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The DNS name must be available in your DNS server for the Application Manager hostname to be
recognized. Depending on your organization, creating the DNS record might take several days. Provide
enough time to ensure that the DNS name is available when required.
The hostname has at least three parts, a.b.c. For example, Org1.MyDomain.com.
IMPORTANT When you are prompted for a hostname in the Application Manager virtual appliance, be
aware that the name you enter, such as Temp.MyDomain.com, is also used for initial access to the Operator
Web interface. For example: http://Temp.MyDomain.com. The first part of the hostname, "Temp" in this
example, is later replaced with the first organization you create in the Operator Web interface. If you name
the first organization Org1, http://Org1.MyDomain.com can be used to reach Application Manger in the
future. The URL http://Temp.MyDomain.com continues to provide access to Application Manager, too.
To avoid having two URLs that access the same interface, the best practice is to enter a DNS name where
the first part of the name, such as Org1, matches the first organization name that you plan to create. This
practice allows one URL, http://Org1.MyDomain.com, to continuously provide access to Application
Manager.
2 Create a DNS address record, or DNS address records, for each additional organization you plan to create
for Application Manager, pointing to the same IP address.
3 Download the .ova file for the Application Manager virutal appliance from the VMware Download Center
and deploy it.
You can download the .ova file directly to the vSphere host or you can download it to another machine.
Convert the Virtual Appliance File Format
You can convert the virtual appliance file format from the OVA format to the VMX format by using the VMware
OVF tool. Perform this file format conversion only if the hypervisor does not support the OVA format.
The Open Virtualization Format (OVF) tool is a free command-line utility that can convert file formats of virtual
machines. You install the virtual appliance on a VMware hypervisor that supports the VMX format and convert
the OVA format to the VMX format.
Procedure
1 Download the VMware OVF tool from the VMware Web site and install it.
Follow the installer instructions to install the tool.
2 Create and name a directory in your hypervisor's data store, which is the directory where virtual machines
reside.
Provide the name for the directory.
3 Move to that directory.
The converter tool deposits output files in the current directory.
4 Start the converter tool with the following command: path-to-ovftool -tt=VMX ova-file-name VMX-file-
name
For example: /usr/bin/ovftool -tt=VMX virtualappliance-1.1.0.ova virtualappliance
The command might take a few minutes to complete. The following is sample output:
Opening OVA source:
../virtualappliance-1.1.0.ova
Opening VMX target: central-virtualappliance
Target: central-virtualappliance.vmx
Installing Application Manager
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