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1 VMware Management Pack Installation Guide for Operations Manager 2012 SP1/R2 Published: October 2013

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3 2 Table of Contents 1 Copyright Table of Contents VMware MP Installation Guide Document Version Software Prerequisites Importing the Management Pack Configuring the OpsLogix VMware Management Pack Adding the appropriate Management Servers to the Resource pool Configuring the VMware Management Pack RunAs Profile Run As Profile Creating a VMWare monitoring user account Adding vcenter in System Center Operations Manager Assigning a license to the OpsLogix VMware Management Pack... 18

4 3 VMware MP Installation Guide Before importing the OpsLogix IMP VMware Management Pack, please read the license agreement carefully.

5 4 Document Version This guide is based on version of the OpsLogix VMware Management Pack. Release Date Oct 28, 2013 Changes First draft

6 5 Software Prerequisites This management pack requires the following software to be installed: System Center Operations Manager 2012 SP1 / R2 VMware vcenter 5.0 or higher

7 6 Importing the Management Pack Before importing the OpsLogix Oracle Management Pack make sure that you have the following file available: OpsLogix.BaseLibrary.mp OpsLogix IMP - Licensing Dashboard v mpb OpsLogix IMP - VMware Management Pack v mpb Note: Some of the management pack files might be of a higher version, if this is so, these should be used. For importing the OpsLogix Oracle Management Pack complete the following steps: Navigate to the Administration section of the Operations Manager 2012 Console: 1. Right click Management Packs -> Import Management Packs -> Add -> Add from Disk 2. Browse to the location where you unpacked the OpsLogix VMware Management Pack. 3. Import the following files: a. OpsLogix.BaseLibrary.mp b. OpsLogix IMP - Licensing Dashboard v mpb c. OpsLogix IMP - VMware Management Pack v mpb 4. Click Open -> Import

8 7 Configuring the OpsLogix VMware Management Pack There are five main points of configuration to be completed for the OpsLogix VMware Management Pack to function correctly: Adding the appropriate System Center Operations Manager Management Servers to the OpsLogix Resource Pool for VMWare Management Pack Resource Pool. Configuring the VMware Management Pack RunAs Profile Run As Profile with an account that has the appropriate permissions on the Management Servers. Creating an account that has at least read permissions on all objects in VMware vcenter. Adding vcenter in System Center Operations Manager. Assigning a license to the OpsLogix VMware Management Pack 7.1 Adding the appropriate Management Servers to the Resource pool A resource pool enables the VMware Management Pack to offer high available monitoring when using more than one System Center Operations Manager Management Server. At this point however it is recommended that one Management Server is appointed to do the monitoring. One single Management Server is appointed by only adding one server to the OpsLogix Resource Pool for VMWare Management Pack Resource Pool using the following procedure: 1. In the Administration section of the SCOM console navigate to Administration -> Resource Pools and right click OpsLogix Resource Pool for VMWare Management Pack. Select Manual Membership.

9 2. Click Yes on the Manual Membership popup box. 3. Add or remove the Management Servers you want the Management Pack to be able to run on. Note: All Management Servers in the OpsLogix Resource Pool for VMWare Management Pack must be able to connect to the vcenter server in your VMWare environment. 4. Complete the OpsLogix Resource Pool for VMWare Management Pack Properties wizard.

10 7.2 Configuring the VMware Management Pack RunAs Profile Run As Profile If you are configuring the VMware Management Pack in a low permission environment, you might need to configure the VMware Management Pack RunAs Profile Run As Profile. Configuring the VMware Management Pack RunAs Profile Run As Profile is not necessary if the Windows account used for the Default Run As profile on Management Servers already has sufficient permissions to create / delete / read / write to the installation directory of System Center Operations Manager. If the Default Run As account does not have the sufficient permissions the VMware Management Pack needs to run under a Windows account that has permissions to create / delete / read / write to the installation directory of System Center Operations Manager on all Management Servers. On System Center Operation Manager 2012 SP1 this directory usually is: C:\Program Files\System Center 2012\Operations Manager On System Center Operation Manager 2012 R2 this directory usually is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center 2012 R2\Operations Manager To add an account to the VMware Management Pack RunAs Profile Run As Profile you first need a Windows account with sufficient permission, and you need to create a RunAs account by following the steps below. 1. Navigate to Run As Configuration -> Accounts in the Administration view and right click Accounts -> Create RunAs Account. 2. On the Introduction Page click Next.

11 3. On the General page in the RunAs Account type dropdown box select Windows and enter VMware Monitoring Account in the Display name text box. Optionally add a description in the Description text box. 4. On the Windows RunAs Account page, enter the name of the Windows Account that has the appropriate permissions as described above. Enter the password for the account in the Password and Confirm password text boxes. Select the appropriate domain in the Domain text box.

12 5. On the Distribution Security page select the security level that is appropriate for your organization. If you chose the More secure option, make sure you include all your Management Servers. 6. Click Create. 7. Click Close. After creating the Run As account you need to link the Run As account to the VMware Management Pack Run As Profile Run As Profile. To do this follow the steps below. 1. Navigate to Run As Configuration -> Profiles in the administration view. 2. In the right pane right click VMware Management Pack Run As Profile and select Properties. 3. On the Introduction page click Next. 4. On the General Properties page click Next. 5. On the Run As Accounts page click Add. 6. In the Add a Run As Account dialog box, select VMware Monitoring Account from the Run As Account dropdown box. 7. Click OK and click Save. 8. On the Completion page you can choose to make use of more-secure/less-secure Run As account distribution. If you make use of the more-secure distribution, make sure that you select all Management Servers for account distribution. 9. Click Close.

13 7.3 Creating a VMWare monitoring user account 1. On the top level object in vcenter in the view Home -> Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters right click and select Add Permission

14 2. Click the Add.. in the Assign Permissions window. 3. In the Select Users and Groups window select the user that you are going to use as the monitoring account. Click OK.

15 4. Make sure that the dropdown box is set to Read-Only, and that the Propagate to Child Objects checkbox is checked. Click OK.

16 7.4 Adding vcenter in System Center Operations Manager 1. In the Monitoring section of the SCOM console navigate to the dashboard Monitoring -> OpsLogix -> VMWare -> VMWare IMP Configuration Dashboard. In the dashboard enter the server information for your vcenter server and click the Test Connect button.

17 2. If the test is successful Connected Successfully will appear in green under the Test Connect button. Only if the connection test was successful, the Add/Update button will become available. Click the Add/Update button and the vcenter server will appear in the vcenter Servers listbox.

18 7.5 Assigning a license to the OpsLogix VMware Management Pack In order to import a license you should have received a valid license key from OpsLogix. If you did not receive a valid license key please contact support@opslogix.com or sales@opslogix.com to obtain a license key. 1. In the OpsLogix License Manager in the Monitoring section of the Operations Console click the Add License button.

19 2. In the Add License popup box paste the license key you received (taking care that there are no trailing spaces, empty lines, or carriage returns) and click the Import License(s) button. The license is now imported.

20 3. Select the Assign tab and select OpsLogix.IMP.VMWare from the dropdown box. The vcenter servers should now appear that you added in the Operations Console earlier. Check the vcenter servers for which you would like to use the license and click the Update button.