After you log in as an administrator, you can install the for Traffic Flows from Centralized Management.
Prerequisites
-
Determine whether you need a SolutionPack license file by checking the feature names and expiration dates listed in . If not listed, obtain a license by completing a Support Request (SR) form, which is available on the Online Support website at https://my.vmware.com/.
- Make sure the core modules, such as the Module-Manager, are up-to-date on all servers since not all module dependencies are validated during the SolutionPack installation. See the Service Assurance Suite Installation and Configuration Guide for M&R for more information.
- The M&R platform is updated to 7.0u8 and later.
- Obtain the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) or IP address for one or more servers depending on your deployment.
- Obtain available unique network port numbers for one or more Traffic Flow listener configurations. If you are using a privileged port on UNIX systems, make sure to run the service as root.
- Consider the type of deployment: single server or distributed. For a single server deployment, the SolutionPack for Traffic Flows components are installed on the same server. For a distributed deployment, the minimum components on two servers are: Central Database and Reports on one server, and the Distributed Collector on a second server. Or, install each component on different servers. In a typical distributed deployment, Reports is installed on the M&R Frontend server, Distributed Collector is installed on a server which is the target of traps or traffic flows, and Central Database is installed on a server with sufficient space for the database. Distributed Collector and Central Database blocks cannot reside on the same server.
Procedure
What to do next
Perform the post-installation tasks.