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VMware Management Pack

Installation Guide for Operations Manager 2012

SP1/R2

Published: October 2013


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2 Table of Contents

1 Copyright ...................................................................................................................................... 2

2 Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................... 3

3 VMware MP Installation Guide .................................................................................................... 4

4 Document Version ....................................................................................................................... 5

5 Software Prerequisites ................................................................................................................. 6

6 Importing the Management Pack ................................................................................................ 7

7 Configuring the OpsLogix VMware Management Pack ............................................................... 8

7.1 Adding the appropriate Management Servers to the Resource pool ............................................. 8

7.2 Configuring the “VMware Management Pack RunAs Profile” Run As Profile ............................... 10

7.3 Creating a VMWare monitoring user account ............................................................................... 13

7.4 Adding vCenter in System Center Operations Manager ................................................................ 16

7.5 Assigning a license to the OpsLogix VMware Management Pack ................................................. 18


3 VMware MP Installation Guide

Before importing the OpsLogix IMP VMware Management Pack, please read the license agreement

carefully.


4 Document Version

This guide is based on version 1.1.0.1 of the OpsLogix VMware Management Pack.

Release Date Changes

Oct 28, 2013 First draft


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


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 v2.3.2.5.mpb

OpsLogix IMP - VMware Management Pack v1.1.0.1.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 v2.3.2.5.mpb

c. OpsLogix IMP - VMware Management Pack v1.1.0.1.mpb

4. Click Open -> Import


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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…


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.


4. Make sure that the dropdown box is set to Read-Only, and that the Propagate to Child Objects

checkbox is checked. Click OK.


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.


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.


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 [email protected] or [email protected] to

obtain a license key.

1. In the OpsLogix License Manager in the Monitoring section of the Operations Console click the

Add License button.

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


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.


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.

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