VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.1 User guide

Application Discovery Manager

Administration Guide

vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.1

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Contents

AboutThisBook 7

1 Overview 9

SystemArchitecture 9

Single‐boxAppliance 11

DistributedApplianceSolutions 11

VirtualandPhysicalApplianceSolutions 12

VirtualApplianceDeployment 12

PhysicalApplianceDeployment 13

MirroredNetworkTraffic 13

vCollector 13

MixedEnvironment 13

WhereToGoNext 14

InstallationofNeworAdditionalADMComponents 14

Licenses 14

UpgradingADM 14

MigratingtoaNewAppliance 14

Security 14

2 InstallingADM 15

ADMInstallationRequirements 15

InstallationPersonnel 15

ESXResources 15

InstallingthevSphereClient 16

DisablingvMotion 16

PreparingtheEnvironment 16

PreparinganESXConfiguration 16

CreatingaNewvSwitchforPassiveDiscovery 17

ConfiguringthevSwitchGeneralSettingsforPassiveDiscovery 17

ConfiguringthevSwitchforPassiveCollector 17

ConfiguringdvSwitchforPassiveCollector 18

DeployingtheVirtualAppliances 18

DeployingtheADMVirtualAppliances 18

BeforeYou

Begin 19

DeploymentProcedure 19

InstallingWindowsCollector 20

BeforeYouBegin 20

Deployment 20

Uninstall 21

3 SettingUpADM 23

Process 23

OrderofSetup 23

ADMSetupProcedures 23

LaunchingtheFirstBootConfigurationTool 24

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ConfiguringtheRootPassword 24

UsernameandPasswords 24

ConfiguringStaticNetworkSettings 25

ConfiguringtheTimezoneandTime 25

ConfiguringtheApplianceRole 26

Post‐InstallationSteps 27

LoggingIntotheADMConsole 27

InitiatingPassiveDiscovery 27

4 SecuringADM 29

ChangingtheRootPassword 29

ResettingtheADMRootPassword 29

OpenSSLSelf‐SignedTestCertificates 30

CASignedTestCertificates 30

Self‐SignedCertificates 30

Copyingthe.keyand.crtFiles 31

5 Maintenance 33

ADMServices 33

ManagingServiceswithadm_control 34

ProductSupportPackages 34

UsingtheADMConsole 35

UsingtheCLI 35

RestoringanADMEnvironmentbyUsingaProductSupportPackage 36

RestoretheADMDatabase 36

RestoringtheCustomDiscoveryandConfigurationFiles 37

ReconfiguringanADMDeployment 38

AddingaRemoteDatabasetoanExistingADMDeployment 38

ConvertingaSingle‐boxorAggregator

toaRemoteDatabase 38

MovingaDatabasetoaRemoteAppliance 39

Licenses 39

UploadingaLicense 40

6 UpgradingADM 41

Overview 41

ApplianceType 41

MixedEnvironments 41

Licenses 41

ApplianceMigration 41

BackingUpData 41

UpgradingAppliances 42

ImportantNotes 42

PreliminaryProcedures 42

UpgradingAppliancesUsingCLI 42

Post‐UpgradeSteps 43

7 MigratingtoaNewAppliance 45

Overview 45

SupportedMigration 45

Licenses 45

SystemArchitecture 45

Process 46

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PreliminaryProcedures 46

BackingUpWinApeMigrationFiles 46

RestoringWinApeMigrationFiles 47

DataRestoration 47

Single‐box‐Solution 47

DistributedSolutions 47

Collectors 47

WinApe 47

Aggregator 47

DistributedSolutionwithRemoteDatabase 48

Collectors 48

WinApe 48

Database 48

Aggregator 48

Post‐MigrationSteps 48

8 TroubleshootingADM 49

TroubleshootingtheADMbyUsingtheProductSupportPackage 49

DetailDiscoveryTroubleshooting 49

WMI 49

single.sh 49

Location 50

Usage 50

Examples: 51

snmpdump 52

Location 52

Usage 52

Examples 53

nlcapture 53

Location 53

Usage 53

9 UninstallingADM 55

UninstallingtheADMAppliance 55

A TimeZones 57

B ADMAPITutorial 59

APIFeatures 59

Insight_control 59

AsynchAPI 60

DumpAPI 60

BulkAPI 61

WebServicesAPI 61

Index 63

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intendedforusebysystemadministratorsandintegratorsresponsibleforinstallingADM.

