Installation and Configuration Guide

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Contents
AboutThisBook 5
1 BeforeInstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise 7
Overview 7
Architecture 7
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2 SystemRequirements 9
OperatingSystemRequirements 9
HardwareRequirements 9
DatabaseServerRequirements 9
HardwareandSoftwareRequirementsforClientSystems 10
3 InstallationandConfigurationChecklist 11
InstallationChecklist 11
4 vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseDatabaseConfiguration 13
PrepareaSQLDatabasethatRequiresSuperUserAccess 13
PrepareaSQLDatabasethatRequiresRegularUserAccess 14
PrepareaSQLDatabaseWhenYouCannotRunExecutableFiles 15
PreparinganOracleDatabaseonaWindowsHost 15
5 InstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise 17
InstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseonWindows 17
InstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseonLinuxGUIMode 20
InstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseonLinuxConsoleMode 22
AdvancedvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseConfiguration 23
6 ManagingProgramGroups 27
7 InstallingavCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseCollector 29
InstallingavCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseCollector 29
8 InstallingavCenterOperationsManagerAdapter 31
9 InstallingtheAnalyticsProcessor 33
InstallingtheProcessor 33
ValidatingthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseInstallation 34
Index 35
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TheVMwarevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseInstallationGuidedescribeshowtoinstall,configure,and
maintainVMware

vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise,anautomatedintelligencesystemforIT
operations.
Intended Audience
ThisguideisintendedforvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesystemadministrators.Forinformation
aboutusingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisetomonitortheperformanceandefficiencyofyour
network,pleaserefertothevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseUsersGuide.
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VMware vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Documentation
ThedocumentationsetforVMwarevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseconsistsofthefollowing
documents.
VMwarevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseAdministrationGuide.Explainsinstallationand
administrationofvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
VMwarevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseUsersGuide.Containsconceptualandprocedural
informationonusingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise.
AnalyticsGuideforVMwarevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise.Containsconceptualinformationthat
describestheprinciplesofthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseanalyticsfeatures.
IntegrationGuideforvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseandEMCSmarts.Containsconceptualand
proceduralinformationonintegratingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisewithEMCSmarts.
VMwarevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseonlinehelp.Containsconceptualandprocedural
informationtohelpyoucompleteyourtaskswhenadministeringandusingvCenterOperationsManager
Enterprise.
VMwarevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseReleaseNotes.Containslatebreakingnewsanddescriptions
ofknownissuesandworkarounds.
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ThischapterintroducesthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserverinstallation.Itcontainsthe
followingsections:
Overviewonpage 7
Architectureonpage 7
Overview
InstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseconsistsoftwoprocedures:
1 PreparingadatabaseineitherSQLServerorOracletoholdthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
data.
2 InstallingthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesoftware.
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseisdesignedasanenterprisesolution,soplanningandpreparingyour
environmentiscriticaltosuccessfuldeployment.Youshouldconsiderseveralfactorswhenplanningyour
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseenvironment:
EnvironmentsizeandlandscapethevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisearchitectureneedstotake
intoaccounthowlargetheenvironmentis,includingthenumberofapplications,datasources,resources,
andmetrics,thephysicalenvironmentdistribution(thenumberofdatacenters),andthenumberofusers.
Environmentcomplexitywhatspecificarchitecturalandservicelevelrequirementsmustbemet,
includingsecurity,availability,andaccessibility.
Architecture
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesarchitectureallowsfordeploymentflexibility.vCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseisaJavabasedapplicationwithfourinterdependentcomponents:
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserverHoststheuserinterfaceandcoordinatesthefunctions
ofthesoftware,includingcontrollingcommunicationsbetweentheothercomponents.
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseanalyticsReceivesmetricsgatheredfrommonitoredresources,
analyzesthedata,andcreatesstatisticalmodelstodetectabnormalbehavior.Thisincludesthedynamic
thresholdsprocessor,whichcanbeinstalledseparatelytodistributetheprocessingload,asdescribedin
InstallingtheAnalyticsProcessoronpage 33.
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecollectorActsasthegatewaybetweenvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseandtheadaptersusedtocollectdatafromthecollectionlandscape.Itisinstalledby
defaultaspartoftheprimaryserverbutcanalsobedistributedasastandalonecomponent.Youcan
installoneormoreremotecollectorstonavigatefirewalls,sharebandwidthacrossdatacenters,and
reducetheloadonthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.Youcaninstallthecollectorona
sharedserver.
Before Installing vCenter Operations
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vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisemessagingThemessagebus(ActiveMQ)passesmetric
informationbetweenvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecomponents.
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseusestwodatastoragesolutions.Arelationaldatabase(Oracleor
MicrosoftSQLServer)storesconfigurationandstatedata.Aproprietaryhighperformancefilesystembased
repository(FSDB)storesthecollectedrawmetrics.Figure 11depictsvCenterOperationsManager
Enterpriseslogicalarchitecture.
Figure 1-1. vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Architecture
TheinstallationscriptinstallsallvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecomponentsserver(including
messaging),collector,andanalyticsinthesamefolderstructure.ItalsoinstallsseveralvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterprisesystemtools.
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ThischapterincludesthesystemrequirementsforvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.Itcontains
thefollowingsections:
OperatingSystemRequirementsonpage 9
HardwareRequirementsonpage 9
DatabaseServerRequirementsonpage 10
HardwareandSoftwareRequirementsforClientSystemsonpage 10
Operating System Requirements
YoumustinstallvCenterOperationsEnterpriseServeronasupportedoperatingsystem.
Hardware Requirements
YoumustinstallvCenterOperationsEnterpriseServerona64bitmachinethatmeetsspecifichardware
requirements.
System Requirements 2
Table 2-1.
Operating System Version Service Pack
WindowsServer2003 64bit SP2orlater
WindowsServer2008 64bit N/A
RedHatEnterpriseLinux5 64bit N/A
Hardware
Component One Million Metrics Two Million Metrics Six Million Metrics
CPU 4CPU 8CPU 32CPU
Memory 14GB 28GB 72GB
DiskStorage 1.5TB
FSBD:1.5TB
Database:100GB
3TB
FSDB:2.8TB
Database:200GB
8.8TB
FSDB:8.4TB
Database:400GB
DiskI/0forAnalytics
VM
2,000IOPS 4,000IOPS 12,000IOPS
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Database Server Requirements
vCenterOperationsEnterpriserequiresanSQLorOracledatabasetostoredata.Thedatabaseservershould
bededicatedtothevCenterOperationsEnterprisedatabase.Thedatabasemustbeconfiguredandavailable
tothevCenterOperationsEnterpriseServerhost.
vCenterOperationsEnterprisesupportsthefollowingdatabaseserversandversions.
