5.8.5

Installing a vCenter Operations
Manager Adapter 9
This section describes how to install and configure the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise server.
When you install the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise server, three adapters are deployed by
default:
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The vCenter Operations Manager Adapter. This adapter monitors vCenter Operations Manager
Enterprise.
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The HTTP Post adapter. This is a generic adapter used to push data to vCenter Operations Manager via
HTTP.
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The Container adapter. vCenter Operations Manager uses this adapter to create container resources.
All other adapter files are supplied separately. Contact your VMware representative for the installation files
for additional adapters. After you have the adapter installation files, follow the installation procedure. See
the documentation supplied with the adapter for possible additional instructions.
Install an Adapter
Follow this procedure to install an adapter if you have a vCenter Operations Manager standalone
installation.
Install an adapter on the vCenter Operations Manager server. Do not install an adapter on remote vCenter
Operations Manager collectors. The adapter is "pushed" to all remote collectors when you click the Describe
button in step 8, below.
This procedure is written for Windows. Follow similar steps for a Linux remote host.
Prerequisites
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Obtain the file for the adapter from VMware technical support.
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Read the adapter documentation. It might contain additional installation instructions.
Procedure
1 Open and extract the adapter files in a temporary folder.
2 From the temporary folder, execute the vmware-vcops-<AdapterNameWithVersion>_install.exe file.
3 Click Next through the setup dialog boxes.
4 Click Install on the pre-installation summary page.
5 Click Done on the Install complete page.
6 Start vCenter Operations Manager and use admin/admin credentials.
For example: https://ip
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