TheinstallationproceduresinthisdocumentmustbeperformedbyITprofessionalsfamiliarwith

virtualizationandVMwaretechnologiessuchasVMwareESX™serversand

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ThischapterdescribesthedifferentVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)architecture

solutionsandconfiguration.Topicsinclude:

 “SystemArchitecture”onpage 9

 “VirtualandPhysicalApplianceSolutions”onpage 12

 “vCollector”onpage 13

 “MixedEnvironment”onpage 13

 “WhereToGoNext”onpage 14

System Architecture

TheADMprovidessystemarchitecturesolutionstomeettherequirementsofdifferentenvironmentsas

showninFigure 1‐1.

Figure 1-1. ADM Components

VMwareprovidesADMononeormoreappliances.Themodeoftheappliancedetermineswhichcomponent

isrunning.ADMcomponentsaredescribedinTable 1‐1.

Overview

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AggregatorDatabase

Active

Discovery-Unix

Active

Discovery-Windows

Passive

Discovery

Table 1-1. ADM Components

Component Description

ActiveDiscovery‐

UNIX

Collectsdatafromtheconfigurationobjectsinyourdatacenter.Thefollowingdiscoverytypesapply:

 IP discovery—AmethodfordetectinghostsorotherconfigurationitemswithaspecificIPaddress

whenPassiveDiscoveryfailstodiscoverthem.

 Detaildiscovery—ExtendstheinformationobtainedusingPassiveandIPDiscovery.Itusescommon

networkprotocolstoremotelyqueryserversinthemanagednetworkandobtainssupplementary

informationaboutnetworkhostswhichisaddedtothedatabase.

ActiveDiscovery‐

Windows

AdiscoveryenginethatusesWMIbaseddiscoverypoliciesforperforming

activediscoveryonWindows

machines.

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PassiveDiscovery Passivelyobservesthenetworktrafficbyperformingadeep‐packetanalysistodiscoverapplicationsand

componentrelationshipsinphysicalandvirtualenvironments.

Italsoallowsyouto:

 Mapdependencies.

 Counttheactivityofthesedependencies.

 Identifyservices.

Aggregator Receivesdatafromthediscoverycomponentsandreconcilesthedatabeforetransferringittothedatabase

component.TheaggregatoralsoprovidestheuserinterfaceforusingADMandistheintegrationpointfor

variousintegrations,forexample,ERDB.

Database AnOracleRDBMSusedforstoringdiscovereddataandADMconfiguration.

Table 1-1. ADM Components

Component Description

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Chapter 1 Overview

Single-box Appliance

Inasingle‐boxappliancesolutionarchitecture,theADMcomponentsareenabledonasingleVirtual

Appliance(VA)asshowninFigure 1‐2.

Figure 1-2. Single-box Appliance Architecture

Chapter 3providestheconfigurationinstructions.

Distributed Appliance Solutions

ThedistributedappliancesolutionhasatleastonedesignatedapplianceenabledasaCollector,andanother

applianceenabledasanAggregatorandDatabaseasshowninFigure 1‐3.

Database

ESX1

ADM VM2

Active Discovery-

Windows

Runs on (Virtualization)

Logical monitoring

port connectivity

ADM Connectivity

Physical

switch 2

Physical

switch 1

Active Discovery-

Unix

Aggregator

Passive

Discovery

vSwitch

ADM VM1

Role = single-box

Role=Windows collector

(running Win2008

on any ESX)

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Figure 1-3. Distributed Appliance Solution

Virtual and Physical Appliance Solutions

YoucansetupADMeither:

 OnyourESXorESXiserversasdescribedin“VirtualApplianceDeployment”onpage 12

 OnexistingIBMphysicalappliances,onlyupgradingissupportedasdescribedin“UpgradingADM”on

page 14.

Virtual Appliance Deployment

ADMversion6.1isdeliveredasVA,whichisavirtualmachineimagethatincludesanoperatingsystemand

therelevantADMsoftwarecomponentsinstalledonit.AVAcanrunoneormultipleADMcomponents

dependingontheapplianceroleselected.

DeployingavirtualmachinetemplateinanOpenVirtualization

Format(OVF)ontotheESXorESXiserver

createsanADMVirtualAppliance.Afterdeployment,poweruptheVAandthenconfigurethestandard

appliancesettings,network,anduserinformation.

