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Chapter 2 Installing ADM
Before You Begin
Ensureallrequirementsaremetasdescribedin“ESXResources”onpage 15.
Deployment Procedure
RepeatthefollowingstepsoneachADMvirtualappliance,excepttheWindowsCollectorthatisinstalled
separatelyasdescribedin“InstallingWindowsCollector”onpage 20:
1 DownloadtheADMvirtualappliancefilesfromVMwareWebsiteandextractthefilestoalocalfolder.
TheextractedZipfilesincludeanOVFand
aVMDKfile.
TheVAfilesareinZipformatwiththefollowingnamingconvention:
OVF Template-build number
where:
OVFTemplate isasdescribedinTable 2‐3.
buildnumberistheADMversionandbuildnumber.
2LogintotheESXserverbyusingthevSphereclient.
3IntheFilemenu,selectDeployOVFTemplate.BrowsetotheOVFfileandselectit.
4ClickNext.TheOVFTemplateDetails
screenappears.
5ClickNext.TheNameandLocationscreenappears.
Table 2-3. Virtual Appliance Configuration
Appliance Type OVF Template Includes Component(s)
Aggregator ADMCore Aggregator
Database
Single‐box ADMCore Aggregator
Database
PassiveDiscovery
UNIXActiveDiscovery
Database ADMCore Database
Aggregatorwithremote
database
ADMCore Aggregator
PassiveDiscoveryCollector ADMCollector PassiveDiscovery
PassiveandActive
DiscoveryCollector
ADMCollector UNIXActiveandPassiveDiscovery
NOTEInstallaseparateWindowsCollectorusinganinstallationwizardasdescribedin
“InstallingWindowsCollector”onpage 20.
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MPORTANTPerformanceofADMCollectorsisaffectedbydistanceandnetworklatencybetweenthe
Collectorsandobjectsbeingdiscovered.Formoreinformation,seeVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscovery
ManagerPeformanceandScalabilityGuide.
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OTEYoucandeployADMcomponentsinanyorderorevensimultaneouslybyusingthevSphereclient.
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MPORTANTEnsurethatthebuildnumberisidenticalforallappliancesdeployed.
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OTEIfanSSLCertificateWarningmessageappears,clickIgnore.