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Detail Steps to Start OMNM Virtual Appliance | Installing Virtual Appliance
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Detail Steps to Start OMNM Virtual Appliance
This section provides detailed steps for importing/configuring and starting the Virtual Appliance.
The Quick Start section shows you how to get the appliance up and running quickly with no issues.
This section is intended for users that are experiencing issues during the quick start or if more
information is needed regarding the process.
To configure the OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) application as a virtual appliance,
follows these step:
1 Understanding Prerequisites
2 Deploying the OVA Template
3 Starting the Virtual Machine
4 Completing the Initial VM Host Configuration
5 Starting the Application
6 Getting Started Tasks (this is a post-installation setup task)
Bore putting the OMNM Virtual Appliance into a production environment, make sure that you
change the MySQL. See
Securing MySQL Passwords on page 67 for detailed instructions.
Understanding Prerequisites
The VM is intended and sized to support trial/evaluation of the OpenManage Network Manager
(OMNM) software for up to 100 devices. Other deployments may be supported and may require
additional VM configuration. Many factors affect the VM performance. The underlying hardware
resources must be able to support the desired deployment configuration. Reconfiguration may
require more RAM, hard drives, faster hard drives, CPU/cores, or storage allocated to the VM. Refer
to the
OpenManage Network Manager User Guide for sizing details.
The virtual machine file (.ova) was created with the VMware workstation 9.0.1 and is compatible
with following VMware products:
•Fusion 5.0
• Workstation 9.0
•ESX
If the Virtual Appliance requires reconfiguration, you are limited to these maximum resource
settings:
• 64 GB memory limit
•8 processor limit
• 10 network adapter limit
• 2 TB disk size limit
If you need resources in excess of these constraints, you will need to create your own VM by
performing a package installation on your new VM. If you need to expand an existing system
beyond these limits, you need to follow the database migration procedures to backup the mysql
database, re-install the same software version on your target VM, and then restore the database files
to the target VM.
Make sure that you have the following:
• A downloaded OpenManage Network Manager.ova file
• The IPv4 address identified for the VM appliance
• The VM host has a connectivity to the target managed devices