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Contents About This Book 5 VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation 7 AppSpeed Installation Overview 7 Installation Workflow 7 Installation Prerequisites 8 System Requirements 8 Installing and Configuring AppSpeed Server 9 Import the OVF File to the vSphere Client 9 Configure AppSpeed Server 10 Installing the AppSpeed Plug-In and Probes 11 Install the AppSpeed Plug-In 11 Configure an AppSpeed Plug-In to Directly Access an AppSpeed Server 11 Define AppSpeed Users 12 Add a License 13 Deploy the AppSpeed Probes
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About This Book This book, the VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide, describes the procedures for installing the VMware vCenter AppSpeed™ virtual appliance and plug-in, including how to configure the AppSpeed Server and how to deploy the AppSpeed probes on the VMware host machines within the datacenter network. Intended Audience This guide is intended for anyone who wants to install the AppSpeed virtual appliance and plug-in on a vSphere™ Server.
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VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation AppSpeed Installation Overview VMware vCenter AppSpeed provides performance management and service-level reporting for applications running within virtual appliances. AppSpeed analyzes the traffic that flows between end users, Web applications, and back-end servers. This analysis provides visibility into multitier applications. The analysis enables rapid identification of performance problems that originate from inadequate resource allocation and application problems.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide Installation Prerequisites The following VMware ESX™ and vCenter versions support AppSpeed: ESX, version 3.0.x, 3.5.x, or 4.0x vCenter Server, version 2.5x, or vSphere 4.0 System Requirements Review the following system requirements before you install AppSpeed: You must have admin-level access to vCenter Server for the automated installation process. You must define routable IP addresses for servers and probes.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation Open Port Requirements AppSpeed requires that the following ports be open on your firewall:. Table 1. Open Port Requirements Server Connection Required Open Ports AppSpeed Server to vCenter Server TCP port 443 to connect to vCenter Server for the vCenter interface. Port 443 is the vCenter default Web service port, but you can configure a different TCP port in vCenter. TCP port 80 to connect to vCenter Server for the vCenter proxy interface.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide 7 Select the location for the deployed template and click Next. 8 From the Host/Cluster tree in the upper-right pane, select the ESX host on which to install the virtual appliance, and click Next. The host must be managed by vCenter Server for the environment that you want to monitor. If you select a cluster, you might be required to select a specific host in that cluster.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation 6 Set the AppSpeed time zone. If the time zone list does not fit in the console window, press Shift+Page Up/Page Down to view all locations. 7 Configure the vCenter IP address, user name, and password when prompted. 8 (Optional) Specify the port number. Type the port number immediately after the IP address, preceded by a colon (:). For example, 10.23.89.89:8080 indicates port 8080 on IP address 10.23.89.89. 9 Set a unique namespace for this AppSpeed Server.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide 4 Change the parameter to False. Setting False for this parameter obligates direct access from the client machine to the AppSpeed Server. 5 Save and close the settings.config file and restart vSphere to apply the changes. 6 Connect to AppSpeed Server. A security warning, related to the address of AppSpeed Server, appears.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation Procedure 1 In the vSphere Client, right-click the appropriate AppSpeed Server in the Inventory tree. 2 Select Add Permission. 3 In the Assign Permissions window, click Add to select and add a user or group of users to the Users and Groups pane. 4 Select AppSpeed User in the list in the Assigned Role pane. 5 Click OK. Add a License You must have an AppSpeed license to monitor servers. You can deploy up to eight probes if you are using an evaluation license.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide Install 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. You can also install more than one probe on the same host. When you install a probe in AppSpeed, distributed vSwitches do not appear in the Probe Installation window. To monitor these switches, you must configure the AppSpeed probe. See “Configure AppSpeed with vNetwork Distributed Switching” on page 17.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation Procedure 1 Type the name of the probe in the Probe Name text box. If you do not specify a name, AppSpeed Server assigns a default name. 2 From the Storage menu, select the storage device to which the probe connects. 3 From the Management Network menu, select the network to use to manage the probes. a Select up to three monitoring vSwitches. The vSwitches sniff traffic on the configured management network.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide View Unmapped Traffic You can view information about the unmapped servers and transactions detected on the network. Unmapped objects are not yet mapped to a specific server or application. The number of unmapped objects typically decreases as AppSpeed maps the environment. To view unmapped traffic on HTTP sites that incorporate SSL protection, you must configure the SSL keys for each endpoint where AppSpeed detects SSL traffic.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation Add an SSL Key You can assign a key to a pending endpoint to enable AppSpeed to actively monitor its traffic. If necessary, you can extract the SSL files from the Web server to obtain the key (see “Extracting SSL Files” on page 23). Procedure 1 In the SSL Management window, select the check boxes for the endpoints in the SSL Pending Endpoints table and click Add/Update SSL key. 2 Browse to and open the key file. The key is assigned to the selected endpoints.