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Multi-Site Deployment
vCenter Operations Manager can connect to vCenter Server instances that are linked. These servers are
required to have common logins. If you configure vCenter Operations Manager to connect to multiple
vCenter Server instances, you must have login privileges to all the vCenter Server instances and use the
same password for login.
Integrating vCenter Operations Manager and the vSphere Client
You can start vCenter Operations Manager from the vSphere Client.
To integrate with the vSphere Client, install the vCenter Operations Manager plug-in. After the plug-in is
installed and you start the vSphere Client, it will discover the plug-in and load it automatically. After the
plug-in is initialized and loaded, the vCenter Operations Manager icon is available under the Solutions
and Applications section of the vSphere Client's home page. Click the icon to launch
vCenter Operations Manager in a new view.
NOTE This functionality only works with the vSphere Client 4.0 Update 2 or later.
Integrating with VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator
vCenter Operations Manager supports the integration with vCenter Infrastructure Navigator.
Infrastructure Navigator is an application awareness plug-in to the vCenter Server. Infrastructure Navigator
probes the virtual machine entities inside the vCenter Server and provides application related information.
After Infrastructure Navigator integration with vCenter Operations Manager, the application related
information is displayed in the Relationships tab under the Environment tab of
vCenter Operations Manager.
Compatibility Requirements
Infrastructure Navigator can integrate vCenter Operations Manager with vCenter Server 5.0 or later with
Infrastructure Navigator version 1.2 and 2.0.
Deployment
The integration of Infrastructure Navigator with vCenter Operations Manager is seamless. After vCenter
Operations is downloaded and installed, the Infrastructure Navigator adapter is created when you register a
vCenter Server to monitor. If the vCenter Server has Infrastructure Navigator installed and configured,
vCenter Operations Manager displays application related information in the vSphere user interface.
Managing the vCenter Infrastructure Navigator Adapter
You can view the Infrastructure Navigator adapter from the custom user interface. You cannot add, edit, or
delete the Infrastructure Navigator adapter. For management tasks, see Chapter 5, “Managing the
Infrastructure Navigator Adapter,” on page 27.
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