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Contents vCenter Operations Manager Installation Guide 5 1 Before Installing vCenter Operations Manager 7 Overview 7 Architecture 7 2 System Requirements 9 Operating System Requirements 9 vCenter Operations Server Hardware Requirements 9 Database Server Requirements for vCenter Operations Manager Hardware and Software Requirements for Client Systems 10 10 3 Installation and Configuration Checklist 11 4 Preparing the vCenter Operations Manager Database 13 Prepare a SQL Database on a Windows Host 13 Pr
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vCenter Operations Manager Installation Guide The vCenter Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide provides information about installing and ® upgrading VMware vCenter Operations Manager on Window or Linux operation systems. Intended Audience This guide is intended for anyone who wants to install vCenter Operations Manager. VMware, Inc.
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Before Installing vCenter Operations Manager 1 This section introduces the vCenter Operations Manager server installation. This chapter includes the following topics: n “Overview,” on page 7 n “Architecture,” on page 7 Overview Installing vCenter Operations Manager consists of two procedures: 1 Preparing a database in either SQL Server or Oracle to hold the vCenter Operations Manager data. 2 Installing the vCenter Operations Manager software.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux n vCenter Operations Manager messaging—The message bus (ActiveMQ) passes metric information between vCenter Operations Manager components. vCenter Operations Manager 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 System Requirements vCenter Operations Manager has specific hardware and software requirements. This chapter includes the following topics: n “Operating System Requirements,” on page 9 n “vCenter Operations Server Hardware Requirements,” on page 9 n “Database Server Requirements for vCenter Operations Manager,” on page 10 n “Hardware and Software Requirements for Client Systems,” on page 10 Operating System Requirements You must install vCenter Operations Manager on a supported operating system.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux Database Server Requirements for vCenter Operations Manager vCenter Operations Manager requires an SQL or Oracle database to store data. The database server should be dedicated to the vCenter Operations Manager database. The database must be configured and available to the vCenter Operations Manager server host. vCenter Operations Manager supports the following database servers and versions.
Installation and Configuration Checklist 3 Use this checklist to track the progress of vCenter Operations Manager standalone installation and configuration, including any changes you make from the default configuration settings. NOTE Changing the configuration settings is not covered in this guide. Consult your VMware representative to determine the proper settings for your installation. Table 3-1. Installation Checklist Action Item Notes Pre-Installation Acquire hardware based on sizing projection.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux Table 3-1. Installation Checklist (Continued) Action Item Notes Install and configure the primary vCenter Operations Manager server. n Test vCenter Operations Manager database configuration n Validate FSDB Home path n Before completing configuration wizard, move all unused adapters (For example, Hyperic, ITM, SCOM) to the plugins directory. (Optional) Install and configure a secondary server using the backup option.
Preparing the vCenter Operations Manager Database 4 Before you can install vCenter Operations Manager, you must create a database in either Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle to store the vCenter Operations Manager data.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux Prepare an Oracle Database on a Windows Host If the Oracle database is on a Windows host, you can run a batch file to prepare the database to store vCenter Operations Manager data. The batch file is included in the vCenter Operations Manager installation package.
Chapter 4 Preparing the vCenter Operations Manager Database n Install and configure the sqlplus tool. n Create a user that has sufficient Oracle privileges to create a tablespace and user schemas. n Decide where on the disk to create the tablespace. n Obtain the vCenter Operations Manager installation package. Procedure 1 Upload the vCenter Operations Manager installation files in binary mode to the Linux host. 2 Change the permission on the setupOracle.sh file to make it executable.
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Installing vCenter Operations Manager 5 You can install the vCenter Operations Manager 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.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux 6 On the Choose Install Set page, click the icon beside Full Installation and click Next. This installs all vCenter Operations Manager components. If you attempt to install vCenter Operations Manager on a 32-bit system, Full Installation is not an option. You can install only a vCenter Operations Manager remote collector or the separate analytics processor on a 32-bit system.
Chapter 5 Installing vCenter Operations Manager 18 In vCenter Operations Manager Server Configuration, choose HTTP or HTTPS. This sets the protocol to use for client connections to the vCenter Operations Manager server. vCenter Operations Manager sends alert email messages containing hyperlinks to the vCenter Operations Manager server so administrators can find more information about the alert.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux If a previous version of vCenter Operations Manager is already installed on the Linux host, you must stop its processes before you install vCenter Operations Manager . You can do this using the vcenter-ops/vcops.sh. Run the script with the stop parameter: vcops.sh stop To make sure the services have all stopped, use the status parameter: vcops.