DownloadthefollowingartifactsfromtheVMwareWebsite:

http://downloads.vmware.com/Application Discovery Manager



CoreADMTemplate—AnOVFtemplatethatincludesallADMcomponentsexceptfortheWindows

CollectorandyoucanconfigureasAggregator,Aggregatorwithremotedatabase,Database,or

Single‐box.

N

OTEInaDistributedwithremotedatabasesetup,thereisadesignatedappliancetohostthedatabase.Also,

PassiveandDetailDiscoverycanrunonsingleormultipleCollectors.

Database

ESX1

ADM VM6

Active Discovery-

Windows

vSwitch

Role = Windows Collector

(running Win2008

on any ESX)

ADM VM3

Passive

Discovery

Active Discovery-

Unix

Runs on (Virtualization)

Logical monitoring

port connectivity

ADM Connectivity

Physical

switch 2

Physical

switch 1

Aggregator

vSwitch

ADM VM1

Role = Aggregator

Role = collector

ADM VM4 ADM VM4

vSwitch

Role = Collector

ESX3

Active Discovery-

Unix

Passive

Discovery

Passive

Discovery

vSwitch

Role = Passive collector

ESX2

ESX4

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Chapter 1 Overview

 CollectorADMTemplate—AsmallerOVFtemplatethatincludesthePassiveCollectorandActiveand

PassiveCollectorandyoucanconfigureaspassiveandactivediscoveryCollectorandPassiveDiscovery

Collector.

 WindowsCollectorInstaller—AnexecutablefilethatinstallstheWindowsCollectorcomponentontop

oftheWindows2008R2operatingsystems.

Physical Appliance Deployment

ADMsupportstheupgradingofexistingIBMsingleboxandDistributedsolutions(includingthosethatuse

aremotedatabase).

Mirrored Network Traffic

Themethodinwhichtheapplianceperformspassivediscoveryisbyanalyzingmirroredtrafficfromaswitch

orrouter.Networkdevicesthathavetheabilitytoconfigureamirroredport(sometimescalledasaSwitched

PortAnalyzer,spanportormonitorport)canforwardacopyofallthenetworktraffic

fromall(orselected)

portstooneormoremirroredports.Typically ,eachnetworkdevicehasallitsportsmirroredtooneport.These

mirroredportsarethenconnecteddirectlytooneofthenetworkinterfacesontheESXserver.

Performoneofthefollowingstepsifyouhaveto

connectmultiplemonitorports:

 Connectthemonitorportstoanaggregateswitch(A‐Switch),whichisalsoconfiguredwithamonitor

port.PlugthemirroredportoftheA‐SwitchintotheESXservernetworkinterface.

ContactyourVMwareSalesRepresentativeifyourequireanA‐Switch.

 AddfewmorenetworkinterfacestoESXserver.

 InstallanotherADMPassiveCollectoronadifferentESXserver.

vCollector

TheADMusesavirtualcollector(vCollector)tolistentocommunicationbetweenvirtualmachinesthatrun

onthesameVMwareESXServer.AvCollectorispresentinsideavirtualmachineanditslistenercollectsthe

informationaboutthevirtualmachinesdeployedontheESXServer.BydeployingavCollector,theADM

is

abletopassivelydiscoverdependenciesinavirtualizedenvironment.Youcanthenviewinformationabout

thevirtualmachinesthataredeployedonthesameESXServerincluding:

 Dependencymapsbetweenvirtualmachines.

 Activitycountsofthedependencies.

 Servicesrunningonthevirtualmachines.

 Additionalinformationthatisofferedbythelistener.

Mixed Environment

TheADM6.1releaseintroducesADMasavirtualappliance,butitalsosupportsupgradingfrom6.0ona

physicalIBMappliances.Youcanupgradeyourphysicalenvironmentwithadditionalvirtual6.1appliances

likemixedenvironment.ThisadditionalvirtualappliancecanplayaroleofPassiveCollectors(vCollectors)

oranadditional

PassiveandActiveCollectors.

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MPORTANTConsultITprofessionalsofyourorganizationtoensurethattheappropriateswitchesorrouters

thatcontainsthenetworktrafficisusedforDiscoveryareconfiguredproperlyforportmirroringandare

accessibletotheADMappliance.

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OTETheADMPassiveCollectorcanworkwithmaximumofthreemonitorports.Ifyouhavetoconnect

morethanthreemonitorports,youmustaddanotherADMPassiveCollector.

