VMware vCenter vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.2 User guide

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Contents
AboutThisBook 7
1 Overview 9
SystemArchitecture 9
DistributedApplianceSolutions 11
VirtualandPhysicalApplianceSolutions 11
VirtualApplianceDeployment 11
PhysicalApplianceDeployment 12
MirroredNetworkTraffic 12
vCollector 12
MixedEnvironment 13
WhereToGoNext 13
InstallationofNeworAdditionalADMComponents 13
Licenses 13
UpgradingADM 13
MigratingtoaNewAppliance 13
Security 13
2 InstallingADM 15
ADMInstallationRequirements 15
InstallationPersonnel 15
ESXResources 15
InstallingthevSphereClient 16
DisablingvMotion 16
PreparingtheEnvironment 17
PreparinganESXConfiguration 17
DeployingtheVirtualAppliances 18
DeployingtheADMVirtualAppliances 19
InstallingWindowsCollector 20
3 SettingUpADM 23
Process 23
OrderofSetup 23
ADMSetupProcedures 23
LaunchingtheFirstBootConfigurationTool 24
ConfiguringtheRootPassword 24
ConfiguringStaticNetworkSettings 25
ConfiguringtheTimezoneandTime 25
ConfiguringtheApplianceRole 26
PostInstallationSteps 27
ActiveDirectoryConfiguration 27
LoggingintotheADMConsole 28
InitiatingPassiveDiscovery 28
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4 SecuringADM 31
ChangingtheRootPassword 31
ResettingtheADMRootPassword 31
OpenSSLSelfSignedTestCertificates 32
CASignedTestCertificates 32
SelfSignedCertificates 32
5 Maintenance 35
ADMServices 35
ProductSupportPackages 36
UsingtheADMConsole 37
UsingtheCLI 37
RestoringanADMEnvironmentbyUsingaProductSupportPackage 38
ReconfiguringanADMDeployment 40
AddingaRemoteDatabasetoanExistingADMDeployment 40
ConvertingaSingleBoxorAggregatortoaRemoteDatabase 40
MovingaDatabasetoaRemoteAppliance 41
Licenses 41
UploadingaLicense 42
6 UpgradingADM 43
Overview 43
ApplianceType 43
MixedEnvironments 43
Licenses 43
ApplianceMigration 43
BackingUpData 43
UpgradingAppliances 44
ImportantNotes 44
PreliminaryProcedures 44
UpgradingAppliancesUsingCLI 44
PostUpgradeSteps 46
7 MigratingtoaNewAppliance 47
Overview 47
SupportedMigration 47
Licenses 47
SystemArchitecture 47
Process 48
PreliminaryProcedures 48
DataRestoration 49
SingleBoxSolution 49
DistributedSolutions 49
DistributedSolutionwithRemoteDatabase 50
PostMigrationSteps 50
8 TroubleshootingADM 51
TroubleshootingADMbyUsingtheProductSupportPackage 51
TroubleshootingErrorMessagesDuringWMIDiscovery 51
DetailDiscoveryTroubleshooting 51
UsingADMConsole 52
WMI 52
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Contents
single.sh 52
snmpdump 55
nlcapture 55
9 UninstallingADM 57
UninstallingtheADMAppliance 57
A TimeZones 59
B ADMAPITutorial 61
APIFeatures 61
Insight_control 61
AsynchAPI 62
DumpAPI 62
BulkAPI 63
WebServicesAPI 63
Index 65
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TheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)AdministrationGuideprovidesinformation
thattheadministratorsarerequiredtoinstallandconfiguretheADM.
Intended Audience
ThisdocumentispartoftheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerdocumentationset,andis
intendedforusebysystemadministratorsandintegratorsresponsibleforinstallingADM.
TheinstallationproceduresinthisdocumentmustbeperformedbyITprofessionalsfamiliarwith
virtualizationandVMwaretechnologiessuchasVMwareESX™serversand
relatedvirtualandphysical
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ThischapterdescribesthedifferentVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)architecture
solutionsandconfiguration.Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“SystemArchitecture”onpage 9
“VirtualandPhysicalApplianceSolutions”onpage 11
“vCollectoronpage 12
“MixedEnvironment”onpage 13
“WhereToGoNext”onpage 13
System Architecture
TheADMprovidessystemarchitecturesolutionstomeettherequirementsofdifferentenvironmentsas
showninFigure 11.
