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Gathering More Data by Adding a
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You deploy and congure remote collector nodes so that vRealize Operations Manager can add to its
inventory of objects to monitor without increasing the processing load on vRealize Operations Manager
analytics.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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About vRealize Operations Manager Remote Collector Nodes,” on page 31
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“Run the Setup Wizard to Create a Remote Collector Node,” on page 31
About vRealize Operations Manager Remote Collector Nodes
A remote collector node is an additional cluster node that allows vRealize Operations Manager to gather
more objects into its inventory for monitoring. Unlike data nodes, remote collector nodes only include the
collector role of vRealize Operations Manager, without storing data or processing any analytics functions.
A remote collector node is usually deployed to navigate rewalls, reduce bandwidth across data centers,
connect to remote data sources, or reduce the load on the vRealize Operations Manager analytics cluster.
Remote collectors do not buer data while the network is experiencing a problem. If the connection between
remote collector and analytics cluster is lost, the remote collector does not store data points that occur
during that time. In turn, and after the connection is restored, vRealize Operations Manager does not
retroactively incorporate associated events from that time into any monitoring or analysis.
You must have at least a master node before adding remote collector nodes.
Run the Setup Wizard to Create a Remote Collector Node
In distributed vRealize Operations Manager environments, remote collector nodes increase the inventory of
objects that you can monitor without increasing the load on vRealize Operations Manager in terms of data
storage, processing, or analysis.
Prerequisites
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Create nodes by deploying the vRealize Operations Manager vApp.
During vApp deployment, select a remote collector size option.
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Create and congure the master node.
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Note the fully qualied domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the master node.
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