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Table Of Contents

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Contents

AboutThisBook 7

1 Overview 9

SystemArchitecture 9

Single‐boxAppliance 11

DistributedApplianceSolutions 11

VirtualandPhysicalApplianceSolutions 12

VirtualApplianceDeployment 12

PhysicalApplianceDeployment 13

MirroredNetworkTraffic 13

vCollector 13

MixedEnvironment 13

WhereToGoNext 14

InstallationofNeworAdditionalADMComponents 14

Licenses 14

UpgradingADM 14

MigratingtoaNewAppliance 14

Security 14

2 InstallingADM 15

ADMInstallationRequirements 15

InstallationPersonnel 15

ESXResources 15

InstallingthevSphereClient 16

DisablingvMotion 16

PreparingtheEnvironment 16

PreparinganESXConfiguration 16

CreatingaNewvSwitchforPassiveDiscovery 17

ConfiguringthevSwitchGeneralSettingsforPassiveDiscovery 17

ConfiguringthevSwitchforPassiveCollector 17

ConfiguringdvSwitchforPassiveCollector 18

DeployingtheVirtualAppliances 18

DeployingtheADMVirtualAppliances 18

BeforeYou

Begin 19

DeploymentProcedure 19

InstallingWindowsCollector 20

BeforeYouBegin 20

Deployment 20

Uninstall 21

3 SettingUpADM 23

Process 23

OrderofSetup 23

ADMSetupProcedures 23

LaunchingtheFirstBootConfigurationTool 24