Figure 1-1. ADM Components
VMwareprovidesADMononeormoreappliances.Themodeoftheappliancedetermineswhichcomponent
isrunning.ADMcomponentsaredescribedinTable 11.
Overview
1
AggregatorDatabase
Active
Discovery-Unix
Active
Discovery-Windows
Passive
Discovery
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Single-Box Appliance
InaSingleBoxappliancesolutionarchitecture,theADMcomponentsareenabledonasingleVirtual
Appliance(VA)asshowninFigure 12.
Figure 1-2. Single-Box Appliance Architecture
Chapter 3providestheconfigurationinstructions.
Table 1-1. ADM Components
Component Description
ActiveDiscovery‐UNIX Collectsdatafromtheconfigurationobjectsinyourdatacenter.Thefollowingdiscovery
typesapply:
IPdiscovery:Amethodfordetectinghostsorotherconfigurationitemswitha
specificIPaddresswhenPassiveDiscoveryfailstodiscoverthem.
Detaildiscovery:ExtendstheinformationobtainedusingPassiveandIPDiscovery.
Itusescommonnetworkprotocolstoremotelyqueryserversinthemanaged
networkandobtainssupplementaryinformationaboutnetworkhostswhichis
addedtothedatabase.
ActiveDiscovery‐Windows AdiscoveryenginethatusesWMIbaseddiscoverypoliciesforperformingactive
discoveryonWindowsmachines.
PassiveDiscovery Passivelyobservesthenetworktrafficbyperformingadeeppacketanalysistodiscover
applicationsandcomponentrelationshipsinphysicalandvirtualenvironments.
Italsoallowsyouto:
Mapdependencies.
Counttheactivityofthesedependencies.
Identify services.
Aggregator Receivesdatafromthediscoverycomponentsandreconcilesthedatabeforetransferring
ittothedatabasecomponent.Theaggregatoralsoprovidestheuserinterfaceforusing
ADMandistheintegrationpointforvariousintegrations,forexample,ERDB.
Database AnOracleRDBMSusedforstoringdiscovereddataandADMconfiguration.
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
ThedistributedappliancesolutionhasatleastonedesignatedapplianceenabledasaCollector,andanother
applianceenabledasanAggregatorandDatabaseasshowninFigure 13.
Figure 1-3. Distributed Appliance Solution
Virtual and Physical Appliance Solutions
YoucansetupADMeither:
OnyourESXorESXiserversasdescribedin“VirtualApplianceDeployment”onpage 11
OnexistingIBMphysicalappliances,onlyupgradingissupportedasdescribedin“UpgradingADM”on
page 13.
Virtual Appliance Deployment
ADMversion6.2isdeliveredasVA,whichisavirtualmachineimagethatincludesanoperatingsystemand
therelevantADMsoftwarecomponentsinstalledonit.AVAcanrunoneormultipleADMcomponents
dependingontheapplianceroleselected.
DeployingavirtualmachinetemplateinanOpenVirtualization
Format(OVF)ontotheESXorESXiserver
createsanADMVirtualAppliance.Afterdeployment,poweruptheVAandthenconfigurethestandard
appliancesettings,network,anduserinformation.
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OTEInaDistributedwithremotedatabasesetup,thereisadesignatedappliancetohostthedatabase.Also,
PassiveandDetailDiscoverycanrunonsingleormultipleCollectors.
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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DownloadthefollowingartifactsfromtheVMwareWebsite:
http://downloads.vmware.com/Application Discovery Manager
CoreADMTemplate:AnOVFtemplatethatincludesallADMcomponentsexceptfortheWindows
CollectorandyoucanconfigureasAggregator,Aggregatorwithremotedatabase,Database,or
SingleBox.