Oracle10gRelease2
Oracle11gRelease2
MicrosoftSQLServer2005SP2orlater
MicrosoftSQLServer2008
NOTEMicrosoftSQLServerissupportedonlyonWindowshosts.Thecomputerthathoststhedatabase
servermustmeetminimumhardwarerequirements.
NOTEYoucannotuseIntegratedWindowsAuthenticationwhileusingtheMicrosoftSQLserver.TheJDBC
driversupportstheuseofType2integratedauthenticationonWindowsoperatingsystemsthroughthe
integratedSecurityconnectionstringproperty.Touseintegratedauthentication,copythe
sqljdbc_auth.dllfiletofolder%ALIVE_BASE%/common/bin.
2GBRAM
Two32bitCPUs,P42GHzorfaster
Forsystemsthatcollectmorethanonemillionmetrics,thedatabaseserverhostshouldhave8GBRAMand
two64bitCPUs.
ThepingtimebetweenthedatabaseserverhostandthevCenterOperationsEnterpriseServerhostshouldbe
lessthanonemillisecond.
Hardware and Software Requirements for Client Systems
Table 2-2. Client System Hardware and Software Requirements
Component Required
RAM Atleast2GB
Browser InternetExplorer7.xor8.x
MozillaFirefox3.x
Javascriptmustbeenabled.Popupblockersmustbeeitherremovedordisabled.
PDFViewer AdobeReaderorasimilarPDFviewerforviewingreports.
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ThischaptercontainsachecklistyoucanusetotracktheprogressofvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
installationandconfiguration,includinganychangesyoumakefromthedefaultconfigurationsettings.
ChangingtheconfigurationsettingsisnotcoveredinthismanualconsultyourVMwarerepresentativeto
determinethepropersettingsforyourinstallation.
Installation Checklist
Installation and Configuration
Checklist 3
Action Item Notes
Pre-Installation
Acquirehardwarebasedonsizingprojection
DownloadsoftwarefromVMwareFTPsite
Prepare the Database
IfusingSQLServer:
InstallSQLServer
CreateaWindowsorSQLauthenticationaccount
withsufficientprivilegestocreateanewdatabase
RunvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
databaseinstaller
IfusingOracle:
InstallOracle
InstallandconfigureSQLPlustool
CreateauserwithsufficientOracleprivilegesto
createatablespaceanduserschemas
RunvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
databaseinstaller
Prepare Hardware
ConfirmexternalportaccesstovCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseserverandthedatabaseserver
(defaults:vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver
ifusingremotecollectors80/1100/61616:DBserver,if
external1433/1521)
ConfirmportsarereservedonvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseserver(1099,1100,1199,1201,1202,
1203,61616)
ConfirmresponsetimebetweenvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseserveranddatabaseserveris<1ms
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Installation
InstallandconfiguretheprimaryvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseserver.
TestvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
databaseconfiguration
ValidateFSDBHomepath
Beforecompletingconfigurationwizard,moveall
unusedadapters(forexample,Hyperic,ITM,SCOM,
andsoon)tothepluginsdirectory
(Optional)Installandconfigureasecondaryserverusing
thebackupoption
(Optional)Installandconfigureanyremotecollectors.
Action Item Notes
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BeforeyoucaninstallvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise,youmustcreateadatabaseineitherMicrosoft
SQLServerorOracletosorethevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisedata.Thischaptercontainsthe
followingsections:
PrepareaSQLDatabasethatRequiresSuperUserAccessonpage 13
PrepareaSQLDatabasethatRequiresRegularUserAccessonpage 14
PrepareaSQLDatabaseWhenYouCannotRunExecutableFilesonpage 15
PreparinganOracleDatabaseonaWindowsHostonpage 15
Prepare a SQL Database that Requires Super User Access
Ifyoucanrunexecutablefiles,andyourconfigurationandsecuritypoliciesallowvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterprisetouseausernamethathasdatabasecreationprivileges(asuperuser)whenit
communicateswithSQLServer,youcanpreparetheSQLdatabasebyrunningthe
vcops_SQL_Server_xxxx.exeprogram.ThisprogramisincludedinthevCenterOperationsManager
Enterpriseinstallationpackage.
Prerequisites
FamiliarizeyourselfwiththedatabaseserverrequirementsforvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise.
SeeDatabaseServerRequirementsonpage 9.
InstallSQLServer.
CreateaWindowsauthenticationaccountoranSQLauthenticationaccountthathassufficientprivileges
tocreateanewdatabaseandnewSQLuser.
ObtainthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallationpackage.
Procedure
1 IfyouareusingWindowsauthenticationforSQLServer,loginasauserwhohassufficientprivilegesto
createadatabase.
2 Extractthefilesfromvcops_sqlserver.ziptoanyavailabledirectory.
vcops_sqlserver.zipislocatedinthesamefolderasthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
executablefiles.
3 Runvcops_SQLServer_xxxx.exe.
a TypetheIPaddressofthedatabaseserver,ortypeip_address\instance_nametoselectaspecific
instanceofthedatabase.
b SelectSQLServerauthentication.
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c TypethesuperusernameandpasswordthatvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisewillusewhen
itconnectstoSQLServer.Thedatabaseiscratedunderthisusername
d SelectMakeadatabase.Thedefaultconfigurationvaluesworkformostinstallations.Donotclick
AdvancedunlessaVMwaresupportrepresentativeinstructsyoutodoso.
e ClickRun.
4 Whentheprocesshasfished,clickOK.
5 InSQLServerManagementStudio,confirmthatthenewdatabaseexists.
Prepare a SQL Database that Requires Regular User Access
Ifyoucanrunexecutablefiles,andyourconfigurationandsecuritypoliciesallowvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterprisetouseausernamethathasdatabasecreationprivileges(asuperuser)whenit
communicateswithSQLServer,youcanpreparetheSQLdatabasebyrunningthe
vcops_SQL_Server_xxxx.exeprogram.ThisprogramisincludedinthevCenterOperationsManager
Enterpriseinstallationpackage.
Prerequisites
FamiliarizeyourselfwiththedatabaseserverrequirementsforvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise.
SeeDatabaseServerRequirementsonpage 9.
InstallSQLServer.
CreateaWindowsauthenticationaccountoranSQLauthenticationaccountthathassufficientprivileges
tocreateanewdatabaseandnewSQLuser.
ObtainthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallationpackage.
