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Table Of Contents
- Installation and Configuration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Before Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise
- System Requirements
- Installation and Configuration Checklist
- vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Database Configuration
- Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise
- Managing Program Groups
- Installing a vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Collector
- Installing a vCenter Operations Manager Adapter
- Installing the Analytics Processor
- Index
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Chapter 5 Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise
20 InvCenterOperationsServerConfiguration,chooseHTTPorHTTPS.Thissetstheprotocoltousefor
clientconnectionstothevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.
21 IfyouwantadapterswhichusetheHTTPpostmethodtouseWebauthentication,checktheHTTPPost
adapterwebauthenticationenabledbox.Ifyou
checkthisbox,onlyavCenterOperationsManager
EnterpriseuserwiththeAdministrativeAccessrightwillbeabletopostdatatovCenterOperations
ManagerEnterprise.
22 ThevCenterOperationsServerPortfielddisplaysthedefaultportnumberfortheprotocolyouchose.If
youneedtochangethis,port,typethe
correctnumber.
23 ToenableInternetconnectionstothevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver,typetheservername
orpublicIPaddressfortheserverinthevCenterOperationsServerHostfield.(Theinstallertriesto
detectthehostnameorIPaddressoftheserverandfillitinasthe
default.)Ifyouleavethisfieldblank,
userswillnotbeabletoconnectfromoutsidethelocalnetwork.
24 IntheFSDBHome(FileSystemDatabase)field,typethepathtothedirectorywherevCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseshouldsavethemetricsitcollects.Youcanenteruptoeightlocations
todistribute
driveI/Ouse.Ifyouentermorethanone,separatethemwithsemi‐colons.Forbestperformance,this
shouldnotbeonthesamedrivewherethevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesoftwareisinstalled.
25 InSMTPHostandSMTPPort,enterthehostnameorIPaddressand
portnumberfortheSMTPserver
forvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisetousetosende‐mailmessages.
26 InRecipient,enteroneormoree‐mailaddresses;ifyouentermorethanone,separatethemwithcommas
(,).IfavCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseservicefailsorexperiencesproblems,ane
‐mailwillbe
senttoeachrecipient.
27 Ifdesired,clicktheTestbuttontotestthee‐mailconfiguration.ThischeckstheSMTPhostandport
settingsandattemptstosendane‐mailmessagetotheenteredrecipients.Itdisplaysanappropriate
messageifanyofitstestsfail.However,
itcannotensurethatthee‐mailaddressesenteredasrecipients
actuallyexist,assendingamessagetoanon‐existentaddressdoesnotfailimmediately.
28 ClickFinishtocompletetheinstallation.TheInstallCompletepageappears.
29 OntheInstallCompletepage,clickDone.
30 IftheserverhosthastwoIP
addresses:
a ChooseNoandclickDone.
bOpenthefile
vcenter-ops
\user\conf\collector\ wrapper.conf.
cAddthislinetothefile:
wrapper.java.additional.9=-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=
IP Address/Name
whereIPaddress/NameistheIPaddressorhostnametouseforthecollector.
d Saveyourchangeandclosethefile.
e Rebootthesystem.
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallationiscomplete.
N
OTEvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesendsalerte‐mailmessagescontaininghyperlinkstothe
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserversoadministratorscanfindmoreinformationaboutthe
alert.Ifyouwantoffsiteadministratorstobeabletousetheselinks,besuretoenterapublicIPaddress
forthevCenter
OperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.Youshouldnotsetthehostnametolocalhost.