CollectorADMTemplate:AsmallerOVFtemplatethatincludesthePassiveCollectorandActiveand
PassiveCollectorandyoucanconfigureaspassiveandactivediscoveryCollectorandPassiveDiscovery
Collector.
WindowsCollectorInstaller:AnexecutablefilethatinstallstheWindowsCollectorcomponentontopof
theWindows2008R2operatingsystems.
Physical Appliance Deployment
ADMsupportstheupgradingofexistingIBMsingleboxandDistributedsolutions(includingthosethatuse
aremotedatabase).
Mirrored Network Traffic
Themethodinwhichtheapplianceperformspassivediscoveryisbyanalyzingmirroredtrafficfromaswitch
orrouter.Networkdevicesthathavetheabilitytoconfigureamirroredport(sometimescalledasaSwitched
PortAnalyzer,spanportormonitorport)canforwardacopyofallthenetworktraffic
fromall(orselected)
portstooneormoremirroredports.Typically ,eachnetworkdevicehasallitsportsmirroredtooneport.These
mirroredportsarethenconnecteddirectlytooneofthenetworkinterfacesontheESXserver.
Performoneofthefollowingstepsifyouhaveto
connectmultiplemonitorports:
Connectthemonitorportstoanaggregateswitch(ASwitch),whichisalsoconfiguredwithamonitor
port.PlugthemirroredportoftheASwitchintotheESXservernetworkinterface.
ContactyourVMwareSalesRepresentativeifyourequireanASwitch.
AddfewmorenetworkinterfacestoESXserver.
InstallanotherADMPassiveCollectoronadifferentESXserver.
vCollector
TheADMusesavirtualcollector(vCollector)tolistentocommunicationbetweenvirtualmachinesthatrun
onthesameVMwareESXServer.AvCollectorispresentinsideavirtualmachineanditslistenercollectsthe
informationaboutthevirtualmachinesdeployedontheESXServer.BydeployingavCollector,theADM
is
abletopassivelydiscoverdependenciesinavirtualizedenvironment.Youcanthenviewinformationabout
thevirtualmachinesthataredeployedonthesameESXServerincluding:
Dependencymapsbetweenvirtualmachines.
Activitycountsofthedependencies.
Servicesrunningonthevirtualmachines.
Additionalinformationthatisofferedbythelistener.
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MPORTANTConsultITprofessionalsofyourorganizationtoensurethattheappropriateswitchesorrouters
thatcontainsthenetworktrafficisusedforDiscoveryareconfiguredproperlyforportmirroringandare
accessibletotheADMappliance.
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OTETheADMPassiveCollectorcanworkwithmaximumofthreemonitorports.Ifyouhavetoconnect
morethanthreemonitorports,youmustaddanotherADMPassiveCollector.
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Chapter 1 Overview
Mixed Environment
TheADM6.2releaseintroducesADMasavirtualappliance,butitalsosupportsupgradingfrom6.0ona
physicalIBMappliances.Youcanupgradeyourphysicalenvironmentwithadditionalvirtual6.2appliances
likemixedenvironment.ThisadditionalvirtualappliancecanplayaroleofPassiveCollectors(vCollectors)
oranadditional
PassiveandActiveCollectors.
.
Where To Go Next
Thissectionprovideslinksthatcontainsmoreinformationonthetopicslisted.
Installation of New or Additional ADM Components
ContinuebyconfiguringinitialappliancesettingsasdescribedinChapter 2.
Licenses
YouneedanewlicensetouseADMafterupgradingormigrating.ObtainthelicensefromyourVMwareSales
representative.Formoreinformation,see“Licenses”onpage 41.
Upgrading ADM
ContinuewithupgradeproceduresasdescribedinChapter 6.
Migrating to a New Appliance
ContinuewithmigrationproceduresasdescribedinChapter 7.
Security
FormoreinformationonADMsecurity,seeChapter 4..
NOTEAllADMappliancesthatparticipateinmixedenvironemntmodemustrunthesame6.2versionofthe
ADM.
