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VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide
20 VMware, Inc.
Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise on Linux – GUI Mode
Prerequisites
TheLinuxuseraccountforinstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisemusthaverootlevel
privileges.Ifyouneedtobeabletoinstallunderanonrootaccount,pleasecontactVMwareProfessional
Services.
XWindowsSystemrelease11(X11)needstoberunningontheLinuxserver.
YoumusthaveastandardterminalemulatorforXWindowsSystem.
Before the Installation
IfapreviousversionofvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseisalreadyinstalledontheLinuxhost,you
muststopitsprocessesbeforeyouinstallvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise.Youcandothisusingthe
vcenter-ops
/vcops.sh.Runthescriptwiththestopparameter:
vcops.sh stop
Tomakesuretheserviceshaveallstopped,usethestatusparameter:
vcops.sh status
Procedure
1Usingbinarymode,uploadvcops.bintothetargetLinuxhost.
2 Navigatetothefoldercontainingvcops.bin.Changethepermissiononthisfiletomakeitexecutable:
chmod +x vcops.bin
3FromwithinanystandardterminalemulatorforXWindows(forexample,XWin32),executethe
programvcops.bin.ThefirstpageofthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallationwizard
appears.
4ClickNext.
5ReadthePatentAgreementinitsentirety.ClickNext.
6ReadtheLicenseAgreementinitsentirety.SelectIAcceptthe
TermsoftheLicenseAgreementandclick
Next.
7OntheChooseInstallSetpage,clicktheiconbesideFullInstallationandclickNext.Thisinstallsall
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecomponents.(IfyouaretryingtoinstallvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseona32bitsystem,FullInstallationwillnot
beachoice.Youcaninstallonlya
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseremotecollectorortheseparateanalyticsprocessorona32bit
system.)
8OntheChooseInstallFolderpage,clickOKtoacceptthedefaultinstallationfolderorclickBrowseand
selecttheinstallationfolderyouwant.Thedefaultinstallation
folderis/root/vmware/vcenteroperations.
Werecommendyouacceptthe default.ClickNext.
9ThePreinstallationSummarypageliststhecomponentsthatwillbeinstalled.ClickInstalltobeginthe
installation.Whenthispartoftheprocessisfinished(itmaytakeseveralminutes),theConfiguration
Modepageappears.
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OTETheCollectoroptioninstallsjustthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecollectoronaremote
servertoimproveperformanceandaccessibility.TheprocedureforthisisinthevCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseUser’sGuide.TheCollectorwithHTTPPost&HPOVAdaptersoptioninstallsthe
TomcatWebServer;this
raisessecurityandresourceissues,sowerecommendyoudothisonlyifadvised
tobyvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesupport.Forcontactinformation,pleasesee“Onlineand
TelephoneSupport”onpage 6.