VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager 7.0 User guide

Application Discovery Manager

Administration Guide

vCenter Application Discovery Manager 7.0.0

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Contents

AboutThisBook 7

1 Overview 9

SystemArchitecture 9

DistributedAppliancewithRemoteDatabase 11

VirtualApplianceSolution 11

VirtualApplianceDeployment 11

MirroredNetworkTraffic 12

vCollector 12

MixedEnvironment 12

WhereToGoNext 13

InstallationofNeworAdditionalADMComponents 13

Licenses 13

UpgradingADM 13

MigratingtoaNewAppliance 13

Security 13

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 17

PreparinganESXConfiguration 17

DeployingtheVirtualAppliances 18

DeployingtheADMVirtualAppliances 19

InstallingWindowsCollector 20

SettingUpOracleasanExternalDatabaseforADM 21

3 SettingUpADM 25

Process 25

OrderofSetup 25

ADMSetupProcedures 25

LaunchingtheFirstBootConfigurationTool 26

ConfiguringtheRootPassword 26

ConfiguringStaticNetworkSettings 27

ConfiguringtheTimezoneandTime 27

InstallingtheOracleClient 28

ConfiguringtheApplianceRole 28

Post‐InstallationSteps 31

ActiveDirectoryConfiguration 31

LoggingintotheADMConsole 32

InitiatingPassiveDiscovery 32

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4 SecuringADM 35

ChangingtheRootPassword 35

ResettingtheADMRootPassword 35

OpenSSLSelf‐SignedTestCertificates 36

CASignedTestCertificates 36

Self‐SignedCertificates 36

5 Maintenance 39

ADMServices 39

ProductSupportPackages 40

UsingtheADMConsole 41

UsingtheCLI 41

RestoringanADMEnvironmentbyUsingaProductSupportPackage 42

Licenses 45

UploadingaLicense 45

6 UpgradingADM 47

Overview 47

MixedEnvironments 47

Licenses 47

ApplianceMigration 47

BackingUpData 47

UpgradingAppliances 48

ImportantNotes 48

PreliminaryProcedures 48

UpgradingAppliancesUsingCLI 48

Post‐UpgradeSteps 49

7 MigratingtoaNewAppliance 51

Overview 51

SupportedMigration 51

Licenses 51

SystemArchitecture 51

Process 52

PreliminaryProcedures 52

DataRestoration 53

Single‐BoxSolution 53

DistributedSolutions 53

DistributedSolutionwithRemoteDatabase 54

Post‐MigrationSteps 54

8 TroubleshootingADM 55

TroubleshootingADMInstallation 55

TroubleshootingADMbyUsingtheProductSupportPackage 56

TroubleshootingErrorMessagesDuringWMIDiscovery 56

DetailDiscoveryTroubleshooting 56

UsingADMConsole 57

WMI 57

single.sh 57

snmpdump 60

nlcapture 60

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Contents

9 UninstallingADM 63

UninstallingtheADMAppliance 63

A TimeZones 65

B ADMAPITutorial 67

APIFeatures 67

Insight_control 67

AsynchAPI 68

DumpAPI 68

BulkAPI 69

WebServicesAPI 69

Index 71

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TheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)AdministrationGuideprovidesinformation

thattheadministratorsarerequiredtoinstallandconfiguretheADM.

Intended Audience

ThisdocumentispartoftheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerdocumentationset,andis

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

relatedvirtualandphysical

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

solutionsandconfiguration.Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

 “SystemArchitecture”onpage 9

 “VirtualApplianceSolution”onpage 11

 “vCollector”onpage 12

 “MixedEnvironment”onpage 12

 “WhereToGoNext”onpage 13

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

1

AggregatorDatabase

Active

Discovery-Unix

Active

Discovery-Windows

Passive

Discovery

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Single-Box Appliance with Remote Database

InaSingle‐BoxappliancewithRemoteDatabasesolution,theADMcomponentsareenabledonasingle

virtualappliance.Also,adesignatedappliancehoststhedatabase.

