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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
8DeploytheAppSpeedprobeintheProbeInstallationwindow,selectingthenewvSwitchformanagement
andmonitoring.
9Aftertheprobedeploymentcompletes,right‐clicktheprobe,selectEditSettings,andsetthe
managementnetworkandmonitornetworkasrequired.
10 Restarttheprobeguest.
Configure Port Mirroring
YoumustconfigureportmirroringontheCiscoNexus1000VvSwitchportssothattheAppSpeedprobecan
monitoraNexus1000VvSwitch.
Toconfigureportmirroring
1Settheserverportsthatyouwanttomonitorasthesourceports.
2Settheunusedportsasdestinationports.
3Enableportmirroringonthe
switch.
Configure the AppSpeed Probe to Monitor Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch
Aftertheprobeisdeployedandsetup,youcanconfigureittomonitortheNexus1000Vswitches.
To configure the AppSpeed probe to monitor a distributed vSwitch
1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>HostsandClusters.
2Right‐clickthecorrespondingportgroupintheNexus1000VandselectEditSettings.
3 Selecttherequirednetworkadapter.
4From
theNetworkdrop‐downmenu,selecttherelevantportwithportmirroringconfigured.
5VerifythatboththeConnectedandConnectatpoweroncheckboxesareselected.
Managing SSL Keys
ForAppSpeedtomonitortrafficonHTTPSsitesthatincorporateSSLprotection,youmustconfiguretheSSL
keysforeachendpoint(IPaddressandportpair)whereAppSpeeddetectsSSLtraffic.
To view SSL key information
1ClickSSLManagementinthenavigationpaneoftheAdministrationmodule.
2ViewthesecuresiteendpointsforwhichAppSpeed
cannotmonitortrafficwithoutakey.
ThePendingSSLEndpointstableliststheendpointsforwhichvalidSSLkeysarerequired,including
theirIPaddressesandports.AppSpeedautomaticallyidentifiestheSSLendpointsforwhichkeysdo
notexist.
TheMonitoredSSLEndpointstableliststheendpointsforwhichvalidkeysexistinAppSpeed,
includingtherespectiveservername,whereavailable,andIPaddressandports.AppSpeedmonitors
trafficontheseendpoints.
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OTEIfyourmanagementnetworkwassettothefakevSwitch,andtheFailedtoobtainanIPaddress
errormessageisdisplayedaftertheprobedeploymentcompletes.
NOTEAftertheprobeloads,itcontinuestoappearasfailedintheuserinterface;however,itfunctions
correctly.
NOTEAppSpeedsupportstheconfigurationandmonitoringofSSLkeysforHTTPSsitesonly.