryLocationtree,selecttheESXhostonwhichtoinstallthevirtualappliance,andclick

Next.

ThehostmustbemanagedbythemonitoredvCenter.

8 Selectthedatastoreonwhichtostorethefilesforthevirtualappliance,andclickNext.

9FromtheManagementNetworkdrop‐downmenu,selectthenetworktousetomanagetheprobes.

TheAppSpeedserverusesthisnetworktodeployandcommunicatewithprobesdeployedonotherhosts.

SelectanetworkthathasaccesstotheothermachinesandtovCenter.

10 ClickNext.

11 ReviewtheinstallationsummaryandclickFinishtobegintheinstallation.

Whentheinstallationiscomplete,thevirtualapplianceisaddedintheVIClient.

12 IntheBasicTaskspane,clickPoweronthevirtualappliancetostartthevirtualappliance.

Configure the AppSpeed Server

YouconfiguretheAppSpeedserverfromthevSphereClientorVIClient.Thefirsttimeyouaccesstheconsole

youarepromptedtoconfiguretheAppSpeedserver.

Aspartoftheconfigurationprocess,AppSpeedperformsthefollowingactionsinvCenter:

 CreatesasnapshotoftheAppSpeedservervirtualmachine

 RegisterstheAppSpeedplug‐inasavCenterClientextension

 RegisterstheredirectionofAppSpeedinthevCenterproxy

 RegisterstheAppSpeedservertostartautomaticallywhenahoststartsup

 RegisterstheAppSpeedserverpow eroffsettingssothatAppSpeedisproperlyshutdownwhen

poweringoff

To configure the AppSpeed Server

1PowerontheservervirtualapplianceandopentheAppSpeedserverconsole.

Whenthevirtualapplianceisbooted,theconsoleisdisplayed.

2Attheloginprompt,typesetup.

OTEToexittheconsoleafterbeginningthesetup,pressCtrl+Ctoreinitiatethesetup,andpressCtrl+C

againtoexitthesetup.

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3PressEntertoacceptthedefaultvalueorspecifyanalternativevalue.

Thedefault(orpreviouslydefined)valueforeachparameterappearsinbrackets.

4 (Optional)Selectasettingforthenetworkmanagementcard.

aTypeYtouseDHCPsettings.

bTypeNtosetafixedIPaddress.YouarepromptedtosettheIPaddress,netmask,andgatewayfor

themanagementcard.

5SettheAppSpeedtimezone.

Ifthetimezonelistdoesnotfitintheconsolewindow,pressShift+PageUp/PageDowntoviewall

locations.

6ConfigurethevCenterIPaddress,username,andpasswordwhenprompted.

Optionally,youcanspecifytheportnumber.TypetheportnumberimmediatelyaftertheIPaddress,

precededbyacolon(:).Forexample,10.23.89.89:8080indicatesport8080onIPaddress10.23.89.89.

7PressEntertoconfirmthatyouwanttocompletethesetupprocess.

8 (Optional)PressCtrl+Ctoreinitiatethesetupprocessandchangeanyparametervalues.

9Whenprompted,reviewthesetupsummaryandtypeYtoacceptthesettingsandcompletethesetup

process.

OTEIfyoudonotwanttospecifythegateway,enter0.0.0.0.

NOTEIfyoureinitiatethesetupprocess,thepreviousanswersareretained.Youcanchangethevalues

asneeded.

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BeforeyoucantakeadvantageofthemonitoringcapabilitiesofAppSpeed,youmustinstalltheAppSpeed

plug‐inanddeploytheAppSpeedprobes.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

 “InstalltheAppSpeedPlug‐In”onpage13

 “DeployingtheAppSpeedProbes”onpage13

 “A d d i n g aLicense”onpage15

 “VerifyingtheInstallation”onpage15

 “ManagingSSLKeys”onpage16

Install the AppSpeed Plug-In

YoumustinstalltheAppSpeedplug‐inoneachvSphereClientorVIClientthatneedsto connecttoAppSpeed.

To install the AppSpeed plug-in

1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectPlugins>ManagePlugins.

2 SelecttheAppSpeedplug‐inandclicktheDownloadandinstallbutton.

Aprogresswindowindicatestheprogressuntiltheinstallationiscomplete.

3ClickClosewhentheinstallationiscomplete.

4Enabletheplug‐in:

aInaVIClient,clicktheInstalledtab.IntheentryfortheAppSpeedUtility,selecttheEnabledcheckbox.

bInavSphereClient,right‐clickvCenterandclickEnabledintheplug‐inslist.

TheAppSpeediconisaddedtothetoolbar.

