6.1
Table Of Contents
- Application Discovery Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Overview
- Installing ADM
- Setting Up ADM
- Securing ADM
- Maintenance
- Upgrading ADM
- Migrating to a New Appliance
- Troubleshooting ADM
- Uninstalling ADM
- Time Zones
- ADM API Tutorial
Administration Guide
20 VMware, Inc.
6TypeauniquevirtualappliancenameaccordingtotheITnamingconventionofyourorganizationand
withrelevancetotheappliancetypeasdescribedinTable 2‐3.
7ClickNext.TheDatastorescreenappears.
8ClickNext.TheNetworkMappingscreenappears.
9ClickNext.TheReadytoCompletescreenappears.ItdisplaysdetailsabouttheOVFfile,sizefor
downloadandsizewhenextracted,virtualappliancename,hostorcluster,datastoreandnetwork
mapping.
10 ClickFinishtoconfirmthesettingsandbeginthedeployment.
11 ClickCloseinthemessagedialogboxwhendeploymentsuccessfullycompletes.
12 Repeatthisprocedureuntilallcomponentsare
deployed,andthencontinuewith“InstallingWindows
Collector”onpage 20.
Installing Windows Collector
Before You Begin
EnsurethattheWindowsmachineonwhichtheCollectorisbeinginstalledmeetstheminimumrequirements
asdescribedin“ESXResources”onpage 15.
Deployment
To deploy Windows Collector on a Windows machine
1 DownloadtheVMwarevCenterADMWindowsCollectorexecutablefilefromVMwareWebsitetoyour
localWindowsmachine.
2Double‐clicktheexecutablefile.
TheInstallShieldWizardscreenappears.
3ClickNext.TheLicenseAgreementscreenappears.
4Readthelicense,selectIacceptthetermsofthelicenseagreement,andclickNext.
TheChoose
InstallationFolderscreenappears.
5Ifyouwanttochangethedefaultinstallationlocation,clickChangeandselectthepreferredinstallation
directory.
6ClickNext.TheHostInformationscreenappears.
7TypethefollowinginformationtoconfiguretheWindowsCollector:
AggregatorIPAddress
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OTEIfthereismorethanonedatastore,selectthedatastorewhereyouwanttoinstallthevirtual
machine.
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OTETheprocessofcopyingandconfiguringtheADMcomponentcantakeseveralminutes.The
deploymentandconfigurationstatusappearsinamessagedialogboxandtheRecentTaskspane.
NOTEIfawarningappearsaboutanunknownpublisher,clickRuntoproceed.
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OTEUsethescrollbartoviewallofthelicensetext.Ifyoudonotwanttoacceptthelicense,youwill
bepromptedtoconfirmthisbeforetheinstallationprogramcloses.
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OTEThedefaultinstallationpathis:C:\Program Files\VMware\ADM.