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Application Discovery Manager
Administration Guide
vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.1
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Contents
AboutThisBook 7
1Overview 9
SystemArchitecture 9
Single‐boxAppliance 11
DistributedApplianceSolutions 11
VirtualandPhysicalApplianceSolutions 12
VirtualApplianceDeployment 12
PhysicalApplianceDeployment 13
MirroredNetworkTraffic 13
vCollector 13
MixedEnvironment 13
WhereToGoNext 14
InstallationofNeworAdditionalADMComponents 14
Licenses 14
UpgradingADM 14
MigratingtoaNewAppliance 14
Security 14
2InstallingADM 15
ADMInstallationRequirements 15
InstallationPersonnel 15
ESXResources 15
InstallingthevSphereClient 16
DisablingvMotion 16
PreparingtheEnvironment 16
PreparinganESXConfiguration 16
CreatingaNewvSwitchforPassiveDiscovery 17
ConfiguringthevSwitchGeneralSettingsforPassiveDiscovery 17
ConfiguringthevSwitchforPassiveCollector 17
ConfiguringdvSwitchforPassiveCollector 18
DeployingtheVirtualAppliances 18
DeployingtheADMVirtualAppliances 18
BeforeYouBegin 19
DeploymentProcedure 19
InstallingWindowsCollector 20
BeforeYouBegin 20
Deployment 20
Uninstall 21
3SettingUpADM 23
Process 23
OrderofSetup 23
ADMSetupProcedures 23
LaunchingtheFirstBootConfigurationTool 24

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ConfiguringtheRootPassword 24
UsernameandPasswords 24
ConfiguringStaticNetworkSettings 25
ConfiguringtheTimezoneandTime 25
ConfiguringtheApplianceRole 26
Post‐InstallationSteps 27
LoggingIntotheADMConsole 27
InitiatingPassiveDiscovery 27
4SecuringADM 29
ChangingtheRootPassword 29
ResettingtheADMRootPassword 29
OpenSSLSelf‐SignedTestCertificates 30
CASignedTestCertificates 30
Self‐SignedCertificates 30
Copyingthe.keyand.crtFiles 31
5Maintenance 33
ADMServices 33
ManagingServiceswithadm_control 34
ProductSupportPackages 34
UsingtheADMConsole 35
UsingtheCLI 35
RestoringanADMEnvironmentbyUsingaProductSupportPackage 36
RestoretheADMDatabase 36
RestoringtheCustomDiscoveryandConfigurationFiles 37
ReconfiguringanADMDeployment 38
AddingaRemoteDatabasetoanExistingADMDeployment 38
ConvertingaSingle‐boxorAggregatortoaRemoteDatabase 38
MovingaDatabasetoaRemoteAppliance 39
Licenses 39
UploadingaLicense 40
6UpgradingADM 41
Overview 41
ApplianceType 41
MixedEnvironments 41
Licenses 41
ApplianceMigration 41
BackingUpData 41
UpgradingAppliances 42
ImportantNotes 42
PreliminaryProcedures 42
UpgradingAppliancesUsingCLI 42
Post‐UpgradeSteps 43
7MigratingtoaNewAppliance 45
Overview 45
SupportedMigration 45
Licenses 45
SystemArchitecture 45
Process 46

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PreliminaryProcedures 46
BackingUpWinApeMigrationFiles 46
RestoringWinApeMigrationFiles 47
DataRestoration 47
Single‐box‐Solution 47
DistributedSolutions 47
Collectors 47
WinApe 47
Aggregator 47
DistributedSolutionwithRemoteDatabase 48
Collectors 48
WinApe 48
Database 48
Aggregator 48
Post‐MigrationSteps 48
8TroubleshootingADM 49
TroubleshootingtheADMbyUsingtheProductSupportPackage 49
DetailDiscoveryTroubleshooting 49
WMI 49
single.sh 49
Location 50
Usage 50
Examples: 51
snmpdump 52
Location 52
Usage 52
Examples 53
nlcapture 53
Location 53
Usage 53
9UninstallingADM 55
UninstallingtheADMAppliance 55
ATimeZones 57
BADMAPITutorial 59
APIFeatures 59
Insight_control 59
AsynchAPI 60
DumpAPI 60
BulkAPI 61
WebServicesAPI 61
Index 63

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intendedforusebysystemadministratorsandintegratorsresponsibleforinstallingADM.
