Installing Windows Collector; Before You Begin; Deployment - VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1 Administration Manual

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6 Type 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
7 Click Next. The Datastore screen appears.
N If there is more than one datastore, select the datastore where you want to install the virtual
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machine.
8 Click Next. The Network Mapping screen appears.
9 Click 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.
N The process of copying and configuring the ADM component can take several minutes. The
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deployment and configuration status appears in a message dialog box and the Recent Tasks pane.
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.
2 Double‐click the executable file.
N If a warning appears about an unknown publisher, click Run to proceed.
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The InstallShield Wizard screen appears.
3 Click Next. The License Agreement screen appears.
N Use the scroll bar to view all of the license text. If you do not want to accept the license, you will
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be prompted to confirm this before the installation program closes.
4 Read the license, select I accept the terms of the license agreement, and click Next. The Choose
Installation Folder screen appears.
N The default installation path is: C:\Program Files\VMware\ADM.
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5 If you want to change the default installation location, click Change and select the preferred installation
directory.
6 Click Next. The Host Information screen appears.
7 Type the following information to configure the Windows Collector:
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Aggregator IP Address
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