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Table Of Contents
Contents
About vApp Deployment and Conguration 5
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Preparing for vRealize Operations Manager Installation 7
About vRealize Operations Manager Virtual Appliance 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 vApp 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
Create a Node by Deploying an OVF 19
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Creating the vRealize Operations Manager Master Node 23
About the vRealize Operations Manager Master Node 23
Run the Setup Wizard to Create the Master Node 23
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Scaling vRealize Operations Manager Out by Adding a Data Node 25
About vRealize Operations Manager Data Nodes 25
Run the Setup Wizard to Add a Data Node 25
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Adding High Availability to vRealize Operations Manager 27
About vRealize Operations Manager High Availability 27
Run the Setup Wizard to Add a Master Replica Node 28
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Gathering More Data by Adding a vRealize Operations Manager Remote
Collector Node 31
About vRealize Operations Manager Remote Collector Nodes 31
Run the Setup Wizard to Create a Remote Collector Node 31
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Continuing With a New vRealize Operations Manager Installation 33
About New vRealize Operations Manager Installations 33
Log In and Continue with a New Installation 33
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