5.3
Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with vFabric Suite
- Table of Contents
- 1. About Getting Started with vFabric Suite
- 2. Quick Start Guide
- 3. Overview of vFabric Suite 5.3
- vFabric Suite Editions and Components
- Component Integration and Cross-Platform Consistency
- Optimized for vSphere and Spring-Built Applications
- Product Overviews
- vFabric tc Server 2.9 (Spring Edition)
- vFabric EM4J 1.3
- Spring Insight Operations 1.9
- vFabric Hyperic 5.0
- vFabric GemFire 7.0 (Application Cache Node)
- vFabric RabbitMQ 3.0
- vFabric Web Server 5.3
- vFabric SQLFire 1.1 (Professional)
- vFabric Application Director 5.0 (Provisioning)
- vFabric Postgres 9.2 (Standard Edition)
- 4. vFabric Suite Licensing
- 5. Installing vFabric License Server and Activating Your License
- Installing vFabric License Server on Your vCenter Server
- RHEL Only: Installing vFabric License Server Standalone
- Activate vFabric Suite Licenses
- Optionally Configure Computer to Track License Usage of OSS Components on RHEL
- Upgrade vFabric License Server on vCenter Server
- Uninstall vFabric License Server from vCenter Server
- Uninstall Standalone vFabric License Server
- 6. Monitoring vFabric License Usage
- 7. FAQ: vFabric Suite Integration and Off-Cycle Releases
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Table of Contents
1. About Getting Started with vFabric Suite .................................................................................................. 1
Intended Audience ......................................................................................................................... 1
2. Quick Start Guide .............................................................................................................................. 3
3. Overview of vFabric Suite 5.3 ............................................................................................................... 7
vFabric Suite Editions and Components ............................................................................................... 7
Component Integration and Cross-Platform Consistency ............................................................................ 8
Optimized for vSphere and Spring-Built Applications ............................................................................... 9
Product Overviews ........................................................................................................................ 9
4. vFabric Suite Licensing ...................................................................................................................... 19
vFabric Suite Licensing Terminology ................................................................................................. 19
How vFabric Suite Licensing Works ................................................................................................. 19
Check the Validity of an Existing License Key ..................................................................................... 20
5. Installing vFabric License Server and Activating Your License ....................................................................... 23
Installing vFabric License Server on Your vCenter Server ........................................................................ 23
RHEL Only: Installing vFabric License Server Standalone ....................................................................... 27
Activate vFabric Suite Licenses ....................................................................................................... 31
Optionally Configure Computer to Track License Usage of OSS Components on RHEL .................................... 33
Upgrade vFabric License Server on vCenter Server ................................................................................ 35
Uninstall vFabric License Server from vCenter Server ............................................................................ 35
Uninstall Standalone vFabric License Server ........................................................................................ 36
6. Monitoring vFabric License Usage ......................................................................................................... 37
Monitor License Usage with Command-Line Tools ................................................................................ 37
License Monitoring: Command Reference ........................................................................................... 38
Monitor License Usage with the vFabric License Server Reporting UI ......................................................... 44
Display the Component Events File in Readable Format .......................................................................... 45
vCenter License Reporting Manager .................................................................................................. 47
7. FAQ: vFabric Suite Integration and Off-Cycle Releases ............................................................................... 49