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Where To Go Next

Thissectionprovideslinksthatcontainsmoreinformationonthetopicslisted.

Installation of New or Additional ADM Components

ContinuebyconfiguringinitialappliancesettingsasdescribedinChapter 2.

Licenses

YouneedanewlicensetouseADMafterupgradingormigrating.ObtainthelicensefromyourVMwareSales

representative.Formoreinformation,see“Licenses”onpage 39.

Upgrading ADM

ContinuewithupgradeproceduresasdescribedinChapter 6.

Migrating to a New Appliance

ContinuewithmigrationproceduresasdescribedinChapter 7.

Security

FormoreinformationonADMsecurity,seeChapter 4..

NOTEAllADMappliancesthatparticipateinmixedenvironemntmodemustrunthesame6.1versionofthe

ADM.

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ThischapterdescribesinstallationanddeploymentoftheADM.Topicsinclude:

 “A D M InstallationRequirements”onpage 15

 “DisablingvMotion”onpage 16

 “PreparingtheEnvironment”onpage 16

 “DeployingtheVirtualAppliances”onpage 18

 “InstallingWindowsCollector”onpage 20

ADM Installation Requirements

ADMisanappliancethatcanruninaVMwareinfrastructure.Thissectioncontainsrequirementsthatmust

bemetbeforeyouinstallandusetheADMappliance.

Installation Personnel

TheinstallationproceduresinthisdocumentmustbeperformedbyITprofessionalsfamiliarwith

virtualizationandVMwaretechnologiessuchasESXserversandrelatedvirtualandphysicalequipment.

ESX Resources

TousetheADMappliance,youmustinstalltheADMapplianceonaVMwareESXserverversion3.5orlater.

ConfigurethevirtualmachineonyourESXserveraccordingtothedeploymentmodelwithresourcesas

describedinTable 2‐1.

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Table 2-1. Virtual Appliance Deployments

ADM Virtual Appliance (VA) Memory (GB) Number of vCPUs NICs Disk (GB) OVF Template

Single‐box 4 4 4 80 Core

Aggregator+DB 4 4 1 80 Core

Aggregator 3 2 1 80 Core

Database 3 2 1 80 Core

PassiveCollector 2 1 4 8 Collector

LinuxActive+PassiveCollector 4 2 4 8 Collector

WindowsActiveDiscovery

Collector

21 120Windows2008R2

Standard

NOTEVMwaredoesnotprovideOVFtemplateforlocalwindowsmachinethathoststheWinApe.

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Installing the vSphere Client

InstallthevSphereclienttoworkwithVMwareenvironment.

To download and install the vSphere Client

1 LaunchInternetExplorerbrowser.

2Intheaddressbar,typetheIPnumberoftheESXServerwherethevirtualmachineisinstalled,for

example:

https://<ESX Server IP>

3ClicktheDownloadvSphereClientlink,andthenSavetheclientexecutablefiletoyourlocalharddisk.

4Runtheexecutablefile.

5AcceptthelicenseandclickNext.

6Typetheusernameandorganizationdetailsiftheydonotappearbydefault.ClickNext.

7Atthenextscreen,clickNextwithoutselectingInstallvSphereHostUpdateUtility.

8Ifdifferentfromthedefault,specifytheinstallationfolder,andthenclickNext.

9ClickInstall.

10 ClickFinishtoclosethewizard.

Disabling vMotion

To disable automatic vMotion

1InthevSphereclient,selectthecluster,right‐clickonitandselectEditSettings.

2IntheVMwareDRSsection,selectVirtualMachineOptions.

3 SelecttheADMvirtualappliances.

4 SelectDisablefromtheAutomationLevellistbox.

5ClickOK.

Preparing the Environment

PerformthefollowingproceduresbeforeyousetuptheADM.

Preparing an ESX Configuration

CreateandconfigureanewvSwitchforeachphysicalspanport.Repeatthefollowingproceduresforeachnew

vSwitch.

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OTEADMsupportsWindowsInternetExplorer6.0andlaterbrowsers.

NOTEThevSphereclientinstallationcantakeseveralminutes.

IMPORTANTADMvirtualappliancesarenotsupportedbyvMotion.IftheADMvirtualapplianceisinstalled

onaVMwareDRScluster,performthefollowingstepstodisableautomaticvMotion.