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virtualizationandVMwaretechnologiessuchasVMwareESX™serversandrelatedvirtualandphysical
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ThischapterdescribesthedifferentVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)architecture
solutionsandconfiguration.Topicsinclude:
“SystemArchitecture”onpage 9
“VirtualandPhysicalApplianceSolutions”onpage 12
“vCollector”onpage 13
“MixedEnvironment”onpage 13
“WhereToGoNext”onpage 14
System Architecture
TheADMprovidessystemarchitecturesolutionstomeettherequirementsofdifferentenvironmentsas
showninFigure 1‐1.
Figure 1-1. ADM Components
VMwareprovidesADMononeormoreappliances.Themodeoftheappliancedetermineswhichcomponent
isrunning.ADMcomponentsaredescribedinTable 1‐1.
Overview 1
AggregatorDatabase Active
Discovery-Unix
Active
Discovery-Windows
Passive
Discovery
Table 1-1. ADM Components
Component Description
ActiveDiscovery‐
UNIX
Collectsdatafromtheconfigurationobjectsinyourdatacenter.Thefollowingdiscoverytypesapply:
IPdiscovery—AmethodfordetectinghostsorotherconfigurationitemswithaspecificIPaddress
whenPassiveDiscoveryfailstodiscoverthem.
Detaildiscovery—ExtendstheinformationobtainedusingPassiveandIPDiscovery.Itusescommon
networkprotocolstoremotelyqueryserversinthemanagednetworkandobtainssupplementary
informationaboutnetworkhostswhichisaddedtothedatabase.
ActiveDiscovery‐
Windows
AdiscoveryenginethatusesWMIbaseddiscoverypoliciesforperformingactivediscoveryonWindows
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PassiveDiscovery Passivelyobservesthenetworktrafficbyperformingadeep‐packetanalysistodiscoverapplicationsand
componentrelationshipsinphysicalandvirtualenvironments.
Italsoallowsyouto:
Mapdependencies.
Counttheactivityofthesedependencies.
Identifyservices.
Aggregator Receivesdatafromthediscoverycomponentsandreconcilesthedatabeforetransferringittothedatabase
component.TheaggregatoralsoprovidestheuserinterfaceforusingADMandistheintegrationpointfor
variousintegrations,forexample,ERDB.
Database AnOracleRDBMSusedforstoringdiscovereddataandADMconfiguration.
Table 1-1. ADM Components
Component Description

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Chapter 1 Overview
Single-box Appliance
Inasingle‐boxappliancesolutionarchitecture,theADMcomponentsareenabledonasingleVirtual
Appliance(VA)asshowninFigure 1‐2.
Figure 1-2. Single-box Appliance Architecture
Chapter 3providestheconfigurationinstructions.
Distributed Appliance Solutions
ThedistributedappliancesolutionhasatleastonedesignatedapplianceenabledasaCollector,andanother
applianceenabledasanAggregatorandDatabaseasshowninFigure 1‐3.
Database
ESX1
ADM VM2
Active Discovery-
Windows
Runs on (Virtualization)
Logical monitoring
port connectivity
ADM Connectivity
Physical
switch 2
Physical
switch 1
Active Discovery-
Unix
Aggregator
Passive
Discovery
vSwitch
ADM VM1
Role = single-box
Role=Windows collector
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Figure 1-3. Distributed Appliance Solution
Virtual and Physical Appliance Solutions
YoucansetupADMeither:
OnyourESXorESXiserversasdescribedin“VirtualApplianceDeployment”onpage 12
OnexistingIBMphysicalappliances,onlyupgradingissupportedasdescribedin“UpgradingADM”on
page 14.
Virtual Appliance Deployment
ADMversion6.1isdeliveredasVA,whichisavirtualmachineimagethatincludesanoperatingsystemand
therelevantADMsoftwarecomponentsinstalledonit.AVAcanrunoneormultipleADMcomponents
dependingontheapplianceroleselected.
DeployingavirtualmachinetemplateinanOpenVirtualizationFormat(OVF)ontotheESXorESXiserver
createsanADMVirtualAppliance.Afterdeployment,poweruptheVAandthenconfigurethestandard
appliancesettings,network,anduserinformation.
