VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.2 User guide

Application Discovery Manager

Administration Guide

vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.2

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Contents

AboutThisBook 7

1 Overview 9

SystemArchitecture 9

DistributedApplianceSolutions 11

VirtualandPhysicalApplianceSolutions 11

VirtualApplianceDeployment 11

PhysicalApplianceDeployment 12

MirroredNetworkTraffic 12

vCollector 12

MixedEnvironment 13

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

3 SettingUpADM 23

Process 23

OrderofSetup 23

ADMSetupProcedures 23

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

ConfiguringtheRootPassword 24

ConfiguringStaticNetworkSettings 25

ConfiguringtheTimezoneandTime 25

ConfiguringtheApplianceRole 26

Post‐InstallationSteps 27

ActiveDirectoryConfiguration 27

LoggingintotheADMConsole 28

InitiatingPassiveDiscovery 28

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4 SecuringADM 31

ChangingtheRootPassword 31

ResettingtheADMRootPassword 31

OpenSSLSelf‐SignedTestCertificates 32

CASignedTestCertificates 32

Self‐SignedCertificates 32

5 Maintenance 35

ADMServices 35

ProductSupportPackages 36

UsingtheADMConsole 37

UsingtheCLI 37

RestoringanADMEnvironmentbyUsingaProductSupportPackage 38

ReconfiguringanADMDeployment 40

AddingaRemoteDatabasetoanExistingADMDeployment 40

ConvertingaSingle‐BoxorAggregatortoaRemoteDatabase 40

MovingaDatabasetoaRemoteAppliance 41

Licenses 41

UploadingaLicense 42

6 UpgradingADM 43

Overview 43

ApplianceType 43

MixedEnvironments 43

Licenses 43

ApplianceMigration 43

BackingUpData 43

UpgradingAppliances 44

ImportantNotes 44

PreliminaryProcedures 44

UpgradingAppliancesUsingCLI 44

Post‐UpgradeSteps 46

7 MigratingtoaNewAppliance 47

Overview 47

SupportedMigration 47

Licenses 47

SystemArchitecture 47

Process 48

PreliminaryProcedures 48

DataRestoration 49

Single‐BoxSolution 49

DistributedSolutions 49

DistributedSolutionwithRemoteDatabase 50

Post‐MigrationSteps 50

8 TroubleshootingADM 51

TroubleshootingADMbyUsingtheProductSupportPackage 51

TroubleshootingErrorMessagesDuringWMIDiscovery 51

DetailDiscoveryTroubleshooting 51

UsingADMConsole 52

WMI 52

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single.sh 52

snmpdump 55

nlcapture 55

9 UninstallingADM 57

UninstallingtheADMAppliance 57

A TimeZones 59

B ADMAPITutorial 61

APIFeatures 61

Insight_control 61

AsynchAPI 62

DumpAPI 62

BulkAPI 63

WebServicesAPI 63

Index 65

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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

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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andPhysicalApplianceSolutions”onpage 11

 “vCollector”onpage 12

 “MixedEnvironment”onpage 13

 “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

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AggregatorDatabase

Active

Discovery-Unix

Active

Discovery-Windows

Passive

Discovery

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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.

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.

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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Chapter 1 Overview

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.

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 11

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

page 13.

Virtual Appliance Deployment

ADMversion6.2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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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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.

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.

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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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Chapter 1 Overview

Mixed Environment

TheADM6.2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6.2appliances

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

oranadditional

PassiveandActiveCollectors.

.

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 41.

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6.2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

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+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 120NA

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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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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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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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.

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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.

.

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.

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.

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.

IMPORTANT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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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.

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.

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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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OTEUsethescrollbartoviewallofthelicensetext.Ifyoudonotwanttoacceptthelicense,youwill

bepromptedtoconfirmthisbeforetheinstallationprogramcloses.

NOTEThedefaultinstallationpathis:C:\Program Files\VMware\ADM.

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