6.5

Table Of Contents
Managing RMI Communication in
vRealize Operations for Published
Applications 8
The vRealize Operations for Published Applications components communicate by using Remote Method
Invocation (RMI). The vRealize Operations for Published Applications adapter exposes RMI services that
can be called by an external client. The vRealize Operations for Published Applications adapter acts as a
server and the broker agents and desktop agents act as clients. You can change the default ports for these
RMI services.
For detailed descriptions of the vRealize Operations for Published Applications components, see “vRealize
Operations for Published Applications Architecture,” on page 8.
This chapter includes the following topics:
n
“RMI Services,” on page 47
n
“Default Ports for RMI Services,” on page 48
n
“Changing the Default RMI Service Ports,” on page 48
RMI Services
The vRealize Operations for Published Applications adapter exposes various RMI service.
RMI registry service
The broker and desktop agents initially connect to the RMI registry service
and request the address of a specic RMI server. Because the RMI registry
service is used only for lookup and no sensitive data is transmied to it, it
does not use an encrypted channel.
Desktop message
server
The desktop agents connect to the desktop message server and use it to send
XD-XA performance data collected by the desktop agent. The desktop
message server uses an SSL/TLS channel to encrypt the data that is sent from
the desktop agents.
Broker message server
The broker agent connects to the broker message server and uses it for
sending XD-XA inventory information to the
vRealize Operations for Published Applications adapter. The broker message
server uses an SSL/TLS channel to encrypt the data that is sent from the
broker agent.
Certificate management
server
The broker agent connects to the certicate management server during the
certicate pairing process. The certicate management server does not use an
encrypted channel. Certicates are encrypted by using the server key during
the certicate pairing process. For information, see Chapter 13, “Certicate
Pairing,” on page 63.
VMware, Inc. 47