DownloadthefollowingartifactsfromtheVMwareWebsite:
http://downloads.vmware.com/Application Discovery Manager
CoreADMTemplate—AnOVFtemplatethatincludesallADMcomponentsexceptfortheWindows
CollectorandyoucanconfigureasAggregator,Aggregatorwithremotedatabase,Database,or
Single‐box.
NOTEInaDistributedwithremotedatabasesetup,thereisadesignatedappliancetohostthedatabase.Also,
PassiveandDetailDiscoverycanrunonsingleormultipleCollectors.
Database
ESX1
ADM VM6
Active Discovery-
Windows
vSwitch
Role = Windows Collector
(running Win2008
on any ESX)
ADM VM3
Passive
Discovery
Active Discovery-
Unix
Runs on (Virtualization)
Logical monitoring
port connectivity
ADM Connectivity
Physical
switch 2
Physical
switch 1
Aggregator
vSwitch
ADM VM1
Role = Aggregator
Role = collector
ADM VM4 ADM VM4
vSwitch
Role = Collector
ESX3
Active Discovery-
Unix
Passive
Discovery
Passive
Discovery
vSwitch
Role = Passive collector
ESX2
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Chapter 1 Overview
CollectorADMTemplate—AsmallerOVFtemplatethatincludesthePassiveCollectorandActiveand
PassiveCollectorandyoucanconfigureaspassiveandactivediscoveryCollectorandPassiveDiscovery
Collector.
WindowsCollectorInstaller—AnexecutablefilethatinstallstheWindowsCollectorcomponentontop
oftheWindows2008R2operatingsystems.
Physical Appliance Deployment
ADMsupportstheupgradingofexistingIBMsingleboxandDistributedsolutions(includingthosethatuse
aremotedatabase).
Mirrored Network Traffic
Themethodinwhichtheapplianceperformspassivediscoveryisbyanalyzingmirroredtrafficfromaswitch
orrouter.Networkdevicesthathavetheabilitytoconfigureamirroredport(sometimescalledasaSwitched
PortAnalyzer,spanportormonitorport)canforwardacopyofallthenetworktrafficfromall(orselected)
portstooneormoremirroredports.Typically,eachnetworkdevicehasallitsportsmirroredtooneport.These
mirroredportsarethenconnecteddirectlytooneofthenetworkinterfacesontheESXserver.
Performoneofthefollowingstepsifyouhavetoconnectmultiplemonitorports:
Connectthemonitorportstoanaggregateswitch(A‐Switch),whichisalsoconfiguredwithamonitor
port.PlugthemirroredportoftheA‐SwitchintotheESXservernetworkinterface.
ContactyourVMwareSalesRepresentativeifyourequireanA‐Switch.
AddfewmorenetworkinterfacestoESXserver.
InstallanotherADMPassiveCollectoronadifferentESXserver.
vCollector
TheADMusesavirtualcollector(vCollector)tolistentocommunicationbetweenvirtualmachinesthatrun
onthesameVMwareESXServer.AvCollectorispresentinsideavirtualmachineanditslistenercollectsthe
informationaboutthevirtualmachinesdeployedontheESXServer.BydeployingavCollector,theADMis
abletopassivelydiscoverdependenciesinavirtualizedenvironment.Youcanthenviewinformationabout
thevirtualmachinesthataredeployedonthesameESXServerincluding:
Dependencymapsbetweenvirtualmachines.
Activitycountsofthedependencies.
Servicesrunningonthevirtualmachines.
Additionalinformationthatisofferedbythelistener.
Mixed Environment
TheADM6.1releaseintroducesADMasavirtualappliance,butitalsosupportsupgradingfrom6.0ona
physicalIBMappliances.Youcanupgradeyourphysicalenvironmentwithadditionalvirtual6.1appliances
likemixedenvironment.ThisadditionalvirtualappliancecanplayaroleofPassiveCollectors(vCollectors)
oranadditionalPassiveandActiveCollectors.
IMPORTANTConsultITprofessionalsofyourorganizationtoensurethattheappropriateswitchesorrouters
thatcontainsthenetworktrafficisusedforDiscoveryareconfiguredproperlyforportmirroringandare
accessibletotheADMappliance.
NOTETheADMPassiveCollectorcanworkwithmaximumofthreemonitorports.Ifyouhavetoconnect
morethanthreemonitorports,youmustaddanotherADMPassiveCollector.

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Where To Go Next
Thissectionprovideslinksthatcontainsmoreinformationonthetopicslisted.
