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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
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select File > Deploy OVF Template.
2 Follow the prompts in the Deploy OVF Template wizard.
3 Select a disk format.
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Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed creates a virtual disk in a default thick format.
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Thick Provision Eager Zeroed creates a type of thick virtual disk that supports clustering features
such as Fault Tolerance.
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Thin Provision creates a disk in thin format. Use this format to save storage space.
NOTE Thick provisioned eager-zeroed format provides about a 10 percent performance improvement
over the other two disk formats. VMware recommends that you select the thick provisioned eager-zero
option when possible.
NOTE Snapshots can negatively affect the performance of a virtual machine and typically result in a 25-30
percent degradation for the vCenter Operations Manager workload. VMware recommends that you do
not use Snapshots.
4 When you specify an IP allocation scheme, select Fixed or DHCP IP allocation and click Next.
Fixed IP allocation requires you to provide two IP addresses for the two virtual machines in the vApp.
DHCP allocation requires that you enabled DHCP in your IP pool.
5 Click Finish and wait for the deployment process to end.
NOTE Because of the size of the vCenter Operations Manager vApp, the deployment process can take
significantly longer than deploying smaller virtual machines. It may appear that the deployment hangs
when you wait for the deployment process to end. This is the expected behavior when deploying
vCenter Operations Manager.
The vApp appears as a virtual machine in the inventory.
6 Power on the vCenter Operations Manager vApp.
7 Select the vCenter Operations Manager virtual machine and check its IP address on the Summary tab.
The vCenter Server inventory shows the vApp that contains two child objects named UI VM and Analytics
VM.
What to do next
Set the ESX Host time.
Set the ESX Host Time
Set the time of the ESX system that hosts the vCenter Operations Manager vApp. The vApp clock synchronizes
with and depends on the ESX host clock.
vCenter Operations Manager depends on the accuracy of the ESX host clock.
Prerequisites
Deploy the vCenter Operations Manager vApp.
The time of the ESX host and the vCenter Server must be synchronized.
Chapter 3 Installing vCenter Operations Manager
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