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Chapter 3 Installing the AppSpeed Plug-In and Probes

4 (Optional)Toaddanadditionalprobetoahost,clickInstallanotherprobeonthishostatthebottom

ofthehostentryandconfiguretheprobeasdescribedinStep3.

5Whenyouaredoneaddinghost‐probecombinations,clickInstallProbes.

6Reviewtheinstallationinformation,andclickOK.

Alternatively,clickBacktoreturntochangeanyofthesettings.

TheinstallationprogressisindicatedintheProbeStatuscolumnintheProbesManagementwindow.

Uponcompletion,thenewprobeisaddedtotheAllProbesfolder.Theprobeispoweredonandsetup.

Power Probes On or Off

YoucanpowerprobesonorofffromtheProbesManagementwindow.

To power probes on or off

IntheProbesManagementwindow,selectthecheckboxesforoneormoreprobes,andclickPowerOnor

PowerOff.

Delete Probes

Ifyoudonotwanttomonitorthetrafficonaspecifichost,youcanremovetheprobesfromthathost.

To delete probes from hosts

1IntheProbesManagementwindow,selectthecheckboxesforoneormoreprobesonthesameormultiple

hosts,andclickDeleteProbe.

2ClickOKtoconfirm.

Theprobeisremovedfromtheselectedhostsonly.

Adding a License

YoumusthaveanAppSpeedlicensetomonitorservers.

To add a license

1ClickLicensinginthenavigationpaneoftheAdministrationmodule.

2ClickAddLicense.

3EnterthelicensekeyprovidedbyVMwareinthetextboxandclickOK.

ThelicensekeyisvalidatedanditsdetailsareaddedintheLicensepage.

Verifying the Installation

Youcanverifythesuccessfulinstallationanddeploymentoftheprobesbycheckingtheprobestatusinanyof

thefollowinglocations:

 RecentTaskspaneofthevSphereClientorVIClient

 vCenterProbesManagementwindow

 ServerstaborTransactionstaboftheUnmappedTrafficpage

Iftheprobeissuccessfullyinstalledanddeployed,thestatusoftheprobeisRunning.Inaddition,ifactivetraffic

ispresentonthepartofthenetworkthattheprobeismonitoring,thetrafficthroughputisreflectedaccordingly.

NOTEThetrafficthroughputcanbe0ifthereisnotrafficonthemonitoredvSwitchesorifaproblemoccurs

withtheinstallation.Iftheproblempersistsandyouknowthattrafficispresent,see

Chapter7,

“Troubleshooting,”

onpage27.