Installation of New or Additional ADM Components
ContinuebyconfiguringinitialappliancesettingsasdescribedinChapter 2.
Licenses
YouneedanewlicensetouseADMafterupgradingormigrating.ObtainthelicensefromyourVMwareSales
representative.Formoreinformation,see“Licenses”onpage 39.
Upgrading ADM
ContinuewithupgradeproceduresasdescribedinChapter 6.
Migrating to a New Appliance
ContinuewithmigrationproceduresasdescribedinChapter 7.
Security
FormoreinformationonADMsecurity,seeChapter 4..
NOTEAllADMappliancesthatparticipateinmixedenvironemntmodemustrunthesame6.1versionofthe
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ThischapterdescribesinstallationanddeploymentoftheADM.Topicsinclude:
“A D M InstallationRequirements”onpage 15
“DisablingvMotion”onpage 16
“PreparingtheEnvironment”onpage 16
“DeployingtheVirtualAppliances”onpage 18
“InstallingWindowsCollector”onpage 20
ADM Installation Requirements
ADMisanappliancethatcanruninaVMwareinfrastructure.Thissectioncontainsrequirementsthatmust
bemetbeforeyouinstallandusetheADMappliance.
Installation Personnel
TheinstallationproceduresinthisdocumentmustbeperformedbyITprofessionalsfamiliarwith
virtualizationandVMwaretechnologiessuchasESXserversandrelatedvirtualandphysicalequipment.
ESX Resources
TousetheADMappliance,youmustinstalltheADMapplianceonaVMwareESXserverversion3.5orlater.
ConfigurethevirtualmachineonyourESXserveraccordingtothedeploymentmodelwithresourcesas
describedinTable 2‐1.
Installing ADM 2
Table 2-1. Virtual Appliance Deployments
ADM Virtual Appliance (VA) Memory (GB) Number of vCPUs NICs Disk (GB) OVF Template
Single‐box 4 4 4 80 Core
Aggregator+DB 4 4 1 80 Core
Aggregator 3 2 1 80 Core
Database 3 2 1 80 Core
PassiveCollector2 1 4 8 Collector
LinuxActive+PassiveCollector 4 2 4 8 Collector
WindowsActiveDiscovery
Collector
21 120Windows2008R2
Standard
NOTEVMwaredoesnotprovideOVFtemplateforlocalwindowsmachinethathoststheWinApe.

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Installing the vSphere Client
InstallthevSphereclienttoworkwithVMwareenvironment.
To download and install the vSphere Client
1 LaunchInternetExplorerbrowser.
2Intheaddressbar,typetheIPnumberoftheESXServerwherethevirtualmachineisinstalled,for
example:
https://<ESX Server IP>
3ClicktheDownloadvSphereClientlink,andthenSavetheclientexecutablefiletoyourlocalharddisk.
4Runtheexecutablefile.
5AcceptthelicenseandclickNext.
6Typetheusernameandorganizationdetailsiftheydonotappearbydefault.ClickNext.
7Atthenextscreen,clickNextwithoutselectingInstallvSphereHostUpdateUtility.
8Ifdifferentfromthedefault,specifytheinstallationfolder,andthenclickNext.
9ClickInstall.
10 ClickFinishtoclosethewizard.
Disabling vMotion
To disable automatic vMotion
1InthevSphereclient,selectthecluster,right‐clickonitandselectEditSettings.
2IntheVMwareDRSsection,selectVirtualMachineOptions.
3 SelecttheADMvirtualappliances.
4 SelectDisablefromtheAutomationLevellistbox.
5ClickOK.
Preparing the Environment
PerformthefollowingproceduresbeforeyousetuptheADM.
Preparing an ESX Configuration
CreateandconfigureanewvSwitchforeachphysicalspanport.Repeatthefollowingproceduresforeachnew
vSwitch.
NOTEADMsupportsWindowsInternetExplorer6.0andlaterbrowsers.
NOTEThevSphereclientinstallationcantakeseveralminutes.
IMPORTANTADMvirtualappliancesarenotsupportedbyvMotion.IftheADMvirtualapplianceisinstalled
onaVMwareDRScluster,performthefollowingstepstodisableautomaticvMotion.

