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ThischaptercontainsachecklistyoucanusetotracktheprogressofvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
installationandconfiguration,includinganychangesyoumakefromthedefaultconfigurationsettings.
Changingtheconfigurationsettingsisnotcoveredinthismanual—consultyourVMwarerepresentativeto
determinethepropersettingsforyourinstallation.
Installation Checklist
Installation and Configuration
Checklist
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Action Item Notes
Pre-Installation
Acquirehardwarebasedonsizingprojection
DownloadsoftwarefromVMwareFTPsite
Prepare the Database
IfusingSQLServer:
InstallSQLServer
CreateaWindowsorSQLauthenticationaccount
withsufficientprivilegestocreateanewdatabase
RunvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
databaseinstaller
IfusingOracle:
InstallOracle
InstallandconfigureSQLPlustool
CreateauserwithsufficientOracleprivilegesto
createatablespaceanduserschemas
RunvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
databaseinstaller
Prepare Hardware
Confirmexternalportaccessto
vCenterOperations
ManagerEnterprise
serverandthedatabaseserver
(defaults:vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver
ifusingremotecollectors80/1100/61616:DBserver,if
external1433/1521)
ConfirmportsarereservedonvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseserver(1099,1100,1199,1201,1202,
1203,61616)
ConfirmresponsetimebetweenvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseserveranddatabaseserveris
<1ms