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ThischapterdescribesinstallationanddeploymentoftheADM.Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“A D M InstallationRequirements”onpage 15
“DisablingvMotion”onpage 16
“PreparingtheEnvironment”onpage 17
“DeployingtheVirtualAppliances”onpage 18
“InstallingWindowsCollectoronpage 20
ADM Installation Requirements
ADMisanappliancethatcanruninaVMwareinfrastructure.Thissectioncontainsrequirementsthatmust
bemetbeforeyouinstallandusetheADMappliance.
Installation Personnel
TheinstallationproceduresinthisdocumentmustbeperformedbyITprofessionalsfamiliarwith
virtualizationandVMwaretechnologiessuchasESXserversandrelatedvirtualandphysicalequipment.
ESX Resources
TousetheADMappliance,youmustinstalltheADMapplianceonaVMwareESXserverversion3.5orlater.
ConfigurethevirtualmachineonyourESXserveraccordingtothedeploymentmodelwithresourcesas
describedinTable 21.
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
SingleBox 4 4 4 80 Core
Aggregator+DB 4 4 1 80 Core
Aggregator 3 2 1 80 Core
Database 3 2 1 80 Core
PassiveCollector 2 1 4 8 Collector
LinuxActive+PassiveCollector 4 2 4 8 Collector
WindowsActiveDiscovery
Collector
21 120NA
NOTEVMwareprovidesWinApeinstallerinsteadofOVFtemplateforWindows2008R2(Datacenter,
Enterprise,andStandard)operatingsystemsthathoststheWinApe.
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Installing the vSphere Client
InstallthevSphereclienttoworkwithVMwareenvironment.
To download and install the vSphere Client
1 LaunchInternetExplorerbrowser.
2Intheaddressbar,typetheIPnumberoftheESXServerwherethevirtualmachineisinstalled,for
example:
https://ESX Server IP
3ClicktheDownloadvSphereClientlink,andthensavetheclientexecutablefiletoyourlocalharddisk.
4Runtheexecutablefile.
5AcceptthelicenseandclickNext.
6Typetheusernameandorganizationdetailsiftheydonotappearbydefault.ClickNext.
7Atthenextscreen,clickNextwithoutselectingInstallvSphereHostUpdateUtility.
8Ifdifferentfromthedefault,specifytheinstallationfolder,andthenclickNext.
9ClickInstall.
10 ClickFinishtoclosethewizard.
Disabling vMotion
To disable automatic vMotion
1InthevSphereclient,selectthecluster,rightclickonitandselectEditSettings.
2IntheVMwareDRSsection,selectVirtualMachineOptions.
3 SelecttheADMvirtualappliances.
4 SelectDisablefromtheAutomationLevellistbox.
5ClickOK.
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OTEADMsupportsWindowsInternetExplorer6.0andlaterbrowsers.
N
OTEThevSphereclientinstallationcantakeseveralminutes.
IMPORTANTADMvirtualappliancesarenotsupportedbyvMotion.IftheADMvirtualapplianceisinstalled
onaVMwareDRScluster,performthefollowingstepstodisableautomaticvMotion.
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Chapter 2 Installing ADM
Preparing the Environment
PerformthefollowingproceduresbeforeyousetuptheADM.
Preparing an ESX Configuration
CreateandconfigureanewvSwitchforeachphysicalspanport.Repeatthefollowingproceduresforeachnew
vSwitch.
Creating a New vSwitch for Passive Discovery
To create a new vSwitch for Passive Discovery
1 ConnectthemonitorportstoavailablenetworkinterfacesontheESXserver.
2 ConnecttotheESXserverorvCenterbyusingvSphereclient.
3 NavigatetotheConfigurationtabontheESXserverwhereyouwanttodeployADMappliances.
4 Navigatetothenetworkingconfigurationoption.
5ClickAddNetworkingtoopentheAdd
networkwizard.
6 SelectconnectiontypeasVirtualMachine,andclickNext.
7 SelectthevmnicthatisconnectedtothemonitorportonthephysicalswitchandclickNext.
8Specifyanetworklabel,forexample,spanport,forthenewportgroupandclickNext.
9ClickFinish.
