5.8.5

Install a vCenter Operations Manager
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You can install the vCenter Operations Manager collector on a remote host. You might want to do this to
distribute vCenter Operations Manager activity for better performance.
Prerequisites
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Use an administrator user name to log on as a user with enough privileges to create services.
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Log in to a remote host and navigate to the folder containing the vCenter Operations Manager
executable files.
This procedure is written for Windows. Follow similar steps for a Linux remote host.
Procedure
1 Run the vcops-win32<version and build number>.exe file to start the vCenter Operations Manager
installation wizard.
2 Select the locale and click OK.
3 Accept the patent and license agreement and click OK.
4 Click Next, click the icon next to Collector, and click Next again.
5 On the Choose Install Folder page, click Next to accept the default installation folder, or click Choose
and select an installation folder.
The default installation folder is \vmware\vcenter-operations, under the default program installation
folder for your system.
The Pre-installation Summary page lists the components to be installed.
6 Click Install to begin the installation.
This part of the process might take several minutes.
7 On the Configuration Mode page, select Basic.
Select Advanced if you installed the server using the Advanced mode configuration and changed the
MQ configuration. Enter the MQ configuration information.
8 Provide the required configuration information.
In Collector Name, the default value is vCenter Operations Standard Server_<SYSTEM_NAME>, which
is the same name as the local collector. Do not use the default.
Option Action
Heartbeat Host
Type the IP address of the vCenter Operations Manager Server.
Heartbeat RMI Port
Leave the default entry (1199) unless the port was modified during
installation.
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