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Contents About This Book 5 1 Before Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise 7 Overview 7 Architecture 7 8 2 System Requirements 9 Operating System Requirements 9 Hardware Requirements 9 Database Server Requirements 9 Hardware and Software Requirements for Client Systems 10 3 Installation and Configuration Checklist 11 Installation Checklist 11 4 vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Database Configuration 13 Prepare a SQL Database that Requires Super User Access 13 Prepare a SQL Database th
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About This Book The VMware vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Installation Guide describes how to install, configure, and maintain VMware® vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise, an automated intelligence system for IT operations. Intended Audience This guide is intended for vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise system administrators.
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1 Before Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise 1 This chapter introduces the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise server installation. It contains the following sections: “Overview” on page 7 “Architecture” on page 7 Overview Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise consists of two procedures: 1 Preparing a database in either SQL Server or Oracle to hold the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise data. 2 Installing the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise software.
VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise messaging—The message bus (ActiveMQ) passes metric information between vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise components. vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise uses two data storage solutions. A relational database (Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server) stores configuration and state data. A proprietary high‐performance file system‐based repository (FSDB) stores the collected raw metrics.
2 2 System Requirements This chapter includes the system requirements for vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise server. It contains the following sections: “Operating System Requirements” on page 9 “Hardware Requirements” on page 9 “Database Server Requirements” on page 10 “Hardware and Software Requirements for Client Systems” on page 10 Operating System Requirements You must install vCenter Operations Enterprise Server on a supported operating system. Table 2-1.
VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide Database Server Requirements vCenter Operations Enterprise requires an SQL or Oracle database to store data. The database server should be dedicated to the vCenter Operations Enterprise database. The database must be configured and available to the vCenter Operations Enterprise Server host. vCenter Operations Enterprise supports the following database servers and versions.
3 Installation and Configuration Checklist 3 This chapter contains a checklist you can use to track the progress of vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise installation and configuration, including any changes you make from the default configuration settings. Changing the configuration settings is not covered in this manual—consult your VMware representative to determine the proper settings for your installation.
VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide Action Item Notes Installation Install and configure the primary vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise server.
4 vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Database Configuration 4 Before you can install vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise, you must create a database in either Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle to sore the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise data.
VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide c Type the super user name and password that vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise will use when it connects to SQL Server. The database is crated under this user name d Select Make a database. The default configuration values work for most installations. Do not click Advanced unless a VMware support representative instructs you to do so. e Click Run. 4 When the process has fished, click OK.
Chapter 4 vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Database Configuration f Click Run. 6 When the process has fished, click OK. 7 In SQL Server Management Studio, confirm that the new database exists. Prepare a SQL Database When You Cannot Run Executable Files If you cannot run executable files, you can prepare an SQL database for vCenter Operations Enterprise by running SQL scripts. The SQL scripts are included in the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise installation package.
VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide Install Oracle. Install and configure the sqlplus tool. Create a user that has sufficient Oracle privileges to create a tablespace and user schemas. Decide where on the disk to create the tablespace. Obtain the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise installation package. Procedure 1 In the tnsnames.
5 Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise 5 You can install the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise software on a supported version of either Windows or Linux. There are separate procedures for Windows, Linux using GUI mode, and Linux using console mode.
VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide 8 On the Choose Install Folder page, click OK to accept the default installation folder, or click Browse and select the installation folder you want. The default installation folder is \vmware\vcenter-operations beneath the default program installation folder for your system. We recommend you accept the default. Click Next.
Chapter 5 Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise 20 In vCenter Operations Server Configuration, choose HTTP or HTTPS. This sets the protocol to use for client connections to the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise server. 21 If you want adapters which use the HTTP post method to use Web authentication, check the HTTP Post adapter web authentication enabled box.
VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise on Linux – GUI Mode Prerequisites The Linux user account for installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise must have root‐level privileges. If you need to be able to install under a non‐root account, please contact VMware Professional Services. X Windows System release 11 (X11) needs to be running on the Linux server.
Chapter 5 Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise 10 On the Configuration Mode page, select Basic or Advanced. Use advanced configuration only if one or more of the following is true: Communication between a remote vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Collector and the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Server will be via firewall or HTTP proxy. vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise will be monitoring more than 100,000 resources.
VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide 23 In SMTP Host and SMTP Port, enter the host name or IP address and port number for the SMTP server for vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise to use to send e‐mail messages. 24 In Recipient, enter one or more e‐mail addresses; if you enter more than one, separate them with commas (,). If a vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise service fails or experiences problems, an e‐mail will be sent to each recipient.
Chapter 5 Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Advanced vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Configuration To perform advanced configuration, access Configuration Mode and follow the procedure below to complete the installation. 1 From Advanced Configuration, select Primary or Backup under Server Configuration. 2 In vCenter Operations Server Configuration, choose HTTP or HTTPS. This sets the protocol to use for client connections to the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise server.
VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide 8 Click Next. a b Under Memory Configuration, set the following for the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Message Queue JVM process: Maximum Memory – maximum heap size allocated to the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise user. Maximum Permanent Memory – maximum heap size allocated to compile and run JVM classes.
Chapter 5 Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise c In the Database Host field, enter the IP address of the database server. d In the Database Port field, leave the default entry (1433 for SQL Server or 1521 for Oracle) unless you installed the database using a different port number. e If you are using a SQL Server database, enter the name of the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise database in the Database Name field.
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6 Managing Program Groups 6 Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise on Windows creates a vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise program group beneath the VMware program group on the Windows Start, All Programs menu. This program group contains four items: Configure VMware vCenter Operations – Lets you change vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise’s configuration settings. You can select either basic or advanced configuration.
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7 Installing a vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Collector 7 This chapter describes how to install the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise. It contains the following sections: “Installing a vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Collector” on page 29 Installing a vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Collector To install the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise collector on a remote host, follow the procedure below.
VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide 15 In Host, enter the IP address of the message queue. This is typically the same as the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Server host. 16 In Port, leave the default entry (61616) unless MQ is using a different port number. 17 Click Finish to complete the installation. The Install Complete page appears. Click Done.
8 Installing a vCenter Operations Manager Adapter 8 This chapter describes how to install and configure the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise server. When you install the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise server, three adapters are deployed by default: The vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise adapter – This adapter monitors vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise itself and allows you to manage resource tags, as described later in this manual.
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9 Installing the Analytics Processor 9 This chapter describes how to install and configure the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise analytics processor.
VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide 11 Check to see if the service stars on the remote host. The service name is Analytics Processor. Installation of the DT processor is complete.
Index A architecture 7 C collector installation 29 setting IP address 19, 22, 25, 30, 33 I installation 7 collector 29 on Linux (console mode) 22 on Linux (GUI mode) 20 on Windows 17 preparation 7 preparing the database 13 vCenter Operations Enterprise server 17 L Linux installation (console mode) 22 Linux installation (GUI mode) 20 P product architecture 7 program group 27 R reconfiguring vCenter Operations Enterprise 27 S services, starting and stopping 27 U uninstalling vCenter Operations Enterpr
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