Installing this
SolutionPack

  • Core modules must be up-to-date in all servers because not all module dependencies are validated during the
    SolutionPack
    installation or update process.
  1. Click
    Administration
    .
  2. Click
    Centralized Management
    .
  3. Click
    SolutionPack Center
    .
  4. Select the SolutionPack in the
    Browse and Install SolutionPacks
    window.
  5. Click
    Install
    .
  6. Type the instance name.
  7. Assign a server for each component.
    In a typical four server deployment, the recommended servers are selected automatically.
  8. Click
    Next
    .
    The window displays a note about Alert Consolidation.
  9. Click
    Next
    .
    The window displays pre-configured alert details.
  10. To receive alerts, select
    Enable the Host PowerPath Alerts
    .
  11. In
    Recipient for email alerts
    , enter the email addresses in which to send the alerts.
  12. Click
    Next
    .
    The window displays data collection details.
  13. From the
    Data collection
    drop-down menu, select existing settings that have been specified for other components, or select
    Add a new data collection
    .
    If you select
    Add a new data collection
    , type information about the data collection. In
    Hostname or IP address to send data to
    , use
    localhost
    on port 2020, which is the Collector host where the Load Balancer Connector is installed.
  14. From the
    Frontend Web service
    drop-down menu, select existing settings that have been specified for other components, or select
    Add a new Frontend Web service
    .
    If you select
    Add a new Frontend Web service
    , type information about the Frontend Web service.
  15. Leave
    Enable Topology Backend on data collected
    checked.
  16. From the
    Topology Service
    drop-down menu, select existing settings that have been specified for other components, or select
    Add a new Topology Service
    .
    If you select
    Add a new Topology service
    , provide information about the topology service and the web service. In
    Topology Service hostname or IP address
    , specify the Primary Backend.
    From the
    Web-Service Gateway
    drop-down menu, select existing settings that have been specified for other components, or select
    Add new gateway
    . If you select
    Add new gateway
    , provide information about the web-service gateway where the topology service resides.
  17. Optionally, select
    Do you want to configure advanced settings
    to configure the metric collection level, polling intervals, collection thread settings, and the re-synch interval.
    1. In
      Metric Collect Level
      , select the level of metrics you want the
      SolutionPack
      to collect per VMware collector block. The Metric Collect Level is an internal setting that tells the
      SolutionPack for VMware vCenter
      how much data to collect. This setting is not related to vCenter statistics levels.
      Collect-Level 1 collects the minimum required metrics related to capacity, topology, memory, and CPU.
      Collect-Level 2 collects all metrics supported by Collect-Level 1 and additionally all metrics related to disks and memory.
      Collect-Level 3 collects all supported metrics, which includes metrics collected under Collect-Level 1 and Collect-Level 2.
    2. In
      Polling interval for VMware vCenter collection
      , select a polling interval.
    3. In
      Polling interval for VM files only
      , select a polling interval.
    4. In
      Number of collecting threads
      , enter the number of collection threads.
    5. In
      Number of collecting threads for VM files
      , enter the number of collection threads.
    6. In
      Re-Sync interval
      , select an interval.
  18. Click
    Next
    .
  19. From
    Event database
    , select a database.
    If you select
    Add a new Event Database
    , add the Primary Backend host in the
    Database hostname or IP address
    field.
  20. Click
    Next
    .
    The window displays reports settings.
  21. Click
    Next
    .
  22. Select
    Collect performance metrics for PowerPath Bus
    to collect performance metrics for all the logical Bus managed by PowerPath agent.
  23. Select
    Collect performance metrics for PowerPath LUNs
    to collect performance metrics for all the logical devices managed by PowerPath agent.
  24. Select
    Collect PowerPath range-bound performance metrics
    to collect range-bound performance metrics. Selecting this option increases metric count significantly. Be sure to correctly size your application before enabling this option.
  25. Select
    Do you want to configure advanced settings
    to set the absolute path location of the sudo and pbrun binaries.
  26. Click
    Install.
  27. Click
    Ok
    . Monitor the installation logs to ensure that the installation completes successfully.
  28. Click
    Discovery Center
    Devices Management
    .
  29. Click
    VMware vCenter (vmware-vcenter-collect <version>)
    for data collection and/or
    VMware vCenter (vmware-vcenter-events <version>)
    for vCenter events collection.
    These steps describe how to add VMware vCenter hosts individually. For information about using discovery groups to use the same credentials to discover multiple VMware vCenter hosts, see
    Adding devices to discovery groups
    .
  30. Click
    Add New Device
    .
  31. From
    Server
    , select the server where the device will be dispatched.
  32. From
    Instance
    , select the instance of the vmware-vcenter-collect where the device will be dispatched.
  33. In
    Hostname or IP address
    , type the vCenter service host. Enter the
    Username
    and
    Password
    used to poll vCenter.
  34. Click
    Ok
    .
  35. Click
    Save
    .