Procedure
1 IfyouareusingWindowsauthenticationforSQLServer,loginasauserwhohassufficientprivilegesto
createadatabase.
2 Extractthefilesfromvcops_sqlserver.ziptoanyavailabledirectory.
vcops_sqlserver.zipislocatedinthesamefolderasthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
executablefiles.
3 InSQLServer,createadatabasetoholdthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseschemaanddata.
Youcangivethedatabaseanyname.Keeparecordofthedatabasename.Youwillneedthenamewhen
youconfigurethedatabase.
4 InSQLServerManagementStudiooranothertoolthatrunsSQLscripts,runcreateuser.sqlunderthe
databasethatyoucreated.Usethesamesuperuserprivilegesthatyouusedtocreatethedatabase.
ThescriptcreatesanSQLServeruserthathasthenamevcopsandadefaultpassword.Youcanchange
theusernameandpasswordaftertheuseriscreated.
5 Runvcops_SQLServer_xxxx.exe.
a TypetheIPaddressofthedatabaseserver,ortypeip_address\instance_nametoselectaspecific
instanceofthedatabase.
b SelectSQLServerauthentication.
c TypetheusernameandpasswordfortheSQLServeruserthatwascreatedwhenyouran
createuser.sql.Thedatabaseiscreatedunderthisusername
d SelectUpgradeanexistingadatabase.Thedefaultconfigurationvaluesworkformostinstallations.
DonotclickAdvancedunlessaVMwaresupportrepresentativeinstructsyoutodoso.
e TypethenameofthedatabasethatyoucreatedwhenyoucreatedtoholdthevCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseschemaanddata.
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f ClickRun.
6 Whentheprocesshasfished,clickOK.
7 InSQLServerManagementStudio,confirmthatthenewdatabaseexists.
Prepare a SQL Database When You Cannot Run Executable Files
Ifyoucannotrunexecutablefiles,youcanprepareanSQLdatabaseforvCenterOperationsEnterpriseby
runningSQLscripts.TheSQLscriptsareincludedinthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallation
package.
Prerequisites
FamiliarizeyourselfwiththedatabaseserverrequirementsforvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise.
SeeDatabaseServerRequirementsonpage 9.
InstallSQLServer.
CreateaWindowsauthenticationaccountoranSQLauthenticationaccountthathassufficientprivileges
tocreateanewdatabaseandnewSQLuser.
ObtainthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallationpackage.
Procedure
1 IfyouareusingWindowsauthenticationforSQLserver,logonasauserwithenoughprivilegestocreate
adatabase.
2 Extractthefilesfromvcops_sqlserver.ziptoanyavailabledirectory.
vcops_sqlserver.zipislocatedinthesamefolderasthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
executablefiles.
3 InSQLServer,createadatabasetoholdthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseschemaanddata.
Youcangivethedatabaseanyname.Keeparecordofthedatabasename.Youwillneedthenamewhen
youconfigurethedatabase.
4 InSQLServerManagementStudiooranothertoolthatrunsSQLscripts,runcreateuser.sqlunderthe
databasethatyoucreated.Usethesamesuperuserprivilegesthatyouusedtocreatethedatabase.
ThescriptcreatesanSQLServeruserthathasthenamevcopsandadefaultpassword.Youcanchange
theusernameandpasswordaftertheuseriscreated.
5 AttachtothedatabaseyoucreatedtoholdthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseschemaanddata.
UsetheusernameandpasswordfortheSQLServeruserthatwascreatedwhenyouran
createuser.sql.
6 Runthevcops_SQLServer_xxxxSchema.sqlscript.
7 Runthevcops_SQLServer_xxxxData.sqlscript.
8 InSQLServerManagementStudio,verifythatthenewdatabaseexists.
Preparing an Oracle Database on a Windows Host
IftheOracledatabaseisonaWindowshost,youcanrunabatchfiletopreparethedatabasetostorevCenter
OperationsEnterprisedata.ThebatchfileisincludedinthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisee
installationpackage.
Prerequisites
Beforeyoubegintheprocessbelow,makesureyouhavedonethefollowing:
Familiarizeyourselfwiththedatabaseserverrequirements.SeeDatabaseServerRequirementson
page 9.
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InstallOracle.
Installandconfigurethesqlplustool.
CreateauserthathassufficientOracleprivilegestocreateatablespaceanduserschemas.
Decidewhereonthedisktocreatethetablespace.
ObtainthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallationpackage.
Procedure
1 Inthetnsnames.orafile,addaconnectionnamethatthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver
canusetoconnecttotheOracleserver.
2 NavigatetothefoldercontainingthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseexecutablefiles.
3 Extractallthefilesfromthevcops.oracle.zipfiletoanyavailabledirectory.
4 Runsetup.bat.
Forexample,
setup.bat connection user password
connectionistheconnectionnameasdefinedintnsnames.ora.Theuseryouspecifywithuserand
passwordmusthavepermissiontologintotheOracledatabaseasSYSDBA.
5 Verifythatthetablespaceanduserschemawerecreatedproperly.
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YoucaninstallthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesoftwareonasupportedversionofeither
WindowsorLinux.ThereareseparateproceduresforWindows,LinuxusingGUImode,andLinuxusing
consolemode.Thischaptercontainsthefollowingsections:
InstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseonWindowsonpage 17
InstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseonLinuxGUIModeonpage 20
InstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseonLinuxConsoleModeonpage 22
AdvancedvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseConfigurationonpage 23
Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise on Windows
To install vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise on a Windows server
1 Logonasauserwithenoughprivilegestocreateservices.IfyouareusingSQLServerwithWindows
authentication,youmustalsobeabletocreateandmodifydatabases.Werecommendusingan
administratorusername.
2 NavigatetothefoldercontainingthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseexecutablefiles.
3 RuntheVMwarevCOps1.0.exefile.ThefirstpageofthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
installationwizardappears.
4 ClickNext.
5 ReadthePatentAgreementinitsentirety.ClickNext.
6 ReadtheLicenseAgreementinitsentirety.SelectIAccepttheTermsoftheLicenseAgreementandclick
Next.
7 OntheChooseInstallSetpage,clicktheiconbesideFullInstallationandclickNext.
ThisinstallsallvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecomponents.(IfyouattempttoinstallvCenter
OperationsManagerEnterpriseona32bitsystem,FullInstallationisnotanoption.Youcaninstallonly
avCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseremotecollectorortheseparateanalyticsprocessorona32bit
system.)
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NOTEYoucanclickCanceltostoptheprocessatanytime.
NOTETheCollectoroptioninstallsjustthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecollectoronaremote
servertoimproveperformanceandaccessibility;seeInstallingavCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
Collectoronpage 29.
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8 OntheChooseInstallFolderpage,clickOKtoacceptthedefaultinstallationfolder,orclickBrowseand
selecttheinstallationfolderyouwant.Thedefaultinstallationfolderis\vmware\vcenter-operations
beneaththedefaultprograminstallationfolderforyoursystem.Werecommendyouacceptthedefault.
ClickNext.
9 ThePreinstallationSummarypageliststhecomponentsthatwillbeinstalled.ClickInstalltobeginthe
installation.Whenthispartoftheprocessisfinished(itmaytakeseveralminutes),theConfiguration
Modepageappears.
10 OntheConfigurationModepage,selectBasicorAdvanced.Useadvancedconfigurationonlyifoneor
moreofthefollowingistrue:
CommunicationbetweenaremotevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseCollectorandthe
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseServerwillbeviafirewallorHTTPproxy.
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisewillbemonitoringmorethan100,000resources.
ReplicationisenabledbetweentheprimaryvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserveranda
backupserver.
Forsecurityreasons,youdonotwantthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecomponentstouse
defaultpasswordsandports.
IfyouchooseBasic,continuethisprocedure.IfyouchooseAdvanced,continuewithAdvancedvCenter
OperationsManagerEnterpriseConfigurationonpage 23.
11 OntheFullConfigurationpage,selectPrimaryorBackupunderServerConfiguration.
12 IntheDatabaseTypefieldselectSQLorOracle.Fieldsappropriatefortheselecteddatabaseappearon
thepage.
ForanOracledatabase,theDatabaseNameandInstanceNamefieldsdonotappearandanSIDfieldis
added.
13 IfyouareusinganOracledatabase,typeitsSystemIdentifierintheSIDfield.
14 IntheDatabaseHostfield,entertheIPaddressofthedatabaseserver.
15 IntheDatabasePortfield,leavethedefaultentry(1433forSQLServeror1521forOracle)unlessyou
installedthedatabaseusingadifferentportnumber.
16 IfyouareusingaSQLServerdatabase,enterthenameofthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
databaseintheDatabaseNamefield.
17 IfyouareusingaSQLServerdatabaseandneedtospecifyanInstanceNameforthedatabase,typeitin
thatfield.
18 IntheAuthentication,UserName,andPasswordfields,selectthetypeofauthenticationtouse(forSQL
Serverdatabasesonly)andentertheusernameandpasswordforauserwithpermissiontoreadandwrite
totheSQLServerdatabaseorOracleschema.
19 ClicktheTestbuttontotesttheconnectiontothedatabase.Ifthetestfails,checkyourentries,makeany
neededcorrections,andtryagain.
NOTEThroughoutthismanual,werefertothefolderwhereyouinstallvCenterOperationsManager
Enterpriseasvcenterops.
NOTEIfyouconfigureabackupserver,ifthereisaproblemwithyourprimaryserveryoucanusethe
configurationwizardtomakethebackupservertheprimaryserver.Allremotecollectorswillthensend
metricstothenewprimaryserver.
NOTEvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriserequiresauseraccountwithSQLauthentication
credentialstoestablishaconnectionwiththedatabase.IfyouwanttouseWindowsauthenticationwith
SQLServer,thereareadditionalstepstoperformaftercompletingtheinstallation.
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20 InvCenterOperationsServerConfiguration,chooseHTTPorHTTPS.Thissetstheprotocoltousefor
clientconnectionstothevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.
21 IfyouwantadapterswhichusetheHTTPpostmethodtouseWebauthentication,checktheHTTPPost
adapterwebauthenticationenabledbox.Ifyoucheckthisbox,onlyavCenterOperationsManager
EnterpriseuserwiththeAdministrativeAccessrightwillbeabletopostdatatovCenterOperations
ManagerEnterprise.
22 ThevCenterOperationsServerPortfielddisplaysthedefaultportnumberfortheprotocolyouchose.If
youneedtochangethis,port,typethecorrectnumber.
23 ToenableInternetconnectionstothevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver,typetheservername
orpublicIPaddressfortheserverinthevCenterOperationsServerHostfield.(Theinstallertriesto
detectthehostnameorIPaddressoftheserverandfillitinasthedefault.)Ifyouleavethisfieldblank,
userswillnotbeabletoconnectfromoutsidethelocalnetwork.
24 IntheFSDBHome(FileSystemDatabase)field,typethepathtothedirectorywherevCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseshouldsavethemetricsitcollects.Youcanenteruptoeightlocationstodistribute
driveI/Ouse.Ifyouentermorethanone,separatethemwithsemicolons.Forbestperformance,this
shouldnotbeonthesamedrivewherethevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesoftwareisinstalled.
25 InSMTPHostandSMTPPort,enterthehostnameorIPaddressandportnumberfortheSMTPserver
forvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisetousetosendemailmessages.
26 InRecipient,enteroneormoreemailaddresses;ifyouentermorethanone,separatethemwithcommas
(,).IfavCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseservicefailsorexperiencesproblems,anemailwillbe
senttoeachrecipient.
27 Ifdesired,clicktheTestbuttontotesttheemailconfiguration.ThischeckstheSMTPhostandport
settingsandattemptstosendanemailmessagetotheenteredrecipients.Itdisplaysanappropriate
messageifanyofitstestsfail.However,itcannotensurethattheemailaddressesenteredasrecipients
actuallyexist,assendingamessagetoanonexistentaddressdoesnotfailimmediately.
28 ClickFinishtocompletetheinstallation.TheInstallCompletepageappears.
29 OntheInstallCompletepage,clickDone.
30 IftheserverhosthastwoIPaddresses:
a ChooseNoandclickDone.
b Openthefilevcenter-ops\user\conf\collector\ wrapper.conf.
c Addthislinetothefile:
wrapper.java.additional.9=-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=IP Address/Name
whereIPaddress/NameistheIPaddressorhostnametouseforthecollector.
d Saveyourchangeandclosethefile.
e Rebootthesystem.
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallationiscomplete.
NOTEvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesendsalertemailmessagescontaininghyperlinkstothe
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserversoadministratorscanfindmoreinformationaboutthe
alert.Ifyouwantoffsiteadministratorstobeabletousetheselinks,besuretoenterapublicIPaddress
forthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.Youshouldnotsetthehostnametolocalhost.
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Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise on Linux GUI Mode
Prerequisites
TheLinuxuseraccountforinstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisemusthaverootlevel
privileges.Ifyouneedtobeabletoinstallunderanonrootaccount,pleasecontactVMwareProfessional
Services.