Deploying the AppSpeed Probes

Beforethemonitoringprocesscanbegin,youmustinstallatleastoneAppSpeedprobeononeormorehosts.

EachprobecanmonitoruptothreevSwitches.Youcaninstallmorethanoneprobeonthesamehostto

monitoradditionalvSwitches.Theprobesettings,includingthemanagementnetwork,storagedevice,

and

monitoredvSwitches,areconfiguredaspartoftheprobeinstallationprocess.

Youcanaddandremoveprobes.See“InstallanAppSpeedProbe”onpage14and“DeleteProbes”onpage15.

Tomodifytheprobeconfiguration,seetheVMwarevCenterAppSpeedUser’sGuide.

Installing the AppSpeed Plug-In and

Probes

NOTEToconfiguretheAppSpeedprobetomonitoravNetworkdistributedswitch,see“ConfiguringAppSpeed

withvNetworkDistributedSwitching”

onpage19

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TheAppSpeedprobedeploymentprocessautomaticallymakesthefollowingchangesinthevCenter:

 CreatesasnapshotoftheAppSpeedservervirtualmachineifonedoesnotalreadyexist.(Tosavedisk

space,youcanremovetheAppSpeedsnapshotsaftertheprobeinstallationiscomplete.)

 CreatestheAppSpeedProbesfolderifitdoesnotalreadyexist.

 CreatespromiscuousportgroupsfortheselectedvSwitches.

 Createsaprobebycreatingalinkedclone;Ifitisnotsuccessful,AppSpeedcreatesanewvirtualmachine

andcopiesit.Thevirtualmachineoftheprobehastheappropriatehardwaresettings,includingCPUand

memoryreservation.

 Reconfigurestheprobeʹsclustersothattheprobeisnotsu bjecttotheDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS)

andHighAvailability(HA).

 Powersontheprobe

 Editsandreconfigurestheprobeʹssettings

Install an AppSpeed Probe

Youcaninstallaprobeononehostatatime,oryoucaninstallaprobeonmultiplehostsatthesametime.

Youcanalsoinstallmorethanoneprobeonthesamehost.

To install a probe

1AccesstheAppSpeeduserinterface:

aInthevSphereClient,clickHome>SolutionsandApplications

andclicktheAppSpeedicon.

bIntheVIClient,clicktheAppSpeedicononthetoolbar.

2 SelectthecheckboxesforthehostsorclustersonwhichtoinstallaprobeandclickInstallProbes.

Aprobeisinstalledoneachselectedhost,regardlessofwhetheranotherprobeisalreadyinstalledonthehost.

TheProbeInstallationwindowdisplaysaseparateentryforeachhostthatyouselect.Eachentryappears

inaseparatepane.

3 (Optional)Configuretheprobeforeachhostentry.

aTypethenameoftheprobeintheProbeNametextbox.

Ifyoudonotspecifyaname,theAppSpeedserverassignsadefaultname.

bFromtheStoragedrop‐downmenu,selectthestoragedevicetowhichtheprobeconnects.

cFromtheManagementNetworkdrop‐downmenu,selectthenetworktousetomanagetheprobes:

 SelectDHCPtousedynamicaddresssettings.

 SelectStaticIPtosetafixedIPaddressforthenetworkmanagementcard.EntertheIPaddress

andnetmaskdetails.Optionally,enterthegatewaydetails.

 SelectuptothreemonitoringvSwitches.ThevSwitchessnifftrafficontheconfigured

managementnetwork.Bydefault,thefirstthreeavailablevSwitchesareselected.

NOTEIftheAppSpeedicondoesnotappear,verifythattheAppSpeedplug‐inisselectedinthePlugins

menu.

OTEWhenyouselectthecheckboxforacluster,thecheckboxesforeachhostthatitcontainsare

selected.Similarly,whenyouselectahost,theprobesalreadyinstalledonitareselected.

OTEWhenyouinstallaprobein AppSpeed, distributed vSwitches do not appear in the Probe Installation

window. Tomonitortheseswitches,youmustconfiguretheAppSpeedprobe.See

“ConfiguringAppSpeed

withvNetworkDistributedSwitching”

onpage19.

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4 (Optional)Toaddanadditionalprobetoahost,clickInstallanotherprobeonthishostatthebottom

ofthehostentryandconfiguretheprobeasdescribedinStep3.

5Whenyouaredoneaddinghost‐probecombinations,clickInstallProbes.

6Reviewtheinstallationinformation,andclickOK.

Alternatively,clickBacktoreturntochangeanyofthesettings.

TheinstallationprogressisindicatedintheProbeStatuscolumnintheProbesManagementwindow.

Uponcompletion,thenewprobeisaddedtotheAllProbesfolder.Theprobeispoweredonandsetup.