Chapter 5 Installing vCenter Operations Manager n Replication is enabled between the primary vCenter Operations Manager server and a backup server. n For security reasons, you do not want the vCenter Operations Manager components to use default passwords and ports. 12 On the Full Configuration page, select Primary or Backup under Server Configuration. 13 In the Database Type field select SQL or Oracle. Fields appropriate for the selected database appear on the page.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux 26 In Recipient, enter one or more email addresses; if you enter more than one, separate them with commas. If a vCenter Operations Manager service fails or experiences problems, an email will be sent to each recipient. 27 If desired, click the Test button to test the email configuration. This checks the SMTP host and port settings and attempts to send an email message to the entered recipients.
Chapter 5 Installing vCenter Operations Manager Advanced vCenter Operations Manager Configuration To perform advanced configuration, access Configuration Mode and follow the procedure below to complete the installation. Prerequisites Install vCenter Operations Manager. Procedure 1 From Advanced Configuration, select Primary or Backup under Server Configuration. 2 In vCenter Operations Server Configuration, choose HTTP or HTTPS.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux 12 Check Enable Synchronization if you want to synchronize existing data between this server and the replication server. If you do not check this box, only data gathered from this point forward will be copied to the replication server. This option is most often used when setting up a replication server after initial vCenter Operations Manager installation. 13 Click Next.
Chapter 5 Installing vCenter Operations Manager For an Oracle database, the Database Name and Instance Name fields do not appear and an SID field is added. n If you are using an Oracle database, type its System Identifier in the SID field. n In the Database Host field, enter the IP address of the database server. n 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.
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Validate the vCenter Operations Manager Installation 6 After you complete the installation of your vCenter Operations Manager server, you can check that the installation finished successfully and that vCenter Operations Manager is operating correctly. These instructions are for a Windows server. Adjust them as necessary if your vCenter Operations Manager server runs on Linux. Prerequisites n Verify that the vCenter Operations Manager server is installed.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux 11 28 Click the Logs tab and verify that the services started successfully for each of the logs. n In the vCenter Operations Manager Analytics folder, the analytics.log n In the vCenter Operations Manager Collector folder, the collector.log n In the vCenter Operations Manager Web folder, the web.log VMware, Inc.
Managing with Program Groups 7 Installing vCenter Operations Manager on Windows creates a vCenter Operations Manager program group under the VMware program group on the All Programs menu. The program group contains the following items: Configure VMware vCenter Operations Manager Interface to change vCenter Operations Manager configuration settings. You can select either basic or advanced configuration.
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Install a vCenter Operations Manager Collector 8 You can install the vCenter Operations Manager collector on a remote host. You might want to do this to distribute vCenter Operations Manager activity for better performance. Prerequisites n Use an administrator user name to log on as a user with enough privileges to create services. n Log in to a remote host and navigate to the folder containing the vCenter Operations Manager executable files. This procedure is written for Windows.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux Option Action Host Type the IP address of the message queue. This is typically the same as the vCenter Operations Manager Server host. Port Leave the default entry (61616) unless MQ uses a different port number. 9 Click Finish to complete the installation. 10 Click Done. 11 If the host has two IP addresses, define which address the collector should use. a Open the vcenter-ops\user\conf\collector\wrapper.conf file.
Installing a vCenter Operations Manager Adapter 9 This section 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: n The vCenter Operations Manager Adapter. This adapter monitors vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise. n The HTTP Post adapter. This is a generic adapter used to push data to vCenter Operations Manager via HTTP. n The Container adapter.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux 8 On the Info tab, select the following. a Click the Describe icon on the Adapters Info pane. b Click confirm to start describe process. c Accept the Info dialogue Adapters re-describe started. vCenter Operations Manager finds the adapter files, gathers information about the abilities of the adapter, and updates the user interface with information about the adapter. The adapter is installed.
Installing the Analytics Processor 10 This section describes how to install and configure the vCenter Operations Manager analytics processor. The vCenter Operations Manager server installation includes a process which performs all of the various vCenter Operations Manager analytics calculations: dynamic thresholds, fingerprinting, and so on.
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and Linux 10 Find the property distributedDTCalculationEnabled and set it to true. 11 Save your change and close the file. 12 Restart the Analytics service on the vCenter Operations Manager server host. 13 Check to see if the service stars on the remote host. The service name is Analytics Processor. Installation of the DT processor is complete. 36 VMware, Inc.
Index A S about vCenter Operations Installation and Configuration Guide 5 adapter, install 33 architecture 7 software requirements 9 B before you beginbefore you begin 7 C checklist, installation and configuration 11 client system requirements 10 collector, install 31 configuration, advanced 23 D database preparation Oracle 14 overview 13 SQL server 13 database server requirements 10 H hardware requirements 9 I install, analytics processor 35 install, Windows 17 installation, validate 27 Installing
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