XWindowsSystemrelease11(X11)needstoberunningontheLinuxserver.
YoumusthaveastandardterminalemulatorforXWindowsSystem.
Before the Installation
IfapreviousversionofvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseisalreadyinstalledontheLinuxhost,you
muststopitsprocessesbeforeyouinstallvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise.Youcandothisusingthe
vcenter-ops/vcops.sh.Runthescriptwiththestopparameter:
vcops.sh stop
Tomakesuretheserviceshaveallstopped,usethestatusparameter:
vcops.sh status
Procedure
1 Usingbinarymode,uploadvcops.bintothetargetLinuxhost.
2 Navigatetothefoldercontainingvcops.bin.Changethepermissiononthisfiletomakeitexecutable:
chmod +x vcops.bin
3 FromwithinanystandardterminalemulatorforXWindows(forexample,XWin32),executethe
programvcops.bin.ThefirstpageofthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallationwizard
appears.
4 ClickNext.
5 ReadthePatentAgreementinitsentirety.ClickNext.
6 ReadtheLicenseAgreementinitsentirety.SelectIAccepttheTermsoftheLicenseAgreementandclick
Next.
7 OntheChooseInstallSetpage,clicktheiconbesideFullInstallationandclickNext.Thisinstallsall
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecomponents.(IfyouaretryingtoinstallvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseona32bitsystem,FullInstallationwillnotbeachoice.Youcaninstallonlya
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseremotecollectorortheseparateanalyticsprocessorona32bit
system.)
8 OntheChooseInstallFolderpage,clickOKtoacceptthedefaultinstallationfolderorclickBrowseand
selecttheinstallationfolderyouwant.Thedefaultinstallationfolderis/root/vmware/vcenteroperations.
Werecommendyouacceptthedefault.ClickNext.
9 ThePreinstallationSummarypageliststhecomponentsthatwillbeinstalled.ClickInstalltobeginthe
installation.Whenthispartoftheprocessisfinished(itmaytakeseveralminutes),theConfiguration
Modepageappears.
NOTETheCollectoroptioninstallsjustthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecollectoronaremote
servertoimproveperformanceandaccessibility.TheprocedureforthisisinthevCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseUsersGuide.TheCollectorwithHTTPPost&HPOVAdaptersoptioninstallsthe
TomcatWebServer;thisraisessecurityandresourceissues,sowerecommendyoudothisonlyifadvised
tobyvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesupport.Forcontactinformation,pleaseseeOnlineand
TelephoneSupportonpage 6.
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10 OntheConfigurationModepage,selectBasicorAdvanced.Useadvancedconfigurationonlyifoneor
moreofthefollowingistrue:
CommunicationbetweenaremotevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseCollectorandthe
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseServerwillbeviafirewallorHTTPproxy.
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisewillbemonitoringmorethan100,000resources.
ReplicationisenabledbetweentheprimaryvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserveranda
backupserver.
YouareinstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisetobeusedasabackupserver.
Forsecurityreasons,youdonotwantthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecomponentstouse
defaultpasswordsandports.
IfyouchooseBasic,continuethisprocedure.IfyouchooseAdvanced,continuewithAdvancedvCenter
OperationsManagerEnterpriseConfigurationonpage 23.
11 OntheFullConfigurationpage,selectPrimaryorBackupunderServerConfiguration.
12 IntheDatabaseTypefield,chooseOracleasthisistheonlydatabasesupportedonLinux.
13 TypetheOracledatabasesSystemIdentifierintheSIDfield.
14 IntheDatabaseHostfield,entertheIPaddressofthedatabaseserver.
15 IntheDatabasePortfield,leavethedefaultentry(1521)unlessyouinstalledOracleusingadifferentport
number.
16 IntheUserNameandPasswordfields,entertheusernameandpasswordforauserwithpermissionto
readandwritetotheOracleschema.
17 ClicktheTestbuttontotesttheconnectiontothedatabase.Ifthetestfails,checkyourentries,makeany
neededcorrections,andtryagain.
18 InvCenterOperationsServerConfiguration,chooseHTTPorHTTPS.Thissetstheprotocoltousefor
clientconnectionstothevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.
19 IfyouwantadapterswhichusetheHTTPpostmethodtouseWebauthentication,checktheHTTPPost
adapterwebauthenticationenabledbox.
20 ThevCenterOperationsServerPortfielddisplaysthedefaultportnumberfortheprotocolyouchose.If
youneedtochangethis,port,typethecorrectnumber.
21 ToenableInternetconnectionstothevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver,typetheservername
orpublicIPaddressfortheserverinthevCenterOperationsServerHostfield.(Theinstallertriesto
detectthehostnameorIPaddressoftheserverandfillitinasthedefault.)Ifyouleavethisfieldblank,
userswillnotbeabletoconnectfromoutsidethelocalnetwork.
22 IntheFSDBHome(FileSystemDatabase)field,typethepathtothedirectorywherevCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseshouldsavethemetricsitcollects.Youcanenteruptoeightlocationstodistribute
driveI/Ouse.Ifyouentermorethanone,separatethemwithsemicolons.Forbestperformance,this
shouldnotbeonthesamedrivesystemwherethevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesoftwareis
installed.
NOTEIfyouconfigureabackupserver,ifthereisaproblemwithyourprimaryserveryoucanusethe
configurationwizardtomakethebackupservertheprimaryserver.Allremotecollectorswillthensend
metricstothenewprimaryserver.
NOTEvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesendsalertemailmessagescontaininghyperlinkstothe
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserversoadministratorscanfindmoreinformationaboutthe
alert.Ifyouwantoffsiteadministratorstobeabletousetheselinks,besuretoenterapublicIPaddress
forthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.Youshouldnotsetthehostnametolocalhost.
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23 InSMTPHostandSMTPPort,enterthehostnameorIPaddressandportnumberfortheSMTPserver
forvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisetousetosendemailmessages.
24 InRecipient,enteroneormoreemailaddresses;ifyouentermorethanone,separatethemwithcommas
(,).IfavCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseservicefailsorexperiencesproblems,anemailwillbe
senttoeachrecipient.
25 ClickFinishtocompletetheinstallation.TheInstallCompletepageappears.
26 OntheInstallCompletepage,clickDone.
27 IftheserverhosthastwoIPaddresses:
a ChooseNoandclickDone.
b Usingatexteditor,openthefilevcenter-ops/user/conf/collector/wrapper.conf.
c Addthislinetothefile:
wrapper.java.additional.9=-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=IP Address/Name
whereIPaddress/NameistheIPaddressorhostnametouseforthecollector.
d Saveyourchangeandclosethefile.
e Rebootthesystem.
