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Table Of Contents
Contents
About Installation and Conguration for Linux and Windows 5
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Preparing for vRealize Operations Manager Installation 7
About vRealize Operations Manager Linux and Windows Installation 8
Complexity of Your Environment 9
vRealize Operations Manager Cluster Nodes 11
General vRealize Operations Manager Cluster Node Requirements 12
vRealize Operations Manager Cluster Node Networking Requirements 13
vRealize Operations Manager Cluster Node Best Practices 13
Using IPv6 with vRealize Operations Manager 14
Sizing the vRealize Operations Manager Cluster 15
Add Data Disk Space to a vRealize Operations Manager Linux or Windows Node 16
Custom vRealize Operations Manager Certicates 16
Custom vRealize Operations Manager Certicate Requirements 16
Sample Contents of Custom vRealize Operations Manager Certicates 17
Verifying a Custom vRealize Operations Manager Certicate 19
How vRealize Operations Manager Uses Network Ports 19
vRealize Operations Manager Platform Requirements for Linux 21
Required Linux Packages for vRealize Operations Manager 21
Create a Node by Running the vRealize Operations Manager Linux Installer 23
vRealize Operations Manager Platform Requirements for Windows 25
Create a Node by Running the vRealize Operations Manager Windows Installer 26
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Creating the vRealize Operations Manager Master Node 29
About the vRealize Operations Manager Master Node 29
Run the Setup Wizard to Create the Master Node 29
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Scaling vRealize Operations Manager Out by Adding a Data Node 31
About vRealize Operations Manager Data Nodes 31
Run the Setup Wizard to Add a Data Node 31
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Adding High Availability to vRealize Operations Manager 33
About vRealize Operations Manager High Availability 33
Run the Setup Wizard to Add a Master Replica Node 34
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Gathering More Data by Adding a vRealize Operations Manager Remote
Collector Node 37
About vRealize Operations Manager Remote Collector Nodes 37
Run the Setup Wizard to Create a Remote Collector Node 37
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