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide Configure AppSpeed to Monitor a vNetwork Distributed Switch This section describes the basic procedures for configuring an AppSpeed probe to monitor a vNetwork distributed switch in which the creation of a temporary vSwitch is not required. AppSpeed can monitor vNetwork distributed switches. However, AppSpeed does not directly install a probe to monitor such a switch.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation Procedure 1 In the vSphere Client, select Home. On the Solutions and Applications tab, click the AppSpeed icon. 2 (Optional) If the name displayed in the Connect to text box is incorrect or the AppSpeed Server name is not in the list, type the correct namespace. 3 (Optional) If the AppSpeed icon does not appear, verify that the AppSpeed plug-in is enabled in the Plug-ins menu. 4 Click the Administration tab and select Probes Management.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide Configure AppSpeed to Monitor Cisco Nexus 1000V Switches This section details the processes you must follow to monitor Nexus 1000V switches, To deploy a probe, at least one Nexus wi1000V switch must be available on the ESX serverhost for the probe to monitor. If the host does not have any switches configured, or if all other switches are already being monitored by other probes, you must create a new temporary vSwitch before you deploy the new probe.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation Configure Port Mirroring You must configure port mirroring on the Cisco Nexus 1000V vSwitch ports so that the AppSpeed probe can monitor a Nexus 1000V vSwitch. For further information, refer to the Cisco documentation. Procedure 1 On The Cisco Nexus 1000V vSwitch, specify the server port to which Network adaptor 2 is connected, to monitor as the source ports.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide 6 From the Management Network menu, select the network to use to manage the probes. a Select the check boxes of up to three monitoring vSwitches. The vSwitches sniff traffic on the configured management network. By default, the first three available vSwitches are selected. b Select either the DHCP or Static IP option. If you select Static IP, you must type values for each of the IP, Network, and Gateway (optional) fields. 7 Click Install Probes.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation When you use the vSphere Client, you cannot connect to AppSpeed Servers that are located on different vCenter Servers in a linked vCenter Server environment. You must use the vSphere Client to log in to each vCenter Server on which AppSpeed Servers are located. Extracting SSL Files You can extract the SSL files from the Web server to obtain the SSL keys. The extraction procedure varies according to the type of Web server.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide During the export process, a password is requested to protect the key. If a password is assigned, note the password. It is required when you import the key into AppSpeed. Upgrading AppSpeed If a new version of AppSpeed is available, you can upgrade to that version. Overview of the Upgrade Process The AppSpeed upgrade process uses an ISO image and is fully automated. VMware provides the ISO image.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation Uninstalling AppSpeed and Removing the AppSpeed Plug-In To completely remove AppSpeed from your system, you must delete AppSpeed probes, uninstall AppSpeed, remove the AppSpeed plug-in from the available plug-ins list and from the vSphere Client, and remove AppSpeed users. Procedure 1 Click the Administration tab, and in the Management Tools pane click Probes Management. 2 Delete all probes by selecting the check boxes and clicking Delete Probe.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide Troubleshooting If you encounter problems when using AppSpeed, use this troubleshooting information. AppSpeed Setup Errors You might have problems while setting up AppSpeed. Failed to Register AppSpeed with vCenter Server Problem Setup fails and the following error message appears: Failed to register AppSpeed with vCenter Server: Unable to find AppSpeed Server on the configured vCenter Server.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation Solution 1 Verify with IT that the vCenter Server HTTPS Web Service port on the firewall is open between the AppSpeed Server and vCenter Server. 2 Run setup again. 3 If the problem persists, a Log in to the AppSpeed Server virtual machine as the console user and run shell. b Telnet to the vCenter Server IP with the vCenter Server HTTPS Web Service configured to port 443 to verify that the port is open.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide 5 Replace the line with the line HTTP_Port. For example, for a vCenter Server configured with port 8080, use 8080. 6 Save and close the file. 7 Restart the vSphere Client and enable the AppSpeed plug-in on the Plugin tab. AppSpeed View Does Not Load Problem Clicking the AppSpeed icon in the vSphere Client does not load the AppSpeed view.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation Unable to Connect to AppSpeed Problem The user interface cannot connect to AppSpeed. Cause Storage used by AppSpeed Server was disconnected for a while causing the file system to respond as a read-only file system. Verify the cause by logging into the console on the AppSpeed virtual machine and running commands such as start_AppSpeed or restart_AppSpeed. The resulting error message will indicate that the file system is read-only.
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Index A L AppSpeed install plug-in 11 upgrade 24 AppSpeed probes, See probes AppSpeed server communications with vCenter Server 9 configure 10 install 9 probe communication 9 AppSpeed snapshots 13 licensing 13 C M Microsoft IIS 6.0 server 23 Microsoft IIS 7.
VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide S servers, unmapped 16 SSL endpoints monitored 16 pending 16 SSL keys 16 add 17 extract from Apache server 23 extract from Microsoft IIS 6.0 server 23 extract from Microsoft IIS 7.