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallationiscomplete.PleasecontactvCenterOperationsManager
EnterprisesupportorprofessionalservicesforassistanceinadjustingthevCenterOperationsManager
Enterpriseconfigurationtomeetyourneeds.
Installing vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise on Linux Console
Mode
Before the Installation
IfapreviousversionofvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseisalreadyinstalledontheLinuxhost,you
muststopitsprocessesbeforeyouinstallvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise.Youcandothisusingthe
scriptfilevcops.sh.Runthescriptwiththest opparameter:
vcops.sh stop
Tomakesuretheserviceshaveallstopped,usethest at usparameter:
vcops.sh status
Procedure
1 Usingbinarymode,uploadvcops.bintothetargetLinuxhost.
2 Navigatetothefoldercontainingvcops.bin.Changethepermissiononthisfiletomakeitexecutable:
chmod +x vcops.bin
3 Enterthiscommandtostarttheconsolemodeinstallation:
./vcops.bin i console
4 AlloftheinformationenteredintheGUImodeinstallationwillbepromptedforinconsolemode.Fora
descriptionoftheinformationrequiredateachprompt,seesteps5andafteronpage 20.
Afterfinishingtheinstallation,seeAdvancedvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseConfigurationon
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Advanced vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Configuration
Toperformadvancedconfiguration,accessConfigurationModeandfollowtheprocedurebelowtocomplete
theinstallation.
1 FromAdvancedConfiguration,selectPrimaryorBackupunderServerConfiguration.
2 InvCenterOperationsServerConfiguration,chooseHTTPorHTTPS.
ThissetstheprotocoltouseforclientconnectionstothevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.
3 ToenableInternetconnectionstothevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver,typetheservername
orpublicIPaddressfortheserverinthevCenterOperationsServerHostfield.(Theinstallerattemptsto
detectthehostnameorIPaddressoftheserverandfillitinasthedefault.)Ifyouleavethisfieldblank,
userswillnotbeabletoconnectfromoutsidethelocalnetwork.
4 ThevCenterOperationsServerPortfielddisplaysthedefaultportnumberfortheprotocolyouchose.If
youneedtochangethis,port,typethecorrectnumber.
5 IfyouwantadapterswhichusetheHTTPpostmethodtouseWebauthentication,checktheHTTPPost
adapterwebauthenticationenabledbox.
6 UnderMemoryConfiguration,setthefollowingforthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseWeb
JVMprocess:
MaximumMemorymaximumheapsizeallocatedtothevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
user.
MaximumPermanentMemorymaximumheapsizeallocatedtocompileandrunJVMclasses.
7 ClickNext.
a UnderMemoryConfiguration,setthefollowingforthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
AnalyticsJVMprocess:
MaximumMemorymaximumheapsizeallocatedtometriccalculations.
MaximumPermanentMemorymaximumheapsizeallocatedtocompileandrunJVMclasses.
b UnderRMIConfiguration,setthehostandportforRMIaccesstotheanalyticsservice.
c UnderDataStorageLocation,setthelocationoftheFSDBHome.Youcanenteruptoeightlocations
todistributedriveI/Ouse.Ifyouentermorethanone,separatethemwithsemicolons.Forbest
performance,theFSDBshouldnotbeonthesamedrivewherethevCenterOperationsManager
Enterprisesoftwareisinstalled.
d UnderReplicationServer,checktheEnableReplicationboxifyouwanttoenableFSDBreplication.
Whenenabled,vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisewillpushFSDBdatatoaremoteserver.
EnterthefollowingparametersfortheremoteMQserver:Host,Port,Protocol,ControlQueue,
ResponseQueue,DataQueue,UserName,andPassword.
e CheckEnableSynchronizationisyouwanttosynchronizeexistingdatabetweenthisserverandthe
replicationserver.Ifyoudonotcheckthisbox,onlydatagatheredfromthispointforwardwillbe
copiedtothereplicationserver.Thisoptionismostoftenusedwhensettingupareplicationserver
afterinitialvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallation.
NOTEvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisesendsalertemailmessagescontaininghyperlinkstothe
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserversoadministratorscanfindmoreinformationaboutthe
alert.Ifyouwantoffsiteadministratorstobeabletousetheselinks,besuretoenterapublicIPaddress
forthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.Youshouldnotsetthehostnametolocalhost.
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8 ClickNext.
a UnderMemoryConfiguration,setthefollowingforthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
MessageQueueJVMprocess:
MaximumMemorymaximumheapsizeallocatedtothevCenterOperationsManager
Enterpriseuser.
MaximumPermanentMemorymaximumheapsizeallocatedtocompileandrunJVMclasses.
b UnderMessageQueueConfiguration,checktheEnableJMXboxifyouwanttoenableJMX
monitoringonvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise.IfyouenableJMXmonitoring,setthe
followingMQparameters:Host,Port,Protocol,CollectorQueue,ControllerQueue,DataQueue,
UserName,andPassword.
9 ClickNext.
10 Configurecollectionsettings.
a UnderMemoryConfiguration,setthefollowingforthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
CollectorJVMprocess:
MaximumMemorymaximumheapsizeallocatedtothevCenterOperationsManager
Enterpriseresources.
MaximumPermanentMemorymaximumheapsizeallocatedtocompileandrunJVMclasses.
b UnderCollectorConfiguration,setthefollowingconnectionparametersforthecollector:
CollectorName
RMIPort
MaxThreads
MinDataSendSizethisismeasuredbythenumberofvCenterOperationsManager
Enterpriseresources.
HeartBeatSleepTimethischecksthehealthofthecollector.Measuredinmilliseconds.
c ChecktheEnableHttpProxyboxtoenableHTTPProxyfromthecollectortovCenterOperations
ManagerEnterprise.Ifyouenableit,settheHostandPort.
d InSMTPHostandSMTPPort,enterthehostnameorIPaddressandportnumberfortheSMTP
serverforvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisetousetosendemailmessages.
e InRecipient,enteroneormoreemailaddresses;ifyouentermorethanone,separatethemwith
commas(,).IfavCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseservicefailsorexperiencesproblems,an
emailwillbesenttoeachrecipient.
