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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter AppSpeed User’s Guide
- Contents
- AppSpeed Overview
- Viewing Performance Data
- About Views
- View Summary Data for Applications and Servers
- View Application Data
- View Server Data
- View Transaction Data
- Performance Indicators
- Working with the Topology Map
- AppSpeed Administration
- Event Management
- Upgrading AppSpeed
- Troubleshooting
- Index
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Chapter 4 AppSpeed Administration
Delete Probes
Ifyoudonotwanttomonitorthetrafficonaspecifichost,youcanremovetheprobesfromthathost.
To delete probes from hosts
1IntheProbesManagementwindow,selectthecheckboxesforoneormoreprobesonthesameormultiple
hosts,andclickDeleteProbe.
2ClickOKtoconfirm.
Theprobe
isremovedfromtheselectedhostsonly.
Configuring AppSpeed with vNetwork Distributed Switching
WhenyouinstallaprobeinAppSpeedthedistributedswitchesdonotappearintheProbeInstallation
window.YoumustmanualconfigureAppSpeedtomonitortheseswitches.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“ConfiguringAppSpeedtoMonitoravNetworkDistributedSwitch”onpage 29
“ConfiguringAppSpeedtoMonitorCiscoNexus1000VSwitches”onpage 30
Configuring AppSpeed to Monitor a vNetwork Distributed Switch
IfonlyvNetworkDistributedSwitchesareconfiguredinthevCenterorifallothervSwitchesarealreadybeing
monitoredbyotherprobes,youneedtocreateanewvSwitchbeforeyoudeploytheprobe.
Create a vSwitch for vNetwork Distributed Switches
YoucancreateanewvSwitchforthevNetworkDistributedSwitches.
To create a vSwitch
1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>HostsandClusters.
2 Selectthedestinationhostonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheprobe.
3 SelectConfiguration>Networking>AddNetworkingWizard.
4IntheConnectionTypewindow,selectthe
VirtualMachineoptionandclickNext.
5 DeselectthecheckboxesfortheNICsandclickNext.
6 NamethevSwitchintheNetworklabeltextbox,settheVLANIDto4095,andclickNext.
7ClickFinish.
8DeploytheAppSpeedprobeintheProbeInstallationwindow,selectingthenewvSwitchformanagement
andmonitoring.
9Aftertheprobedeploymentcompletes,right‐clicktheprobe,selectEditSettings,andsetthe
managementnetworkandmonitornetworkasrequired.
10 Restarttheprobeguest.
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OTEIfyourmanagementnetworkissettothefakevSwitch,andtheFailedtoobtainanIPaddresserror
messageisdisplayedaftertheprobedeploymentcompletes.
NOTEAftertheprobeloads,itcontinuestoappearasfailedintheuserinterface;however,itfunctions
correctly.