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Table of Contents Introduction to this Guide ...................................................................................................................................5 About vFoglight ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 About this Guide...........................................................................................................................................
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Introduction to this Guide This chapter provides information about what is contained in the vFoglight Installation Guide. It also provides information about the vFoglight documentation suite and Quest Software. This chapter contains the following sections: About vFoglight..............................................................................................................................6 About this Guide................................................................................................
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Installation Guide About vFoglight vFoglight helps IT organizations understand the virtual infrastructure by managing the relationships and interaction between all the components in the environment, including data centers, data stores, clusters, resource pools, hosts and virtual machines.
Introduction to this Guide vFoglight Documentation Suite 7 • Online Help: You can open the online help by selecting the Help tab from vFoglight’s action panel. • PDF: The Getting Started Guide, What’s New Guide, System Requirements and Platform Support Guide, Installation and Setup Guide set, Administration and Configuration Guide, vFoglight User Guide, Command-Line Reference Guide, Web Component Guide, and Web Component Tutorial, are provided as PDF files.
vFoglight Cartridge for VMware Installation Guide • Installation and Setup Guide—Installing on Windows with an External Oracle Database • Administration and Configuration Guide (PDF and online help) • vFoglight User Guide (PDF and online help) • Advanced Configuration Guide set • Command-Line Reference Guide (PDF and online help) • Web Component Guide (PDF and online help) • Web Component Tutorial (PDF and online help) • Web Component Reference (online help) Cartridge Documentation Sets When you deploy
Introduction to this Guide Text Conventions 9 Text Conventions The following table summarizes how text styles are used in this guide: Convention Description Code Monospace text represents code, code objects, and commandline input.
Contacting Dell Note: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell product catalog. Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell for sales, technical support, or customer service issues: 1 Visit http://support.dell.com.
Austria (Vienna) International Access Code: 900 Country Code: 43 City Code: 1 Bahamas Barbados Belgium (Brussels) Bolivia Brazil International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 55 City Code: 51 British Virgin Islands Brunei Country Code: 673 Canada (North York, Ontario) International Access Code: 011 Support.euro.dell.com Web Address Tech_support_central_europe@dell.
Chile (Santiago) Country Code: 56 City Code: 2 China (Xiamen) Web Address E-Mail Address Sales and Customer Support Technical Support Web Address Technical Support E-Mail Address Country Code: 86 Customer Service E-Mail Address City Code: 592 Technical Support Fax Technical Support – Dimension and Inspiron Technical Support – OptiPlex, Lattitude and Dell Precision Technical Support – Servers and Storage Technical Support – Projectors, PDAs, Switches, Routers, etc Technical Support – Printers Customer Ser
Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Finland (Helsinki) International Access Code: 990 Country Code: 358 City Code: 9 France (Paris) (Montpellier) International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 33 City Codes: (1) (4) Web Address E-Mail Address Technical Support, Customer Service, Sales Web Address E-Mail Address Technical Support, Customer Service, Sales (Calling from Quito) Technical Support, Customer Service, Sales (Calling from Guayaquil) Web Address E-Mail Address Technical Support, Customer Servic
Guatemala Guyana Hong Kong International Access Code: 001 Country Code: 852 India Web Address E-Mail Address Technical Support, Customer Service, Sales E-Mail Address Technical Support, Customer Service, Sales Web Address Technical Support E-mail Address Technical Support - Dimension and Inspiron Technical Support - OptiPlex, Latitude, and Dell Precision Technical Support - Servers and Storage Technical Support - Projectors, PDAs, Switches, Routers, etc .
Ireland (Cherrywood) International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 353 City Code: 1 Italy (Milan) International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 39 City Code: 02 Jamaica Web Address Technical Support E-mail Address Business computers Home computers At Home Support Sales Home Small Business Medium Business Large Business E-mail Address Customer Service Home and Small Business Business (greater than 200 employees) General Fax/Sales fax Switchboard U.K. Customer Service (dealing with U.K.
Japan (Kawasaki) International Access Code: 001 Country Code: 81 City Code: 44 Korea (Seoul) International Access Code: 001 Country Code: 82 City Code: 2 Latin America Luxemborg International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 352 Macao Country Code: 83 Web Address Technical Support - Dimension and Inspiron Technical Support outside of Japan - Dimension and Inspiron Technical Support - Dell Precision, OptiPlex, and Latitude Technical Support outside of Japan - Dell Precision, OptiPlex, and Latitude Techni
Malaysia (Penang) International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 60 City Code: 4 Mexico International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 52 Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Netherlands (Amsterdam) International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 31 City Code: 20 New Zealand International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 64 Nicaragua Norway (Lysaker) International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 47 Panama Peru Support.ap.dell.