11 ClickNext.
NOTEThesettingsonthispageareonlyusedifthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserverisrunning
inBackupmode.
a UnderMessageQueueConfiguration,settheparametersforthereplicationserver:Host,Port,
Protocol,CollectorQueue,ControllerQueue,DataQueue,UserName,andPassword.
b UnderDataStorageLocation,setthelocationofthelocalFSDBHome.Youcanenteruptoeight
locationstodistributedriveI/Ouse.Ifyouentermorethanone,separatethemwithsemicolons.
12 ClickNext.
13 ConfiguretheDatabasesettings.
a IntheDatabaseTypefieldselectSQLorOracle.Fieldsappropriatefortheselecteddatabaseappear
onthepage.ThisfigureshowsthefieldsforaSQLServerdatabase.
ForanOracledatabase,theDatabaseNameandInstanceNamefieldsdonotappearandanSID
fieldisadded.
b IfyouareusinganOracledatabase,typeitsSystemIdentifierintheSIDfield.
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c IntheDatabaseHostfield,entertheIPaddressofthedatabaseserver.
d IntheDatabasePortfield,leavethedefaultentry(1433forSQLServeror1521forOracle)unless
youinstalledthedatabaseusingadifferentportnumber.
e IfyouareusingaSQLServerdatabase,enterthenameofthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
databaseintheDatabaseNamefield.
f IfyouareusingaSQLServerdatabaseandneedtospecifyanInstanceNameforthedatabase,type
itinthatfield.
g IntheAuthentication,UserName,andPasswordfields,selectthetypeofauthenticationtouse(for
SQLServerdatabasesonly)andentertheusernameandpasswordforauserwithpermissiontoread
andwritetotheSQLServerdatabaseorOracleschema.
h ClicktheTestbuttontotesttheconnectiontothedatabase.Ifthetestfails,checkyourentries,make
anyneededcorrections,andtryagain.
14 ClickFinishtocompletetheinstallation.TheInstallCompletepageappears.
15 OntheInstallCompletepage,choosewhethertorestartthecomputerautomaticallyormanually.Ifthe
serverhosthasonlyoneIPaddress,chooseYes,restartthesystemandclickDone.Thesystemreboots.
IftheserverhosthastwoIPaddresses:
a ChooseNoandclickDone.
b UsingNotepadoranothereditor,openthefilevcenter-ops\user\conf\
collector\wrapper.conf.
c Addthislinetothefile:
wrapper.java.additional.9=-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=IP Address/Name
whereIP Address/NameistheIPaddressorhostnametouseforthecollector.
d Saveyourchangeandclosethefile.
e Rebootthesystem.
NOTEvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriserequiresauseraccountwithSQLauthentication
credentialstoestablishaconnectionwiththedatabase.IfyouwanttouseWindowsauthenticationwith
SQLServer,thereareadditionalstepstoperformaftercompletingtheinstallation.
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InstallingvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseonWindowscreatesavCenterOperationsManager
EnterpriseprogramgroupbeneaththeVMwareprogramgroupontheWindowsStart,AllProgramsmenu.
Thisprogramgroupcontainsfouritems:
ConfigureVMwarevCenterOperationsLetsyouchangevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprises
configurationsettings.Youcanselecteitherbasicoradvancedconfiguration.Youthenseethesamedialog
boxesaseitherbasicinstallationoradvancedinstallation.
StartallservicesStartsallvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriserelatedservicesonthisserver:
vcopsWebService
AnalyticsService
ActiveMQ
CollectorService
DTProcessorService(runsonlyifAnalyticsProcessorisinstalled)
ReplicationServerService(runsonlyonavCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisereplicationserver)
StopallservicesStopsallvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriserelatedservices,aslistedabove.
UninstallUninstallsvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise.Thisuninstallsthecomponentsinstalled
bythevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallerthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
server,vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecollector,andanalytics.Itdoesnotuninstallanyadapters,
oranyvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecomponentsonremoteservers.
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ThischapterdescribeshowtoinstallthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise.Itcontainsthefollowing
sections:
InstallingavCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseCollectoronpage 29
Installing a vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Collector
ToinstallthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecollectoronaremotehost,followtheprocedurebelow.
YoumaywanttodothistodistributevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseactivityforbetterperformance.
ThisprocedureiswrittenforWindows;followsimilarstepsforaLinuxremotehost.
1 Logonasauserwithenoughprivilegestocreateservices.Werecommendusinganadministratoruser
name.
2 NavigatetothefoldercontainingthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseexecutablefiles.
3 Runthevcops.exefile.ThefirstpageofthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseinstallationwizard
appears.
4 ClickNext.
5 ReadtheLicenseAgreementinitsentiretyandselectIAccepttheTermsoftheLicenseAgreement.
6 ClickNext.
7 OntheChooseInstallSetpage,clicktheiconnexttoCollectorandclickNext.
8 OntheChooseInstallFolderpage,clickOKtoacceptthedefaultinstallationfolder,orclickBrowseand
selecttheinstallationfolderyouwant.Thedefaultinstallationfolderis\vmware\vcenter-operations
beneaththedefaultprograminstallationfolderforyoursystem.ClickNext.
9 ThePreinstallationSummarypageliststhecomponentsthatwillbeinstalled.ClickInstalltobeginthe
installation.Whenthispartoftheprocessisfinished(itmaytakeseveralminutes),theConfiguration
Modepageappears.
10 OntheConfigurationModepage,selectBasic.
11 InCollectorName,thedefaultvalueisvCenterOperationsServer,whichisthesamenameasthelocal
collector.Donotusethedefault;enterauniquenameforthecollector.
12 InvCenterOperationsServerConfiguration,chooseHTTPorHTTPS.Thissetstheprotocoltousefor
communicatingheartbeatsignalstothevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.Thisshould
matchtheprotocolsetonthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseServer.
13 InvCenterOperationsServerHost,entertheIPaddressofthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
Server.
14 InvCenterOperationsServerPort,enterthesameportsetonthevCenterOperationsManager
EnterpriseServer.
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15 InHost,entertheIPaddressofthemessagequeue.ThisistypicallythesameasthevCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseServerhost.
16 InPort,leavethedefaultentry(61616)unlessMQisusingadifferentportnumber.
17 ClickFinishtocompletetheinstallation.TheInstallCompletepageappears.ClickDone.
18 IfthehosthastwoIPaddresses,youneedtodefinewhichonethecollectorshoulduse:
a Openthefilevcenter-ops\user\conf\collector\
wrapper.conf.
b Addthislinetothefile:
wrapper.java.additional.9=-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=IP Address/Name
whereIPaddress/NameistheIPaddressorhostnametouseforthecollector.
c Saveyourchangeandclosethefile.
d Afterchangingwrapper.conf,restartthecollectorservice:
IfthehostusesWindows,fromtheWindowsStartmenu,selectControlPanel,Administrative
Tools,Services.RestarttheCollectorServiceservice.