Power Probes On or Off

YoucanpowerprobesonorofffromtheProbesManagementwindow.

To power probes on or off

IntheProbesManagementwindow,selectthecheckboxesforoneormoreprobes,andclickPowerOnor

PowerOff.

Delete Probes

Ifyoudonotwanttomonitorthetrafficonaspecifichost,youcanremovetheprobesfromthathost.

To delete probes from hosts

1IntheProbesManagementwindow,selectthecheckboxesforoneormoreprobesonthesameormultiple

hosts,andclickDeleteProbe.

2ClickOKtoconfirm.

Theprobeisremovedfromtheselectedhostsonly.

Adding a License

YoumusthaveanAppSpeedlicensetomonitorservers.

To add a license

1ClickLicensinginthenavigationpaneoftheAdministrationmodule.

2ClickAddLicense.

3EnterthelicensekeyprovidedbyVMwareinthetextboxandclickOK.

ThelicensekeyisvalidatedanditsdetailsareaddedintheLicensepage.

Verifying the Installation

Youcanverifythesuccessfulinstallationanddeploymentoftheprobesbycheckingtheprobestatusinanyof

thefollowinglocations:

 RecentTaskspaneofthevSphereClientorVIClient

 vCenterProbesManagementwindow

 ServerstaborTransactionstaboftheUnmappedTrafficpage

Iftheprobeissuccessfullyinstalledanddeployed,thestatusoftheprobeisRunning.Inaddition,ifactivetraffic

ispresentonthepartofthenetworkthattheprobeismonitoring,thetrafficthroughputisreflectedaccordingly.

NOTEThetrafficthroughputcanbe0ifthereisnotrafficonthemonitoredvSwitchesorifaproblemoccurs

withtheinstallation.Iftheproblempersistsandyouknowthattrafficispresent,see

Chapter7,

“Troubleshooting,”

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View Unmapped Traffic

Youcanviewinformationabouttheunmappedserversandtransactionsdetectedonthenetwork.Unmapped

objectshavenotyetbeenmappedtoaspecificserverorapplication.

To view unmapped traffic

1Inthenavigationtree,selectApplicationsandServers.

2ClickUnmappedTrafficonthepageselectionbar.

YoumustconfiguretheSSLkeysforeachendpointwhereAppSpeeddetectsSSLtrafficinordertoview

unmappedtrafficonHTTPsitesthatincorporateSSLprotection.See

“ManagingSSLKeys”onpage16.

3Viewthestatusinformationfortheunmappedtraffic.

 Name:Nameoftheserverortransaction.

 Endpoint:IPaddressandportsusedbytheserver(Serverstabonly).

 Latency:Averageandstandarddeviation(STDEV)latencyratesfortheserverortransaction.

 Hits:Averagenumberofhitspersecondfortheserverortransaction,andthetotalnumberofhitsin

thespecifiedtimeframe.

 Throughput:Averagethroughputfortheserverortransaction,andthetotalthroughputinthe

specifiedtimeframe.

 Errors:Averagerateoferrors,asapercentage,fortheserverortransaction.

Managing SSL Keys

ForAppSpeedtomonitortrafficonHTTPSsitesthatincorporateSSLprotection,youmustconfiguretheSSL

keysforeachendpoint(IPaddressandportpair)whereAppSpeeddetectsSSLtraffic.

View SSL Key Information

YoucanviewtheexistingSSLkeyconfigurationintheAppSpeeduserinterface

To view SSL key information

1ClickSSLManagementinthenavigationpaneoftheAdministrationmodule.

2ViewthesecuresiteendpointsforwhichAppSpeedcannotmonitortrafficwithoutakey.

 ThePendingSSLEndpointstableliststheendpointsforwhichvalidSSLkeysarerequired,including

theirIPaddressesandports.AppSpeedautomaticallyidentifiestheSSLendpointsforwhichkeysdo

notexist.

 TheMonitoredSSLEndpointstableliststheendpointsforwhichvalidkeysexistinAppSpeed,

includingtherespectiveservername,whereavailable,andIPaddressandports.AppSpeedmonitors

trafficontheseendpoints.

NOTEThenumberofunmappedobjectstypicallydecreasesasAppSpeedmapstheenvironment.

NOTEAppSpeedsupportstheconfigurationandmonitoringofSSLkeysforHTTPSsitesonly.

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Chapter 3 Installing the AppSpeed Plug-In and Probes

Add an SSL Key

YoucanassignakeytoapendingendpointtoenableAppSpeedtoactivelymonitoritstraffic.

Ifnecessary,youcanextracttheSSLfilesfromtheWebservertoobtainthekey(see“ExtractingSSLFiles”on

page25).

