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ThischapterdescribeshowtoinstallandconfigurethevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.
WhenyouinstallthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver,threeadaptersaredeployedbydefault:
ThevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseadapterThisadaptermonitorsvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseitselfandallowsyoutomanageresourcetags,asdescribedlaterinthismanual.
TheHTTPPostadapterThisisagenericadapterusedtopushdatatovCenterOperationsManager
EnterpriseviaHTTP.
TheContaineradaptervCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseusesthisadaptertocreatecontainer
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.
Installing a vCenter Operations
Manager Adapter
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