This article picks up from where I left off in my previous post on deploying the vRealize Operations Manager 6 appliance. With the appliance deployed, we can begin the configuration.
The ‘Getting Started’ page gives you three options:
- Express Installation (Used for a Quick Single node installation)
- New Installation
- Expand Existing Installation (Used to add a new node to an existing installation)
In my lab, I have chosen the ‘New Installation’ option – which presents the ‘vRealize Operations Manager Initial Setup’ pages:
The first page gives you an overview of the installation steps, informing you that this first install will create the cluster ‘master node’. On the next page, the next step is to set a password for the ‘admin’ account.
On the following screen you have the opportunity to either use the default certificates or you can install your own:
Next, enter a name for the cluster master node, and set the NTP configuration:
On the following screen, click ‘Finish’ to complete the initial set up phase. A new screen will soon be displayed, where you will be given the opportunity to start the vRealize Operations Manager services:
When you click ‘Start vRealize Operations Manager’ you will be presented with a dialog box, informing you that the process will take a few minutes to complete, along with a warning around ensuring you have sufficient cluster nodes available to effectively manage your environment. vRealize Operations Manager lets you ‘scale out’ by adding additional nodes for monitoring larger environments. These additional nodes are known as ‘data nodes’, and load is shared between them and the master node. There is also the option to add and dedicate an additional node as a HA replica of the master node, giving resilience to your cluster.
In my lab I am just using a single node for the time being. After clicking ‘Yes’, and after a few minutes, you will be taken to the log in page for the new vRealize Operations manager deployment:
In my next post I’ll look at continuing the initial configuration, including connecting Operations Manager to vCenter.