Poland (Warsaw) International Access Code: 011 Country Code: 48 City Code: 22 Portugal International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 351 Puerto Rico St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St.
Spain (Madrid) International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 34 City Code: 91 Sweden (Upplands Vasby) International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 46 City Code: 8 Switzerland (Geneva) International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 41 City Code: 22 Web Address Home and Small Business Technical Support Customer Service Sales Switchboard Fax Corporate Technical Support Customer Service Switchboard Fax Web Address Technical Support Relational Customer Service Home/Small Business Customer Service Employee Purchas
U.K.(Bracknell) International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 44 City Code: 1344 Uruguay U.S.A.
U.S. Virgin Islands Venezuela Web Address E-mail Address Technical Support, Customer Service, Sales Web Address E-mail Address Technical Support, Customer Service, Sales www.dell.com/vi la‐techsupport@dell.com toll‐free: 1‐877‐702‐4360 www.dell.com/ve la‐techsupport@dell.
1 Installation and Upgrade This chapter takes you through the installation for the Cartridge for VMware. The chapter contains the following sections: Requirements and Compatibility..................................................................................................24 Installation and Setup..................................................................................................................25 Upgrading the Cartridge for VMware..........................................................
Cartridge for VMware Installation Guide Requirements and Compatibility The following are the requirements to successfully integrate the Cartridge for VMware into vFoglight. vFoglight The vFoglight Management Server version 5.2.4 is required. Before installing the cartridge, ensure that your vFoglight Management Server is properly installed and configured.
Installation and Upgrade Installation and Setup 25 Installation and Setup In order for VMware Cartridge collected data to appear on the vFoglight GUI, you must first: 1 Install the VMware Cartridge on the vFoglight Management Server. 2 Enable the VMware Cartridge on the vFoglight Management Server. 3 Install the VMware Cartridge agent components. 4 Configure the VMware Cartridge agent components.
Cartridge for VMware Installation Guide If the installation is successful, the message Cartridge has been installed successfully appears in the Install Cartridge area and Virtual-VMware is listed in the Cartridge Inventory table. If Enable on install was not selected (see step 5 above), a caution symbol appears in the Virtual-VMware row in the Cartridge Inventory table.
Installation and Upgrade Installation and Setup 27 Installing the VMware Cartridge Agent Components There are two VMware Cartridge agent components: • The vFoglight VMware Collector collects data from a VMware VirtualCenter for use by vFoglight. • The vFoglight VMware Connector transfers data from the vFoglight VMware Collector to vFoglight. You need to install these agent components so that data gets collected and passed to vFoglight for viewing and monitoring.
Cartridge for VMware Installation Guide Configuring the VMware Cartridge Agent Components After the agent components are installed, you are prompted to configure them. The vFoglight VMware Collector configuration screen appears. Figure 1 To configure the vFoglight VMware Collector: 1 In the vFoglight VMware Collector configuration screen, enter the VirtualCenter Server name or IP Address.
Installation and Upgrade Installation and Setup 29 The vFoglight VMware Connector configuration screen appears. Figure 2 To configure the vFoglight VMware Connector: 1 In the vFoglight VMware Connector configuration screen, enter the agent name as you want it to be displayed in vFoglight. Note If you have more that one agent collecting, make sure each agent name is unique. 2 Enter the vFoglight Server name or IP Address.
Cartridge for VMware Installation Guide The services of the agent components start automatically after the installation is complete. For more information about agent configuration properties, refer to the vFoglight Administration and Configuration Guide. Reconfiguring the Agent Components after Installation Either agent component can be reconfigured after installation. Caution Always stop an agent before you reconfigure it. To reconfigure one of the agent components: 1 Open a command prompt.
Installation and Upgrade Upgrading the Cartridge for VMware 31 Upgrading the Cartridge for VMware The latest version of the Cartridge for VMware is 5.2.4.5. To upgrade the Cartridge for VMware, just install version 5.2.4.5 as you would a new Cartridge for VMware. Install version 5.2.4.5 over top of your earlier version. Do not delete the earlier version of the .car file. Refer to “Installation and Setup” on page 25 for the installation procedure.
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