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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.
5Click 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.
Procedure
1Click the Administration tab, and in the Management Tools pane click Licensing.
2Click Add License.
3 Type 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.
Deploy the AppSpeed Probes
Before the monitoring process can begin, you must install at least one AppSpeed probe on one or more hosts.
Each probe can monitor up to three vSwitches. You can install more than one probe on the same host to
monitor additional vSwitches. The probe settings, including the management network, storage device, and
monitored vSwitches, are configured as part of the probe installation process.
You can add and remove probes. See “Install an AppSpeed Probe” on page 14 and “Delete Probes from Hosts”
on page 15.
To modify the probe configuration, see the VMware vCenter AppSpeed User’s Guide.
To configure the AppSpeed probe to monitor a vNetwork distributed switch, see “Configure AppSpeed with
vNetwork Distributed Switching” on page 17
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The AppSpeed probe deployment process automatically makes the following changes in the vCenter:
 Creates a snapshot of the AppSpeed Server virtual machine if one does not already exist. To save disk
space, you can remove the AppSpeed Server virtual machine snapshots after the probe installation is
complete.
 Creates the AppSpeed Probes folder if it does not already exist.
 Creates promiscuous port groups for the selected vSwitches.
 Creates a probe by creating a linked clone of AppSpeed Server. AppSpeed Server is cloned as the probe,
then the linked clone is deleted. If the linked clone cannot be created, AppSpeed creates a new virtual
machine and copies it. The virtual machine of the probe has the appropriate hardware settings, including
CPU and memory reservation.
 Reconfigures the probe's cluster so that the probe is not subject to VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler
(DRS) and VMware High Availability (HA), ensuring that the probes remain on the host on which they
were deployed.
 Powers on the probe.
 Edits and reconfigures the probe's settings.