To add an SSL key

1IntheSSLManagementwindow,selectthecheckboxesforthe

endpointsintheSSLPendingEndpoints

tableandclickAdd/UpdateSSLkey.

2Browsetoandopenthekeyfile.

Thekeyisassignedtotheselectedendpoints.TheendpointmovesfromtheSSLPendingEndpointstable

totheMonitoredEndpointstable.

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4EN‐000185‐02

WhenyouinstallaprobeinAppSpeedthedistributedswitchesdonotappearintheProbeInstallation

window.YoumustmanuallyconfigureAppSpeedtomonitortheseswitches.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

 “ConfiguringAppSpeedtoMonitoravNetworkDistributedSwitch”onpage19

 “ConfiguringAppSpeedtoMonitorCiscoNexus1000VSwitches”onpage20

 “CreateaTemporaryvSwitch”onpage21

Configuring AppSpeed to Monitor a vNetwork Distributed Switch

AppSpeedisabletomonitorvNetworkDistributedSwitches.However,AppSpeedisunabletodirectlyinstall

aprobethatwillmonitorsuchavNetworkDistributedSwitch.

Toinstallaprobe,youmustspecifyanavailablevSwitchtomonitor.Lateron,youneedtocreatea

promiscuousdvPortGroupandchangethenetworksettings

oftheprobetomonitorthevNetworkDistributed

Switch.AswithvSwitches,AppSpeedmonitorsonlythevirtualmachinesonhostsonwhichtheprobesare

installed.

Create a dvPortGroup

IfyoudeployavNetworkDistributedSwitch,itisrecommendedthatyouaddanewportgroup.

To create a port group

1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>Networking.

2 CreateanewportgroupforthevNetworkDistributedSwitch:

a SelectthevNetworkDistributedSwitch.

bFromtheBasicTaskslist,createanewport

group.

Configuring AppSpeed with vNetwork

Distributed Switching

NOTETodeployaprobe,theremustbeatleastoneavailablevSwitchonthehostfortheprobetomonitor.If

thehostdoesnothaveanyvSwitchesconfigured,orifallothervSwitchesarealreadybeingmonitoredby

otherprobes,youmustfirstcreateanewtemporaryvSwitchbefore

youdeploythenewprobe.See“Createa

TemporaryvSwitch”onpage21.

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Configure the dvPort Group

YoumustconfigurethevNetworkDistributedSwitchportstoworkinpromiscuousmodesothatthe

AppSpeedprobecanmonitortheswitch.

To configure the dvPort group

1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>Networking.

2Right‐clickthecorrespondingportgroupinthevNetworkDistributedSwitchandselectEditSettings.

3 SelectSecurity.

4SetthePromiscuousmodetoAccept.

5 SelectVLAN.

6SettheVLANtypetoVLANTrunking.

7SettheVLANtrunkrangeto0‐4094.

8 Saveyourchanges.

Configure the AppSpeed Probe to Monitor vNetwork Distributed Switches

Oncetheprobeisdeployedandsetup(asdescribedin“DeployingtheAppSpeedProbes”onpage13),you

canconfiguretheAppSpeedprobetomonitorthedistributedvSwitches.

To configure a probe to monitor a vNetwork distributed switch

1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>HostsandClusters.

2Right‐clickthecorrespondingprobevirtualmachineandselect

EditSettings.

3 Selecttherequirednetworkadapter.

4FromtheNetworkdrop‐downmenu,selecttherelevantportgroup(bydefault,dvP ortgroupX).

5VerifythatboththeConnectedandConnectatpoweroncheckboxesareselected.

Configuring AppSpeed to Monitor Cisco Nexus 1000V Switches

IfonlyNexus1000VswitchesareconfiguredinthevCenterorifallothervSwitchesarealreadybeing

monitoredbyotherprobes,youneedtocreateanewvSwitchbeforeyoudeploytheprobe.

Configure Port Mirroring

YoumustconfigureportmirroringontheCiscoNexus1000VvSwitchportssothattheAppSpeedprobecan

monitoraNexus1000VvSwitch.

To configure port mirroring

1Settheserverportsthatyouwanttomonitorasthesourceports.

2Setanunusedportasthedestinationport.

3Enableportmirroringontheswitch.

OTETodeployaprobe,theremustbeatleastoneavailablevSwitchonthehostfortheprobetomonitor.If

thehostdoesnothaveanyvSwitchesconfigured,orifallothervSwitchesarealreadybeingmonitoredby

otherprobes,youmustfirstcreateanewtemporaryvSwitchbefore

youdeploythenewprobe.See“Createa

TemporaryvSwitch”onpage21.

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VMware vCenter vCenter AppSpeed 1.0 Installation guide

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