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YoucaninstallthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesoftwareonasupportedversionofeither
WindowsorLinux.ThereareseparateproceduresforWindows,LinuxusingGUImode,andLinuxusing
consolemode.Thischaptercontainsthefollowingsections:
“InstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseonWindowsonpage 17
“InstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseonLinuxGUIMode”onpage 20
“InstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseonLinuxConsoleMode”onpage 22
“A d v a n c e d vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseConfiguration”onpage 23
Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise on Windows
To install vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise on a Windows server
1Logonasauserwithenoughprivilegestocreateservices.IfyouareusingSQLServerwithWindows
authentication,youmustalsobeabletocreateandmodifydatabases.Werecommendusingan
administratorusername.
2 NavigatetothefoldercontainingthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseexecutablefiles.
3Runthe
VMwarevCOps1.0.exefile.ThefirstpageofthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
installationwizardappears.
4ClickNext.
5ReadthePatentAgreementinitsentirety.ClickNext.
6ReadtheLicenseAgreementinitsentirety.SelectIAccepttheTermsoftheLicenseAgreementandclick
Next.
7OntheChooseInstall
Setpage,clicktheiconbesideFullInstallationandclickNext.
ThisinstallsallvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecomponents.(IfyouattempttoinstallvCenter
OperationsManagerEnterpriseona32bitsystem,FullInstallationisnotanoption.Youcaninstallonly
avCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseremotecollector
ortheseparateanalyticsprocessorona32bit
system.)
Installing vCenter Operations
Manager Enterprise
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NOTEYoucanclickCanceltostoptheprocessatanytime.
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OTETheCollectoroptioninstallsjustthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecollectoronaremote
servertoimproveperformanceandaccessibility;see“InstallingavCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
Collectoronpage 29.