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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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ThischapterdescribeshowtoinstallandconfigurethevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.
WhenyouinstallthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver,threeadaptersaredeployedbydefault:
ThevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseadapter–ThisadaptermonitorsvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseitselfandallowsyoutomanageresourcetags,asdescribedlaterinthismanual.
TheHTTPPostadapter–ThisisagenericadapterusedtopushdatatovCenterOperationsManager
EnterpriseviaHTTP.
TheContaineradapter–vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseusesthisadaptertocreatecontainer
resources.
Allotheradapterfilesaresuppliedseparately.AskyourvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
representativefortheinstallationfilesfortheadaptersyouneed.Onceyouhavetheadapterinstallationfiles,
followtheprocedurebelow.Seethe
documentationsuppliedwiththeadapterforpossibleadditional
instructions.
YouneedtoinstallanadapteronlyonthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver,notonanyremote
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecollectorsyouhaveinstalled.Theadapteris“pushed”toallremote
collectorswhenyouclicktheDescribebuttoninstep
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To install an adapter
1OpenthecompressedfilesuppliedbyVMwarefortheadapterandextractallfilesfromitintoa
temporaryfolder.
2Inthetemporaryfolder,executetheAdapterName_install.exefile.
3Followtheinstructionsonthesetupdialogboxes.
4SignintovCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseasanadministrator.
5FromtheAdminmenu,
selectSupport.
6OntheInfotab,clicktheDescribeiconintheAdaptersInfopane.ThiscausesthevCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseservertofindthenewadapterfiles,gatherinformationabouttheabilitiesofthe
adapter,andupdatethevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseuserinterfacewithinformationabout
theadapter.
Italsoinstalledtheadapteronanyremotecollectors.
7Youcannowdefinecredentialsforthenewadapterandcreateinstancesforit.
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