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Creating a New vSwitch for Passive Discovery
To create a new vSwitch for Passive Discovery
1 ConnectthemonitorportstoavailablenetworkinterfacesontheESXserver.
2 ConnecttotheESXserverorvCenterbyusingvSphereclient.
3 NavigatetotheConfigurationtabontheESXserverwhereyouwanttodeployADMappliances.
4 Navigatetothenetworkingconfigurationoption.
5ClickAddNetworkingtoopentheAddnetworkwizard.
6 SelectconnectiontypeasVirtualMachine,andclickNext.
7 SelectthevmnicthatisconnectedtothemonitorportonthephysicalswitchandclickNext.
8Specifyanetworklabel,forexample,spanport,forthenewportgroupandclickNext.
9ClickFinish.
Configuring the vSwitch General Settings for Passive Discovery
To configure the vSwitch general settings for Passive Discovery
1OpenthenewvSwitchPropertieswindow.
2 SelectthevSwitchandclickEdit.
3 NavigatetotheSecuritytabandchangethePromiscuousModefromRejecttoAcceptandclickOK.
4Clickthenetworkadapterstab,selecttherelevantvmnicandclickEdit.
5 ChangetheConfiguredSpeed,Duplexto10MB,FullDuplex.
6ClickOKandthenClose.
Configuring the vSwitch for Passive Collector
Connect the Passive Collector to a port group. To define a port group
1 CreateaportgroupinthevSwitchasfollows:
aLogintotheESXServerorvCenterusingvCenterClient.TheVirtualInfrastructureClientscreen
appears.
bClicktheConfigurationtab.
c SelectNetworkingfromtheHardwarelist.
dFromtheprecedingscreen,selectProperties.
e SelectPortsandclickAdd.
f SelectVirtualMachineandclickNext.
gSettheNetworkLabel,forexample,ADMspanportandclickNext.
hVerifythattheportgroupislisted,andclickFinish.
2 ChangethePromiscuousModetoAccept.ThisvalueissettoRejectbydefault.
a Selecttheportgroupthatyoucreated;forexample,ADMspanport.
bClickEditandselectSecuritytab.
c SelectPromiscuousMode,andthenselectAcceptfromthelistbox.
IMPORTANTPerformthefollowingstepstoconnecttovSwitchesthatspantheinternaltraffic
betweenvirtualmachinesrunningontheESXServer.

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dClickOKandthenClose.
Configuring dvSwitch for Passive Collector
IfavirtualmachineisdirectlyconnectedtothenetworkandnotthroughthevSwitch,thephysicalCollector
observesthetraffic,whilethevSwitchdoesnot.ThisistermedasVMDirectPath.
Software‐basedCiscoNexusswitchesaresupported.
ThisprocedureisrelevantonlyforvSphere4andnotforESX3.5.
To create a port group in the dvSwitch
1LogintothevCenterserverwithvCenterclient.
2ClickConfigurationandthenselectNetworkingfromtheInventorytab.
3 SelectDistributedvSwitch.
4OntheConfigurationtab,selectNewPortGroup.
5ConfiguresupportforallVLANsbyenteringthedetailsontheCreateDistributedVirtualPortGroup
windowasshowninTable 2‐2.
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6ClickNexttofinishandreturntothedvSwitchNetworkConfigurationscreen.
7 SelecttheADMspanportgroupandclickProperties.
8ClicktheSecuritytabontheADMspanportPropertieswindow.
9 SelectPromiscuousMode,andthenselectAcceptfromthelistbox.
10 ClickOKandthenClose.
Deploying the Virtual Appliances
TheADMvirtualappliancecontainsandrunsoneormoreofthefollowingcomponents:
Aggregator
Database
ActiveDiscoveryUNIX
PassiveDiscovery
“SystemArchitecture”onpage 9describestheappliancearchitecture.
PerformthefollowingproceduresbyusingaWindowsmachinewithremoteaccesstotheESXserver.
Deploying the ADM Virtual Appliances
VirtualappliancesareinstalledontheESXserveraccordingtheconfigurationsinTable 2‐3.
Table 2-2. VLAN Support
Parameter Value Specified
Name Anameforportgroup(ADMspanport).ThenamemustbesameasinvSwitchprocedure.
Numberofports OneforeachESXindatacenter
VLANtype VLANTrunking
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Before You Begin
Ensureallrequirementsaremetasdescribedin“ESXResources”onpage 15.
