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Contents
About This Book
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1 Overview 9
System Architecture 9
Distributed Appliance Solutions 11
Virtual and Physical Appliance Solutions 11
Virtual Appliance Deployment 11
Physical Appliance Deployment 12
Mirrored Network Traffic 12
vCollector 12
Mixed Environment 13
Where To Go Next 13
Installation of New or Additional ADM Components 13
Licenses 13
Upgrading ADM 13
Migrating to a New Appliance 13
Security 13
2 Installing ADM 15
ADM Installation Requirements 15
Installation Personnel 15
ESX Resources 15
Installing the vSphere Client 16
Disabling vMotion 16
Preparing the Environment 17
Preparing an ESX Configuration 17
Deploying the Virtual Appliances 18
Deploying the ADM Virtual Appliances 19
Installing Windows Collector 20
3 Setting Up ADM 23
Process 23
Order of Setup 23
ADM Setup Procedures 23
Launching the First Boot Configuration Tool 24
Configuring the Root Password 24
Configuring Static Network Settings 25
Configuring the Timezone and Time 25
Configuring the Appliance Role 26
Post‐Installation Steps 27
Logging In to the ADM Console 27
Initiating Passive Discovery 27
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