The vRealize Operations virtual appliance installation process consists of deploying the vRealize Operations OVA, once for each cluster node, accessing the product to set up cluster nodes according to their role, and logging in to configure the installation.

Figure 1. vRealize Operations Manager Installation Architecture
A flowchart depecting the vRealize Operations Manager installation.

To automate installation, configuration, upgrade, patch, configuration management, drift remediation and health from within a single pane of glass, you can use vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. If you are a new user, click here to install vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. This provides the IT Managers of Cloud admin resources to focus on business-critical initiatives, while improving time to value (TTV),reliability, and and consistency.

You can also install upgrade vRealize Operations by using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. For more information, see the Creating an Environment from Configure vRealize Products.