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Table Of Contents
- vApp Deployment and Configuration Guide
- Contents
- vCenter Operations Manager Deployment and Configuration Guide
- Introducing vCenter Operations Manager
- vCenter Operations Manager Architecture
- vCenter Operations Manager and vCenter Server Connections
- Integrating vCenter Operations Manager and the vSphere Client
- Integrating with VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator
- vCenter Operations Manager Licensing
- Certificate Warnings
- How vCenter Operations Manager Uses Network Ports
- Deployment Planning Worksheet
- Finding More Information
- System Requirements
- Installing vCenter Operations Manager
- Configure Network Parameters for the vCenter Operations Manager vApp
- Deploy the vCenter Operations Manager vApp
- Set the ESX Host Time
- Define the vCenter Server System to Monitor
- Assign the vCenter Operations Manager License
- Configure the SMTP and SNMP Settings for vCenter Operations Manager
- Configure the Default Sender in Email Notifications
- Install a Custom SSL Certificate for vCenter Operations Manager
- Grant Access to vCenter Operations
- Verifying the vCenter Operations Manager Installation
- Installing a vCenter Operations Manager Adapter
- Managing the Infrastructure Navigator Adapter
- Updating vCenter Operations Manager
- Managing vCenter Operations Manager
- Index
6 Click Enter Key.
7 Type the new license key and click OK.
The license key appears in the Assign License window.
8 Click OK to assign the license key.
The vSphere Client assigns the new license key to vCenter Operations Manager.
What to do next
Configure the SMTP and SNMP settings for vCenter Operations Manager.
Configure the SMTP and SNMP Settings for
vCenter Operations Manager
Configure an optional SMTP server to activate email service for reports and for notification messages when a
problem occurs.
Administrative alerts occur when vCenter Operations Manager detects a problem with one or more of its
components and cannot collect data from the monitored objects.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the vCenter Operations Manager vApp is powered on.
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Verify that you have administrator privileges to access the Administration portal and log in to the portal.
Procedure
1 On the SMTP tab, select the Enable report email service check box.
2 Type the SMTP server address and port number.
3 Type the name and email address to use when sending alerts or reports.
4 If the SMTP server uses an encrypted connection, select the Server requires an encrypted connection
check box and select the encryption protocol.
5 If the email service needs to authenticate with the SMTP server when sending alerts, select the Outgoing
SMTP server requires authentication check box and type the credentials.
6 Select the Enable SNMP check box and type the destination host, port, and community information.
7 Click Update to apply your settings.
vCenter Operations can send email notifications and scheduled reports.
What to do next
Install a custom SSL certificate for vCenter Operations Manager .
Configure the Default Sender in Email Notifications
An email plug-in is installed with vCenter Operations Manager and is used for email notifications. The only
option available for this plug-in is to use set default values for the sender field. You can set the default to use
Fully Qualified Domain Names for email messages.
By default, the email plug-in uses the IP address of the Analytics VM for the sender field of the email
notification. If you want to change the default, you can configure the plug-in to use an Fully Qualified Domain
Name for the sender field.
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