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Creating a New vSwitch for Passive Discovery

To create a new vSwitch for Passive Discovery

1 ConnectthemonitorportstoavailablenetworkinterfacesontheESXserver.

2 ConnecttotheESXserverorvCenterbyusingvSphereclient.

3 NavigatetotheConfigurationtabontheESXserverwhereyouwanttodeployADMappliances.

4 Navigatetothenetworkingconfigurationoption.

5ClickAddNetworkingtoopentheAdd

networkwizard.

6 SelectconnectiontypeasVirtualMachine,andclickNext.

7 SelectthevmnicthatisconnectedtothemonitorportonthephysicalswitchandclickNext.

8Specifyanetworklabel,forexample,spanport,forthenewportgroupandclickNext.

9ClickFinish.

Configuring the vSwitch General Settings for Passive Discovery

To configure the vSwitch general settings for Passive Discovery

1OpenthenewvSwitchPropertieswindow.

2 SelectthevSwitchandclickEdit.

3 NavigatetotheSecuritytabandchangethePromiscuousModefromRejecttoAcceptandclickOK.

4Clickthenetworkadapterstab,selecttherelevantvmnicandclickEdit.

5 ChangetheConfiguredSpeed,Duplexto10MB,FullDuplex

.

6ClickOKandthenClose.

Configuring the vSwitch for Passive Collector

Connect the Passive Collector to a port group. To define a port group

1 CreateaportgroupinthevSwitchasfollows:

aLogintotheESXServerorvCenterusingvCenterClient.TheVirtualInfrastructureClientscreen

appears.

bClicktheConfigurationtab.

c SelectNetworkingfromtheHardwarelist.

dFromtheprecedingscreen,selectProperties.

e SelectPortsandclickAdd.

f SelectVirtualMachineandclick

Next.

gSettheNetworkLabel,forexample,ADMspanportandclickNext.

hVerifythattheportgroupislisted,andclickFinish.

2 ChangethePromiscuousModetoAccept.ThisvalueissettoRejectbydefault.

a Selecttheportgroupthatyoucreated;forexample,ADMspanport.

bClickEdit

andselectSecuritytab.

c SelectPromiscuousMode,andthenselectAcceptfromthelistbox.

IMPORTANTPerformthefollowingstepstoconnecttovSwitchesthatspantheinternaltraffic

betweenvirtualmachinesrunningontheESXServer.

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dClickOKandthenClose.

Configuring dvSwitch for Passive Collector

IfavirtualmachineisdirectlyconnectedtothenetworkandnotthroughthevSwitch,thephysicalCollector

observesthetraffic,whilethevSwitchdoesnot.ThisistermedasVMDirectPath.

 Software‐basedCiscoNexusswitchesaresupported.

 ThisprocedureisrelevantonlyforvSphere4andnotforESX3.5.

To create a port group in the dvSwitch

1LogintothevCenterserverwithvCenterclient.

2ClickConfigurationandthenselectNetworkingfromtheInventorytab.

3 SelectDistributedvSwitch.

4OntheConfigurationtab,selectNewPortGroup.

5ConfiguresupportforallVLANsbyenteringthedetails

ontheCreateDistributedVirtualPortGroup

windowasshowninTable 2‐2.

.

6ClickNexttofinishandreturntothedvSwitchNetworkConfigurationscreen.

7 SelecttheADMspanportgroupandclickProperties.

8ClicktheSecuritytabontheADMspanportPropertieswindow.

9 SelectPromiscuousMode,andthenselectAcceptfromthelistbox.

10 ClickOKandthenClose.

Deploying the Virtual Appliances

TheADMvirtualappliancecontainsandrunsoneormoreofthefollowingcomponents:

 Aggregator

 Database

 ActiveDiscoveryUNIX

 PassiveDiscovery

“SystemArchitecture”onpage 9describestheappliancearchitecture.

PerformthefollowingproceduresbyusingaWindowsmachinewithremoteaccesstotheESXserver.

Deploying the ADM Virtual Appliances

VirtualappliancesareinstalledontheESXserveraccordingtheconfigurationsinTable 2‐3.

Table 2-2. VLAN Support

Parameter Value Specified

Name Anameforportgroup(ADMspanport).ThenamemustbesameasinvSwitchprocedure.

Numberofports OneforeachESXindatacenter

VLANtype VLANTrunking

VLANID 0‐4094

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Chapter 2 Installing ADM

Before You Begin

Ensureallrequirementsaremetasdescribedin“ESXResources”onpage 15.