IfthehostusesLinux,enterthesecommands:
cd vcenter-ops/collector/bin
/CollectorService.sh restart
InstallationofthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecollectoriscomplete.
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ThischapterdescribeshowtoinstallandconfigurethevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver.
WhenyouinstallthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver,threeadaptersaredeployedbydefault:
ThevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseadapterThisadaptermonitorsvCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseitselfandallowsyoutomanageresourcetags,asdescribedlaterinthismanual.
TheHTTPPostadapterThisisagenericadapterusedtopushdatatovCenterOperationsManager
EnterpriseviaHTTP.
TheContaineradaptervCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseusesthisadaptertocreatecontainer
resources.
Allotheradapterfilesaresuppliedseparately.AskyourvCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise
representativefortheinstallationfilesfortheadaptersyouneed.Onceyouhavetheadapterinstallationfiles,
followtheprocedurebelow.Seethedocumentationsuppliedwiththeadapterforpossibleadditional
instructions.
YouneedtoinstallanadapteronlyonthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver,notonanyremote
vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisecollectorsyouhaveinstalled.Theadapterispushedtoallremote
collectorswhenyouclicktheDescribebuttoninstep5,below.
To install an adapter
1 OpenthecompressedfilesuppliedbyVMwarefortheadapterandextractallfilesfromitintoa
temporaryfolder.
2 Inthetemporaryfolder,executetheAdapterName_install.exefile.
3 Followtheinstructionsonthesetupdialogboxes.
4 SignintovCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseasanadministrator.
5 FromtheAdminmenu,selectSupport.
6 OntheInfotab,clicktheDescribeiconintheAdaptersInfopane.ThiscausesthevCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseservertofindthenewadapterfiles,gatherinformationabouttheabilitiesofthe
adapter,andupdatethevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseuserinterfacewithinformationabout
theadapter.Italsoinstalledtheadapteronanyremotecollectors.
7 Youcannowdefinecredentialsforthenewadapterandcreateinstancesforit.
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ThischapterdescribeshowtoinstallandconfigurethevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseanalytics
processor.Itcontainsthefollowingsections:
InstallingtheProcessoronpage 33
ValidatingthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseInstallationonpage 34
ThevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserverinstallationincludesaprocesswhichperformsallofthe
variousvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseanalyticscalculations:dynamicthresholds,fingerprinting,
andsoon.vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprisealsogivesyoutheoptionofinstallingaseparateanalytics
processorononeormoreremotehoststohandleonlythedynamicthresholdcomputation;thisiscalledthe
DTProcessor.Thishastwobenefits:
Itdistributestheanalyticsprocessingamongtwoormorehoststoimproveperformanceandreducethe
demandontheserver.
Whenyouhaveaseparateprocessjustforthedynamicthresholdcalculations,aproblemwithdynamic
thresholdsdoesnotstoptheentireanalyticsprocess.
Installing the Processor
YoucaninstalltheDTProcessorononeormoreremotehosts.ItissupportedonbothWindowsandLinux
hosts;theinstallationprocessisthesameoneither.
Procedure
1 PerformthefirstsixstepsofthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserverinstallation.
2 OntheChooseInstallSetpage,selectAnalyticsProcessorandclickNext.
3 OntheChooseInstallFolderpage,acceptthedefaultorclickChooseandbrowsetothefolderwhereyou
wanttoinstalltheprocessor.ClickNext.
4 ThePreinstallationSummarypageliststhecomponentsthatwillbeinstalled.ClickInstalltobeginthe
installation.
5 OntheDTProcessorConfigurationpage,typethehostnameorIPaddressofthevCenterOperations
ManagerEnterpriseserverhostinthevCenterOperationsServerfield,thentypetheportnumberfor
RMIaccesstotheanalyticsserviceinthePortfield;thedefaultis1199.ClickSave.
6 OntheInstallCompletepage,clickDone.
7 OnthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserverhost,editthefollowingfile
vcenter-ops\user\conf\analytics\advanced.properties.
8 FindthepropertydistributedDTCalculationEnabledandsetittotrue.
9 Saveyourchangeandclosethefile.
10 RestarttheAnalyticsserviceonthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserverhost.
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11 Checktoseeiftheservicestarsontheremotehost.TheservicenameisAnalyticsProcessor.
InstallationoftheDTprocessoriscomplete.
Validating the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Installation
AftercompletingtheinstallationofyourvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserver,youcanperformthe
followingproceduretomakesuretheinstallationcompletedsuccessfullyandvCenterOperationsManager
Enterpriseisoperatingasitshould.(TheseinstructionsareforaWindowsserver.Adjustthemasnecessaryif
yourvCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseserverrunsonLinux.)
1 IfyoudidnotusetheTestbuttontovalidatethedatabaseconnectionduringinstallation,usethe
ConfigureVMwarevCenterOperationsutilitytodoso:
a FromtheStartmenu,selectAllPrograms,VMware,vCenterOperationsManagerEnterprise,
ConfigureVMwarevCenterOperations.
b OntheFullConfigurationdialogbox,clickTest.
2 OpentheServiceswindow(fromtheControlPanel,selectAdministrativeTools,Services)andmakesure
thevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseservicesarerunning:ActiveMQ,vcopsWebService,
AnalyticsService,CollectorService.
3 Inyourbrowser,gotothevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseURLandloginwiththeuseradmin
andpasswordadmin.
4 OntheHomepage,makesurethedefaultdashboardsloadproperly.
5 FromtheEnvironmentmenu,selectEnvironmentOverview.Makesurethedefaulttagsarelistedonthe
leftandthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseresourcesshowontheright.
6 After15minutes,validatethatthehealthforthevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseresourceshas
turnedfrombluetogreen.
7 FromtheAdminmenu,selectSupport.OntheSupportpage,clicktheInfotab.MakesuretheDescribe
InfopaneshowsAdapterdescribesuccessfullyfinished.
8 ClicktheAbouttab.MakesurethevCenterOperationsManagerEnterpriseversionanddatabaseversion
arecorrect.
9 ClicktheLogstab.Makesuretheserviceshavestartedsuccessfullyforeachoftheselogs:
InthevCenter Operations Webfolder,the controller.log
InthevCenter Operations Analyticsfolder,theanalytics.log
InthevCenter Operations Collectorfolder,thecollector.log
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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 Enterprise 27
W
wrapper.conf file 19, 22, 25, 30, 33
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