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Chapter 2 Installing ADM

Deploying the ADM Virtual Appliances

VirtualappliancesareinstalledontheESXserveraccordingtheconfigurationsinTable 2‐3.

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.

6TypeauniquevirtualappliancenameaccordingtotheITnamingconventionofyourorganizationand

withrelevancetotheappliancetypeasdescribedinTable 2‐3.

Table 2-3. Virtual Appliance Configuration

Appliance Type OVF Template Includes Component(s)

Aggregator ADMCore Aggregator

Single‐Box ADMCore Aggregator

PassiveDiscovery

UNIXActiveDiscovery

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.YoualsoneedtoinstallandconfigureyourownexternalOracle

databaseasdescribedin“SettingUpOracleasanExternalDatabaseforADM”onpage 21.

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.

OTEYoucandeployADMcomponentsinanyorderorevensimultaneouslybyusingthevSphereclient.

MPORTANTEnsurethatthebuildnumberisidenticalforallappliancesdeployed.

OTEIfanSSLCertificateWarningmessageappears,clickIgnore.