Deployment Procedure

RepeatthefollowingstepsoneachADMvirtualappliance,excepttheWindowsCollectorthatisinstalled

separatelyasdescribedin“InstallingWindowsCollector”onpage 20:

1 DownloadtheADMvirtualappliancefilesfromVMwareWebsiteandextractthefilestoalocalfolder.

TheextractedZipfilesincludeanOVFand

aVMDKfile.

TheVAfilesareinZipformatwiththefollowingnamingconvention:

OVF Template-build number

where:

OVFTemplate isasdescribedinTable 2‐3.

buildnumberistheADMversionandbuildnumber.

2LogintotheESXserverbyusingthevSphereclient.

3IntheFilemenu,selectDeployOVFTemplate.BrowsetotheOVFfileandselectit.

4ClickNext.TheOVFTemplateDetails

screenappears.

5ClickNext.TheNameandLocationscreenappears.

Table 2-3. Virtual Appliance Configuration

Appliance Type OVF Template Includes Component(s)

Aggregator ADMCore Aggregator

Database

Single‐box ADMCore Aggregator

Database

PassiveDiscovery

UNIXActiveDiscovery

Database ADMCore Database

Aggregatorwithremote

database

ADMCore Aggregator

PassiveDiscoveryCollector ADMCollector PassiveDiscovery

PassiveandActive

DiscoveryCollector

ADMCollector UNIXActiveandPassiveDiscovery

NOTEInstallaseparateWindowsCollectorusinganinstallationwizardasdescribedin

“InstallingWindowsCollector”onpage 20.

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MPORTANTPerformanceofADMCollectorsisaffectedbydistanceandnetworklatencybetweenthe

Collectorsandobjectsbeingdiscovered.Formoreinformation,seeVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscovery

ManagerPeformanceandScalabilityGuide.

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OTEYoucandeployADMcomponentsinanyorderorevensimultaneouslybyusingthevSphereclient.

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MPORTANTEnsurethatthebuildnumberisidenticalforallappliancesdeployed.

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OTEIfanSSLCertificateWarningmessageappears,clickIgnore.

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6TypeauniquevirtualappliancenameaccordingtotheITnamingconventionofyourorganizationand

withrelevancetotheappliancetypeasdescribedinTable 2‐3.

7ClickNext.TheDatastorescreenappears.

8ClickNext.TheNetworkMappingscreenappears.

9ClickNext.TheReadytoCompletescreenappears.ItdisplaysdetailsabouttheOVFfile,sizefor

downloadandsizewhenextracted,virtualappliancename,hostorcluster,datastoreandnetwork

mapping.

10 ClickFinishtoconfirmthesettingsandbeginthedeployment.

11 ClickCloseinthemessagedialogboxwhendeploymentsuccessfullycompletes.

12 Repeatthisprocedureuntilallcomponentsare

deployed,andthencontinuewith“InstallingWindows

Collector”onpage 20.

Installing Windows Collector

Before You Begin

EnsurethattheWindowsmachineonwhichtheCollectorisbeinginstalledmeetstheminimumrequirements

asdescribedin“ESXResources”onpage 15.

Deployment

To deploy Windows Collector on a Windows machine

1 DownloadtheVMwarevCenterADMWindowsCollectorexecutablefilefromVMwareWebsitetoyour

localWindowsmachine.

2Double‐clicktheexecutablefile.

TheInstallShieldWizardscreenappears.

3ClickNext.TheLicenseAgreementscreenappears.

4Readthelicense,selectIacceptthetermsofthelicenseagreement,andclickNext.

TheChoose

InstallationFolderscreenappears.

5Ifyouwanttochangethedefaultinstallationlocation,clickChangeandselectthepreferredinstallation

directory.

6ClickNext.TheHostInformationscreenappears.

7TypethefollowinginformationtoconfiguretheWindowsCollector:

 AggregatorIPAddress

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OTEIfthereismorethanonedatastore,selectthedatastorewhereyouwanttoinstallthevirtual

machine.

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OTETheprocessofcopyingandconfiguringtheADMcomponentcantakeseveralminutes.The

deploymentandconfigurationstatusappearsinamessagedialogboxandtheRecentTaskspane.

NOTEIfawarningappearsaboutanunknownpublisher,clickRuntoproceed.

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