Before you deploy vRealize Operations Manager, verify that your environment fulfills the requirements for this deployment.

IP Addresses and Host Names

Verify that static IP addresses and FQDNs for the application virtual networks are available for the SDDC deployment.

For the analytics cluster application virtual network, allocate one static IP address and FQDN for the master node, one for the load balancer, and map the host name to the IP address. For the remote collector group, allocate one static IP address and FQDN and map host names to the IP addresses.

Table 1. Application Virtual Network Names for vRealize Operations Manager

vRealize Operations Manager Component

Application Virtual Network

Analytics Cluster

Mgmt-xRegion01-VXLAN

Remote Collector Group

Mgmt-RegionA01-VXLAN

Table 2. IP Addresses and Host Names for the Analytics Cluster in Consolidated SDDC

Role

IP Address

FQDN

External load balancer VIP address

192.168.11.35

vrops01svr01.rainpole.local

Master node

192.168.11.31

vrops01svr01a.rainpole.local

Default gateway

192.168.11.1

-

DNS server

  • 172.16.11.4

  • 172.16.11.5

-

Subnet mask

255.255.255.0

-

NTP servers

  • 172.16.11.251

  • 172.16.11.252

ntp.sfo01.rainpole.local

Table 3. IP Addresses and Host Names for the Remote Collector Group in Consolidated SDDC

Role

IP Address

FQDN

Remote collector node

192.168.31.31

sfo01vropsc01a.sfo01.rainpole.local

Default gateway

192.168.31.1

-

DNS server

  • 172.16.11.5

  • 172.16.11.4

-

Subnet mask

255.255.255.0

-

Deployment Prerequisites

Verify that your environment fulfills the following prerequisites for the deployment of vRealize Operations Manager.

Prerequisite

Value

Storage

  • Virtual disk provisioning.

    • Thin

  • Required storage per analytics cluster node.

    • Initial storage for the analytics cluster node: 274 GB

    • Additional storage for monitoring data per node: none

  • Required storage per remote collector group node.

    • Initial storage per node: 274 GB

Software Features

  • Verify that vCenter Server is operational.

  • Verify that the vSphere cluster has vSphere DRS and HA enabled.

  • Verify that the NSX Manager is operational.

  • Verify that the application virtual networks are available.

  • Verify that the Load Balancer service is enabled on the NSX Edge services gateway.

  • Verify that the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager is operational and data collection from the management vCenter Server instance has run successfully.

  • Verify that Postman App is installed.

Installation Package

  • Download the .pak file for the vRealize Operations Manager Management Pack for NSX for vSphere from VMware Solutions Exchange.

  • Download the .pak file for the vRealize Operations Manager Management Pack for Storage Devices from VMware Solutions Exchange.

License

  • Verify that you have obtained a vRealize Suite or vCloud Suite license with a quantity that fulfills the requirements of this design.

Active Directory

Verify that you have a parent active directory with the SDDC user roles configured for the rainpole.local domain.

svc-vrops (User)

svc-vrops-vsphere (User)

svc-vrops-nsx (User)

svc-vrops-vsan (User)

svc-vrops-mpsd (User)

svc-vrops-srm (User)

Certificate Authority

  • Configure the root Active Directory domain controller as a certificate authority for the environment.

  • Download the CertGenVVD tool and generate the signed certificate for the analytics cluster. See the VMware Validated Design Planning and Preparation documentation.

External Services

  • Verify that you have access to an SMTP server.

  • Verify that SNMP is enabled in your network environment, to monitor network devices.

  • Verify that Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) or Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is enabled on each network device for complete monitoring of your environment.