Figure 1-2. Single-Box Appliance with Remote Database Architecture

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.

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.

ADM

7.0doesnothaveOracledatabaseintegrated.Youneedtoconfigu reyourown

externalOracledatabaseasdescribedin“SettingUpOracleasanExternalDatabasefor

ADM”onpage 21.

ESX1

ADM VM2

Active Discovery-

Windows

Runs on (Virtualization)

Logical monitoring

port connectivity

ADM Connectivity

Physical

switch 2

Physical

switch 1

Active Discovery-

Unix

Database

Oracle as an

external database

Aggregator

Passive

Discovery

vSwitch

ADM VM1

Role = single-box

Role=Windows collector

(running Win2008

on any ESX)

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Chapter 1 Overview

Distributed Appliance with Remote Database

ADistributedAppliancewithRemoteDatabasesolution,oneapplianceenabledasanAggregatoralongwith

oneormoreappliancesenabledascollector.PassiveandDetailDiscoverycanrunonsingleormultiple

Collectors.Also,adesignatedappliancehoststhedatabase.

Figure 1-3. Distributed Appliance with Remote Database Architecture

Virtual Appliance Solution

YoucansetupADMonyourESXorESXiserversasdescribedin“VirtualApplianceDeployment”onpage 11.

YoucanalsosetupADMonanexistingIBMphysicalappliancesbutonlyupgradingissupportedasdescribed

in“UpgradingADM”onpage 13.

Virtual Appliance Deployment

ADMversion7.0.0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.

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OTEADM7.0doesnothaveOracledatabaseintegrated.YouneedtoconfigureanexternalOracledatabase

asdescribedin“SettingUpOracleasanExternalDatabaseforADM”onpage 21.

ESX1

ADM VM4

Active Discovery-

Windows

vSwitch

Role = Windows

Collector

(running Win2008

on any ESX)

Runs on (Virtualization)

Logical monitoring

port connectivity

ADM Connectivity

Physical

switch 2

Physical

switch 1

Aggregator

ADM VM1

Role = Aggregator

Database

ADM VM3

Passive

Discovery

vSwitch

Role = Passive

Collector

ESX4

Oracle as an

external database

ADM VM2

vSwitch

Role = Collector

ESX2

Active Discovery-

Unix

Passive

Discovery

ESX3

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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.

 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.

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7.0.0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7.0.0appliances

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

oranadditional

PassiveandActiveCollectors.

I

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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Chapter 1 Overview

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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 45.

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7.0.0versionof

theADM.

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ThischapterdescribesinstallationanddeploymentoftheADM.Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

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

 “DisablingvMotion”onpage 16

 “PreparingtheEnvironment”onpage 17

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

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

 “SettingUpOracleasanExternalDatabaseforADM”onpage 21

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.

Installing ADM

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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 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

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NOTEVMwareprovidesWinApeinstallerinsteadofOVFtemplateforWindows2008R2(Datacenter,

Enterprise,andStandard)operatingsystemsthathoststheWinApe.

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SinceADM7.0doesnothaveOracledatabaseintegrated,youneedtoconfigureyourownexternalOracle

databaseasdescribedin“SettingUpOracleasanExternalDatabaseforADM”onpage 21.

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.

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OTE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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Chapter 2 Installing ADM

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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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

 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.

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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Deploying the ADM Virtual Appliances

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

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.

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.

Table 2-3. Virtual Appliance Configuration

Appliance Type OVF Template Includes Component(s)

Aggregator ADMCore Aggregator

Single‐Box ADMCore Aggregator

PassiveDiscovery

UNIXActiveDiscovery

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.YoualsoneedtoinstallandconfigureyourownexternalOracle

databaseasdescribedin“SettingUpOracleasanExternalDatabaseforADM”onpage 21.

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

ManagerPeformanceandScalabilityGuide.

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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

 WindowsCollectoruniqueID

NOTE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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