Users Guide

Install and register the plug-in
This chapter describes installation prerequisites and procedures to install, upgrade, uninstall, repair, and access the plug-in.
The plug-in registration process requires the following vCenter Server information:
● vCenter Server IP/hostname
● Username of a local administrator account on the vCenter server
● Password of the vCenter administrator account
NOTE: You must install and register the plug-in with administrator rights.
Topics:
• Installation prerequisites
• Install the plug-in
• Start and stop the system service
• Upgrade the plug-in
•
Uninstall the plug-in
• Run commands in silent mode
• Access the plug-in
Installation prerequisites
Perform the following one-time procedure before the first-time the plugin is installed on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Cent OS
system:
1. Install JDK v1.8 using the following command:
sudo yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
NOTE: If you do not have more than one version of Java installed on the host, perform the following steps.
a. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk
b. Update the PATH variable value by using the following command:
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
c. Edit the /etc/profile file using any text editor and add the following two lines:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
NOTE:
You must provide the exact path of the JDK for JAVA_HOME for your environment. The path shown above is
just an example.
2. Install the Zip and Unzip utilities:
sudo yum install unzip
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