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CapacityIQ Listening Ports
Table 2-3
describes the local listening ports that CapacityIQ requires. These ports do not require an opening
in your firewall.
Table 2-3. CapacityIQ Listening Ports
Port Number
5432
5488, 5489
8005, 9005
8080, 8443
9080
9443
Administration Portal Supported Browsers
Access the CapacityIQ Administration Portal using these browsers.
Internet Explorer 6.0.x, 7.0.x, and 8.0.x
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Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x and 3.x
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Deploy the Virtual Appliance
You use the vSphere Client user interface to deploy the CapacityIQ appliance. VMware distributes the
appliance as a
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Prerequisites
Use vSphere 4.1. If you use vSphere 4.0, perform this procedure only when you can deploy CapacityIQ
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with thick disks instead of thin disks. For information about deploying CapacityIQ with thin disks in a
vSphere 4.0 environment, see
page 14.
You are in the vSphere Client and your assigned role and permissions allow you to import a virtual
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appliance.
Procedure
1
Download and extract the CapacityIQ
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In the vSphere Client that is connected to a vCenter Server system or an ESX host, select File > Deploy
OVF Template.
3
Locate the extracted
For information about how to complete the wizard, see the vSphere documentation. The network switch
that you select must have access to vCenter Server and the datastore must have enough capacity to deploy
the virtual appliance.
The virtual appliance appears in the vSphere Client inventory panel as a virtual machine.
VMware, Inc.
file that includes an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) file.
"Deploy the Virtual Appliance with Thin Disks in vSphere 4.0,"
.zip
file.
.ovf
Chapter 2 Installing the CapacityIQ Virtual Appliance
Description
PostgreSQL server port. Listens to connections from
localhost only.
Ports that the VMware Studio version of the Administration
Portal use
Apache Tomcat management ports for the Administration
Portal
These CapacityIQ ports are listening ports and ports that are
required for TCP connection
Administration Portal HTTP server port
Administration Portal HTTPS server port
file.
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