Administrator Guide

c) Click OK.
7. Click Next.
The Data Collector page is displayed.
8. Select the Configure as Remote Data Collector radio button.
a) Type the host name or IP address of the Primary Data Collector in the Server field.
b) Type the web server service port number of the Primary Data Collector in the Web Server Service Port field.
c) Type the user name of the administrator user on the Primary Data Collector in the User Name field.
d) Type the password of the administrator user on the Primary Data Collector in the Password field.
9. Click Next.
The Remote Data Collector connects to the Primary Data Collector, and the Ports page is displayed.
10. To specify a different port number for the Web server service, type the port number in the Enable Web Server Service Port field.
11. To enable Server Agent services, select the Enable Server Agent Services Port checkbox.
To specify a different port number for the Server Agent services, type the port number in the Enable Server Agent Services Port
field.
12. Click Next.
The Summary page is displayed.
13. Click Install.
Installing and Configuring the Storage Manager Virtual
Appliance as a Remote Data Collector
Install the Virtual Appliance and configure it as a Remote Data Collector.
Deploy the Virtual Appliance
Deploy the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance on a VMware vCenter server.
Prerequisites
• The VMware ESXi host and VMware vCenter Server must meet the requirements in Storage Manager Virtual Appliance Requirements.
• The local computer used to deploy the Virtual Appliance must have the VMware Client Integration plug-in installed.
About this task
The Storage Manager Virtual Appliance is available for download from the Drivers & Downloads tab of the storage system support page
located at https://www.dell.com/support.
Steps
1. Download the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance zip file.
The name of the zip file is DellEMCStorageManagerVA-x.x.x.x.zip, where x.x.x.x is the version number.
2. Extract the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance OVA file from the DellEMCStorageManagerVA-x.x.x.x.zip file. The filename
of the OVA file is Storage Manager VA x.x.x.x.ova , where x.x.x.x is the version number.
3. Log on to the VMware vCenter server with the vSphere Web Client.
4. In the right pane, click Host and Clusters.
5. Right-click on ESXi and select Deploy OVF Template.
The Deploy OVF Template wizard opens.
6. Select the Local File radio button.
7. Click Choose Files and select the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance .ova template file.
8. Click Next.
The Select a name and folder page is displayed.
9. Type a name for the virtual machine in the Virtual machine name field and select a location for the Storage Manager Virtual
Appliance.
10. Click Next.
The Select a compute resource page is displayed.
11. Select a the destination compute resource on which to deploy the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance.
Remote Data Collector
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