Configuring the vSwitch General Settings for Passive Discovery
To configure the vSwitch general settings for Passive Discovery
1OpenthenewvSwitchPropertieswindow.
2 SelectthevSwitchandclickEdit.
3 NavigatetotheSecuritytabandchangethePromiscuousModefromRejecttoAcceptandclickOK.
4Clickthenetworkadapterstab,selecttherelevantvmnicandclickEdit.
5 ChangetheConfiguredSpeed,Duplexto10MB,FullDuplex
.
6ClickOKandthenClose.
Configuring the vSwitch for Passive Collector
Connect the Passive Collector to a port group. To define a port group
1 CreateaportgroupinthevSwitchasfollows:
aLogintotheESXServerorvCenterusingvCenterClient.TheVirtualInfrastructureClientscreen
appears.
bClicktheConfigurationtab.
c SelectNetworkingfromtheHardwarelist.
dFromtheprecedingscreen,selectProperties.
e SelectPortsandclickAdd.
f SelectVirtualMachineandclick
Next.
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MPORTANTPerformthefollowingstepstoconnecttovSwitchesthatspantheinternaltraffic
betweenvirtualmachinesrunningontheESXServer.
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gSettheNetworkLabel,forexample,ADMspanportandclickNext.
hVerifythattheportgroupislisted,andclickFinish.
2 ChangethePromiscuousModetoAccept.ThisvalueissettoRejectbydefault.
a Selecttheportgroupthatyoucreated;forexample,ADMspanport.
bClickEditandselectSecuritytab.
c SelectPromiscuousMode,andthenselectAcceptfromthelistbox.
dClickOKandthenClose.
Configuring dvSwitch for Passive Collector
IfavirtualmachineisdirectlyconnectedtothenetworkandnotthroughthevSwitch,thephysicalCollector
observesthetraffic,whilethevSwitchdoesnot.ThisistermedasVMDirectPath.
SoftwarebasedCiscoNexusswitchesaresupported.
ThisprocedureisrelevantonlyforvSphere4andnotforESX3.5.
To create a port group in the dvSwitch
1LogintothevCenterserverwithvCenterclient.
2ClickConfigurationandthenselectNetworkingfromtheInventorytab.
3 SelectDistributedvSwitch.
4OntheConfigurationtab,selectNewPortGroup.
5ConfiguresupportforallVLANsbyenteringthedetailsontheCreateDistributedVirtualPortGroup
windowasshowninTable 22.
.
6ClickNexttofinishandreturntothedvSwitchNetworkConfigurationscreen.
7 SelecttheADMspanportgroupandclickProperties.
8ClicktheSecuritytabontheADMspanportPropertieswindow.
9 SelectPromiscuousMode,andthenselectAcceptfromthelistbox.
10 ClickOKandthenClose.
Deploying the Virtual Appliances
TheADMvirtualappliancecontainsandrunsoneormoreofthefollowingcomponents:
Aggregator
Database
ActiveDiscoveryUNIX
PassiveDiscovery
“SystemArchitecture”onpage 9describestheappliancearchitecture.
PerformthefollowingproceduresbyusingaWindowsmachinewithremoteaccesstotheESXserver.
Table 2-2. VLAN Support
Parameter Value Specified
Name Anameforportgroup(ADMspanport).ThenamemustbesameasinvSwitchprocedure.
Numberofports OneforeachESXindatacenter
VLANtype VLANTrunking
VLANID 04094
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Deploying the ADM Virtual Appliances
VirtualappliancesareinstalledontheESXserveraccordingtheconfigurationsinTable 23.
Before You Begin
Ensureallrequirementsaremetasdescribedin“ESXResources”onpage 15.
Deployment Procedure
RepeatthefollowingstepsoneachADMvirtualappliance,excepttheWindowsCollectorthatisinstalled
separatelyasdescribedin“InstallingWindowsCollectoronpage 20:
1 DownloadtheADMvirtualappliancefilesfromVMwareWebsiteandextractthefilestoalocalfolder.
TheextractedZipfilesincludeanOVFand
aVMDKfile.
