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VMware vCenter AppSpeed User’s Guide
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Deploy an AppSpeed Probe
Youcaninstallaprobeononehostatatime,oryoucaninstallaprobeonmultiplehostsatthesametime.
WhenyouinstallaprobeinAppSpeed,distributedvSwitchesdonotappearintheProbeInstallationwindow.
Tomonitortheseswitches,youmustmanuallyconfiguretheAppSpeed
probe.SeetheVMwarevCenter
AppSpeedInstallationGuide.
Install a probe
1IntheProbesManagementwindow,selectthecheckboxesforoneormorehostsorclustersonwhichto
installaprobeandclicktheInstallProbesbutton.
Aprobeisinstalledoneachselectedhost,regardlessofwhetheranotherprobeisalready
installedonthe
host.
Whenyouselectthecheckboxforacluster ,thecheckboxesforeachhostthatitcontainsareselected.
Similarly,whenyouselectahost,anyprobesalreadyinstalledonitareselected.
TheProbeInstallationwindowdisplaysaseparateentryforeachhostthatyou
select.Eachentryappears
inaseparatepane.
2 (Optional)Configuretheprobeforeachhostentry.
aTypethenameoftheprobeintheProbeNametextbox.
Ifyoudonotspecifyaname,theAppSpeedServerassignsadefaultname.
bFromtheStoragemenu,selectthestoragedevicetowhich
theprobeconnects.
cFromtheManagementNetworkmenu,selectthenetworktousetomanagetheprobes.
SelectuptothreemonitoringvSwitches.ThevSwitchessnifftrafficontheconfiguredmanagement
network.Bydefault,thefirstthreeavailablevSwitchesareselected.
Theprobealsoconnectstothemanagementnetworkyouspecified,but
itdoesnotmonitorthe
network.
3 (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 2.
4Whenyoufinishaddinghost‐probecombinations,clicktheInstallProbesbutton.
5Reviewtheinstallation
informationandclickOK.
6 (Optional)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,youcanseethenewprobeinthevSphereClient,bynavigatingtoHome>Inventory>VMs
and
Templates.Theprobeisaddedtothe<namespace> Probesfolder.Theprobeispoweredonandsetup.
IfyouusedanAppSpeedServersnapshottooptimizemultipleprobedeployment,deletethesnapshotafter
youfinishdeployingalltheprobes
Power Probes On or Off
YoucanpowerprobesonorofffromtheProbesManagementwindow.
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.