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Table Of Contents
- Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux
- Contents
- vCenter Operations Manager Installation Guide
- Before Installing vCenter Operations Mananger
- System Requirements
- Installation and Configuration Checklist
- Preparing the vCenter Operations Manager Database
- Installing vCenter Operations Manager
- Validate the vCenter Operations Manager Installation
- Managing Program Groups
- Install a vCenter Operations Manager Collector
- Installing a vCenter Operations Manager Adapter
- Installing the Analytics Processor
- Index
Prerequisites
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Familiarize yourself with the database server requirements. See “Database Server Requirements for
vCenter Operations Manager,” on page 7.
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Install Oracle.
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Install and configure the sqlplus tool.
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Create a user that has sufficient Oracle privileges to create a tablespace and user schemas.
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Decide where on the disk to create the tablespace.
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Obtain the vCenter Operations Manager installation package.
Procedure
1 In the tnsnames.ora file, add a connection name that the vCenter Operations Manager server can use to
connect to the Oracle server.
2 Extract the files from vcops.oracle.zip to any available directory.
vcops.oracle.zip is located in the same folder as the vCenter Operations Manager executable files.
3 Run setup.bat.
For example: setup.bat
connection
user
password
connection is the connection name defined in tnsnames.ora. The user that you specify with user and
password must have permission to log in to the Oracle database as SYSDBA.
4 Verify that the tablespace and user schema were created properly.
What to do next
Install vCenter Operations Manager server. See “Install vCenter Operations Manager on Windows,” on
page 10
Installing vCenter Operations Manager
You can install the vCenter Operations Manager software on a supported version of either Windows or Linux.
There are separate procedures for Windows, Linux using GUI mode,and Linux using console mode.
Install vCenter Operations Manager on Windows
Install the vCenter Operations Manager on a supported version of Windows.
Prerequisites
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VMware recommends using an administrator user name.
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You must log on as user with enough privileges to create services.
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If you are using SQL Server with Windows authentication, you must also be able to create and modify
databases.
Procedure
1 Log on to the host machine and navigate to the folder containing the vCenter Operation Manager
executable files.
2 Run the VMware-vcops-5.0.exe file. The first page of the vCenter Operations Manager installation wizard
appears.
3 Click Next.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux
10 VMware, Inc.