TheVAfilesareinZipformatwiththefollowingnamingconvention:
OVFTemplate buildnumber
where:
OVFTemplate isasdescribedinTable 23.
buildnumberistheADMversionandbuildnumber.
2LogintotheESXserverbyusingthevSphereclient.
3IntheFilemenu,selectDeployOVFTemplate.BrowsetotheOVFfileandselectit.
Table 2-3. Virtual Appliance Configuration
Appliance Type OVF Template Includes Component(s)
Aggregator ADMCore Aggregator
Database
SingleBox ADMCore Aggregator
Database
PassiveDiscovery
UNIXActiveDiscovery
Database ADMCore Database
Aggregatorwithremote
database
ADMCore Aggregator
PassiveDiscoveryCollector ADMCollector PassiveDiscovery
PassiveandActive
DiscoveryCollector
ADMCollector UNIXActiveandPassiveDiscovery
NOTEInstallaseparateWindowsCollectorusinganinstallationwizardasdescribedin
“InstallingWindowsCollectoronpage 20.
IMPORTANTPerformanceofADMCollectorsisaffectedbydistanceandnetworklatencybetweenthe
Collectorsandobjectsbeingdiscovered.Formoreinformation,seeVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscovery
ManagerPeformanceandScalabilityGuide.
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OTEYoucandeployADMcomponentsinanyorderorevensimultaneouslybyusingthevSphereclient.
I
MPORTANTEnsurethatthebuildnumberisidenticalforallappliancesdeployed.
N
OTEIfanSSLCertificateWarningmessageappears,clickIgnore.
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4ClickNext.TheOVFTemplateDetailsscreenappears.
5ClickNext.TheNameandLocationscreenappears.
6TypeauniquevirtualappliancenameaccordingtotheITnamingconventionofyourorganizationand
withrelevancetotheappliancetypeasdescribedinTable 23.
7ClickNext.TheDatastorescreenappears.
8ClickNext.TheNetworkMappingscreenappears.
9ClickNext.TheReadytoCompletescreenappears.ItdisplaysdetailsabouttheOVFfile,sizefor
downloadandsizewhenextracted,virtualappliancename,hostorcluster,datastoreandnetwork
mapping.
10 ClickFinishtoconfirmthesettingsandbeginthedeployment.
11 Click
Closeinthemessagedialogboxwhendeploymentsuccessfullycompletes.
12 Repeatthisprocedureuntilallcomponentsaredeployed,andthencontinuewith“InstallingWindows
Collectoronpage 20.
Installing Windows Collector
Before You Begin
EnsurethattheWindowsmachineonwhichtheCollectorisbeinginstalledmeetstheminimumrequirements
asdescribedin“ESXResources”onpage 15.
Deployment
To deploy Windows Collector on a Windows machine
1 DownloadtheVMwarevCenterADMWindowsCollectorexecutablefilefromVMwareWebsitetoyour
localWindowsmachine.
2Doubleclicktheexecutablefile.
TheInstallShieldWizardscreenappears.
3ClickNext.TheLicenseAgreementscreenappears.
4Readthelicense,selectIacceptthetermsofthelicenseagreement,andclickNext.
TheChoose
InstallationFolderscreenappears.
5Ifyouwanttochangethedefaultinstallationlocation,clickChangeandselectthepreferredinstallation
directory.
6ClickNext.TheHostInformationscreenappears.
N
OTEIfthereismorethanonedatastore,selectthedatastorewhereyouwanttoinstallthevirtual
machine.
N
OTETheprocessofcopyingandconfiguringtheADMcomponentcantakeseveralminutes.The
deploymentandconfigurationstatusappearsinamessagedialogboxandtheRecentTaskspane.
NOTEIfawarningappearsaboutanunknownpublisher,clickRuntoproceed.
N
OTEUsethescrollbartoviewallofthelicensetext.Ifyoudonotwanttoacceptthelicense,youwill
bepromptedtoconfirmthisbeforetheinstallationprogramcloses.
NOTEThedefaultinstallationpathis:C:\Program Files\VMware\ADM.
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