Deployment Procedure
RepeatthefollowingstepsoneachADMvirtualappliance,excepttheWindowsCollectorthatisinstalled
separatelyasdescribedin“InstallingWindowsCollector”onpage 20:
1 DownloadtheADMvirtualappliancefilesfromVMwareWebsiteandextractthefilestoalocalfolder.
TheextractedZipfilesincludeanOVFandaVMDKfile.
TheVAfilesareinZipformatwiththefollowingnamingconvention:
OVF Template-build number
where:
OVFTemplateisasdescribedinTable 2‐3.
buildnumberistheADMversionandbuildnumber.
2LogintotheESXserverbyusingthevSphereclient.
3IntheFilemenu,selectDeployOVFTemplate.BrowsetotheOVFfileandselectit.
4ClickNext.TheOVFTemplateDetailsscreenappears.
5ClickNext.TheNameandLocationscreenappears.
Table 2-3. Virtual Appliance Configuration
Appliance Type OVF Template Includes Component(s)
Aggregator ADMCore Aggregator
Database
Single‐box ADMCore Aggregator
Database
PassiveDiscovery
UNIXActiveDiscovery
Database ADMCore Database
Aggregatorwithremote
database
ADMCore Aggregator
PassiveDiscoveryCollector ADMCollector PassiveDiscovery
PassiveandActive
DiscoveryCollector
ADMCollector UNIXActiveandPassiveDiscovery
NOTEInstallaseparateWindowsCollectorusinganinstallationwizardasdescribedin
“InstallingWindowsCollector”onpage 20.
IMPORTANTPerformanceofADMCollectorsisaffectedbydistanceandnetworklatencybetweenthe
Collectorsandobjectsbeingdiscovered.Formoreinformation,seeVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscovery
ManagerPeformanceandScalabilityGuide.
NOTEYoucandeployADMcomponentsinanyorderorevensimultaneouslybyusingthevSphereclient.
IMPORTANTEnsurethatthebuildnumberisidenticalforallappliancesdeployed.
NOTEIfanSSLCertificateWarningmessageappears,clickIgnore.

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6TypeauniquevirtualappliancenameaccordingtotheITnamingconventionofyourorganizationand
withrelevancetotheappliancetypeasdescribedinTable 2‐3.
7ClickNext.TheDatastorescreenappears.
8ClickNext.TheNetworkMappingscreenappears.
9ClickNext.TheReadytoCompletescreenappears.ItdisplaysdetailsabouttheOVFfile,sizefor
downloadandsizewhenextracted,virtualappliancename,hostorcluster,datastoreandnetwork
mapping.
10 ClickFinishtoconfirmthesettingsandbeginthedeployment.
11 ClickCloseinthemessagedialogboxwhendeploymentsuccessfullycompletes.
12 Repeatthisprocedureuntilallcomponentsaredeployed,andthencontinuewith“InstallingWindows
Collector”onpage 20.
Installing Windows Collector
Before You Begin
EnsurethattheWindowsmachineonwhichtheCollectorisbeinginstalledmeetstheminimumrequirements
asdescribedin“ESXResources”onpage 15.
Deployment
To deploy Windows Collector on a Windows machine
1 DownloadtheVMwarevCenterADMWindowsCollectorexecutablefilefromVMwareWebsitetoyour
localWindowsmachine.
2Double‐clicktheexecutablefile.
TheInstallShieldWizardscreenappears.
3ClickNext.TheLicenseAgreementscreenappears.
4Readthelicense,selectIacceptthetermsofthelicenseagreement,andclickNext.TheChoose
InstallationFolderscreenappears.
5Ifyouwanttochangethedefaultinstallationlocation,clickChangeandselectthepreferredinstallation
directory.
6ClickNext.TheHostInformationscreenappears.
7TypethefollowinginformationtoconfiguretheWindowsCollector:
AggregatorIPAddress
NOTEIfthereismorethanonedatastore,selectthedatastorewhereyouwanttoinstallthevirtual
machine.
NOTETheprocessofcopyingandconfiguringtheADMcomponentcantakeseveralminutes.The
deploymentandconfigurationstatusappearsinamessagedialogboxandtheRecentTaskspane.
NOTEIfawarningappearsaboutanunknownpublisher,clickRuntoproceed.
NOTEUsethescrollbartoviewallofthelicensetext.Ifyoudonotwanttoacceptthelicense,youwill
bepromptedtoconfirmthisbeforetheinstallationprogramcloses.
NOTEThedefaultinstallationpathis:C:\Program Files\VMware\ADM.