Carrying
on from the previous post ... I needed OCPM 1.0RC1 in my lab to test with OCUM
6.1. Again, I’ve got a vSphere ESXi 5.5U1 standalone host and a vCenter Server
5.5U1. And again, OCPM 1.0 is free, no license is required.
Hardware Requirements
The ESXi 5.5U1 host requires minimum: 4
GB RAM, 2 CPU cores, 4 GB Disk Space*
*4
GB is the minimum recommended, it will install on 1 GB though!
OCPM 1.0 requires minimum: 12 GB RAM
(reserved), 4 CPU cores and 9572 MHz (reserved), 5 GB Disk Space if using thin
provisioning or 300 GB if thick provisioning
There’s
nothing in the IAG about a lesser configuration. So, for my lab (using the previous post’s
experience), I’ll give the ESXi host 12 GB RAM, 2 CPU cores, 4 GB Disk Space -
for the ESXi install - plus a 50 GB thin-provisioned disk for OCPM 1.0. And for
OCPM 1.0 - 8 GB RAM (keeping the reservation on), 2 CPU cores (no reservation),
and use thin provisioning.
Software Requirements
Browser: IE9 and IE10 - for IE ensure Compatibility
View is disabled and Document Mode set to the default; Chrome versions 30 and
31; Firefox versions 24 and 25; and for all browsers disable any popup
blockers.
Port Requirements: Connections to OCPM 1.0
HTTP port 80: Performance Manager web UI (redirects to HTTPS
port 443)
HTTPS port 443: Performance Manager web UI and programs using
APIs
SSH/SFTP port 22: Maintenance console
Port Requirements: Connections from OCPM 1.0
HTTPS port 443: Storage systems
HTTPS port 443: AutoSupport server
LDAP port 389: Authentication requests for users and groups
SMTP port 25: Alert notification emails
NTP port 123 (UDP): Synchronize time
Information Required before Deployment
OVF
Template Deployment
- Name for the deployed template in
vCenter
- vCenter inventory location for the
deployed template
- Disk Format {Thick Lazy Zeroed, Thick
Eager Zeroed, Thin}
OCPM
1.0 Appliance Setup
- Geographic area
- Time zone
- DHCP of static network configuration
- Enter the host FQDN
- Enter the host IP address
- Enter the network mask
- Enter the IP address of the default
gateway
- Enter the primary DNS address
- Enter the secondary DNS address
- Enter additional DNS search domains
- Maintenance user username
- Maintenance user password
Installation Step by Step Walkthrough
Download the image file
Download the image file - OnCommandPerformanceManager-netapp-1.0.0RC1.ova
- from:
Deploy OVF Template
Login to the vSphere Client
File Menu > Deploy OVF Template
Image:
vSphere Client - Deploy OVF Template...
Follow through the “Deploy
OVF Template” wizard as below:
Deploy OVF Template: Source
Deploy from a file or URL: {Point this
at your downloaded OnCommandPerformanceManager-netapp-1.0.0RC1.ova}
Click Next >
Deploy OVF Template: OVF
Template Wizard Details
The details are as in the image below.
Click Next >
Image:
OCPM 1.0 OVF details
Deploy OVF Template: End
User License Agreement
Click Accept to accept the EULA
Click Next >
Deploy OVF Template: Name
and Location
Enter name for the deployed template in
vCenter
Select the vCenter inventory location
for the deployed template
Click Next >
Deploy OVF Template: Disk
Format
The choice is: Thick Provision Lazy
Zeroed, Thick Provision Eager Zeroed or Thin Provision.
For the lab we’ll definitely select
‘Thin Provision’
Click Next >
Note:
OnCommand Performance Manager 1.0 RC1 OVF deployment doesn’t have the ‘Static
Networking configuration’ section as part of the ‘Deploy OVF Template Wizard’.
Deploy OVF Template: Ready
to Complete
Review the ‘Deployment settings’.
Leave ‘Power on after deployment’
unchecked*
Click Finish
*Only
so we can adjust settings before power-on for lab purposes
If all’s good you’ll be rewarded with
“Deployment Completed Successfully”.
Image:
Deploying OCPM Completed Successfully
Configuring the OCPM 1.0 VM
For a lab environment, you may want to
adjust the OCPM 1.0 VM’s Virtual Machine Properties. Out of the box, OCPM 1.0
is configured with 12 GB memory and 4 CPUs. It also comes with a CPU
reservation of 9572 MHz and Memory reservation of 12288 MB.
Image:
OCPM VM Properties - Hardware tab
Image:
OCPM VM Properties - Resources tab
Powering on the OCPM 1.0 VM
Click the ‘Power On’ button to boot the
OCPM 1.0 VM Appliance.
Note:
On first boot, the VMware Tools will automatically configure and update.
Configuring the OCPM 1.0 VM
in the console: Geographic Area
First prompt is for the ‘Geographic
area’, enter as appropriate.
Image:
OCPM console - configuring geographic area
Configuring the OCPM 1.0 VM
in the console: Time zone
Then you will be prompted for the ‘Time
zone’, enter as appropriate.
Image:
OCPM console - configuring time zone
Configuring the OCPM 1.0 VM
in the console: DHCP or Static
Then it will try and configure via DHCP,
and if not successful, it will prompt to retry DHCP, or set up a static network
configuration. Select option 2 for ‘Set up a static network configuration’.
Image:
OCPM console - DHCP or Static?
Configuring the OCPM 1.0 VM
in the console: static network configuration
Enter the host FQDN:
Enter the host IP address:
Enter the network mask:
Enter the IP address of the default
gateway:
Enter the primary DNS address:
Enter the secondary DNS address:
Search domains are: {the domain part of
the FQDN you entered above}
Enter additional search domains
separated by spaces (Optional field):
Are these values correct?
Configuring the OCPM 1.0 VM
in the console: Username and Password
The next prompts are for the username
and password for the new maintenance user.
Image:
OCPM console - configuring maintenance user
And that’s it, we’ve deployed OCPM 1.0!
Image:
OCPM console - at ocpm login prompt
And can get to the login box via an
internet browser at https://OCPM_IP_ADDRESS!
Image:
OCPM web UI login
To
be continued ... (time permitting - configuring OCPM 1.0 and integration with OCPM
6.1)
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