This topic describes adding and deleting additional products from your VMware Tanzu Operations Manager (Ops Manager) installation, such as VMware Tanzu™ RabbitMQ® for VMs.
Note: In Ops Manager, all product tiles use floating stemcells by default. This increases the security of your deployment by enabling tiles to automatically use the latest patched version of a stemcell, but it may significantly increase the amount of time required by a tile upgrade. For more information, see Floating Stemcells.
To add or import a product to your Ops Manager installation:
Download products from VMware Tanzu Network. If you cannot download products from VMware Tanzu Network due to restricted network connectivity, see Installing Ops Manager in Air-Gapped Environments.
Navigate to the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard and log in.
Click Import a Product.
Select the .pivotal file that you downloaded from VMware Tanzu Network or received from your software distributor, and click Open. If the product is successfully added, it appears in the product list beneath the Import a Product button. If the product that you selected is not the latest version, the most up-to-date version appears in your product list.
Add the product tile to the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard by clicking the green + icon in the bottom-right corner of the product listing.
The product tile appears in the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard. If the product requires configuration, the bar at the bottom of the tile appears orange. If necessary, configure the product.
(Optional) In the product configuration view, select the Errands pane to configure post-install errands or review the default settings. Post-install errands are scripts that automatically run after a product installs, before Ops Manager makes the product available for use. For more information about post-install errands, see Errands in the Ops Manager Tile Developer Guide.
Note: By default, Ops Manager reruns errands even if they are not necessary due to settings left from a previous install. Leaving errands checked at all times can cause updates and other processes to take longer. To prevent an errand from running, deselect the checkbox for the errand in the Errands pane of the Settings tab in the product tile before installing the product.
The Broker Registrar checkbox is an example of an errand available for a product. When you enable this checkbox, this errand registers service brokers with the Cloud Controller and updates any broker URL and credential values that have changed since the previous registration.
Click Review Pending Changes.
Click Apply Changes to start installation and run post-install lifecycle errands for the product.
Instead of manually downloading each new version of the products in your Ops Manager installation, you can upgrade your products by connecting your Ops Manager Installation Dashboard with VMware Tanzu Network using a API token. Once you have uploaded a product, all subsequent product upgrades appear automatically in the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard.
Note: You can only use the VMware Tanzu Network API if you have access to the Internet, since communication between Ops Manager and VMware Tanzu Network is necessary to import your products. If you are on an isolated network, do not save your API token.
To connect the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard with VMware Tanzu Network:
Log in to VMware Tanzu Network.
Click your username, located in the upper top right side of the page.
From the dropdown, click Edit Profile.
Copy the Legacy API Token.
Navigate to the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard and log in.
Click your username, located in the upper top right side of the page.
From the dropdown, click Settings.
Select External API Access.
In the Set API token field, paste the Legacy API Token you copied from VMware Tanzu Network.
Click Save.
After you save the VMware Tanzu Network API token to the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard, the latest versions of your existing products appear in the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard.
To upgrade an existing product to the latest version:
In the product list located on the left side of the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard, locate the product you want to upgrade.
In the bottom-right corner of the product listing, click the green download icon.
When the download is complete, refresh the page to use the product.
If necessary, configure the product.
Click Review Pending Changes.
Click Apply Changes.
You can use the Ops Manager API or the Review Pending Changes page in the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard to apply pending changes only to the BOSH Director when you stage multiple products in a new Ops Manager installation or as part of an upgrade.
For more information, see Reviewing Pending Product Changes.
Navigate to the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard.
Click the trashcan icon in the bottom-right corner on a product tile.
In the Delete Product dialog box that appears, click Confirm.
Note: You cannot delete the BOSH Director tile.
Click Review Pending Changes.
Click Apply Changes.
After you delete a product, the product tile is removed from your Ops Manager installation and the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard. However, if you configured your Ops Manager installation to use the VMware Tanzu Network API, the product still appears in the list of available product upgrades in the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard.
