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When the download is complete, deploy the OVA using VMware vSphere. VirtualWisdom monitors your environment by collecting data from various sources. Connecting to these sources typically requires credentials, and in some cases extra steps such as applying SSL certificates and / or additional configurations on the data source.
VMware VM Requirements
Processor
8 vCPUs
Memory
32 GB Memory
Disk
315 GB
VirtualWisdom Pre-deployment Checklist
Having these items ready will allow you to see the power of VirtualWisdom faster when you start evaluating the product. The User Guide provides more details for each of these integrations.
* You only need to gather the items in the checklist for the environments you want to monitor.
COMPUTE
Operating System
- Linux, Solaris: SSH credentials (standard user account [non-root])
- Windows: WMI credentials (administrator account not required)
Hypervisors
- Credentials with non-administrative privileges
- SSL Certificate: required for VMware
NETWORK / FABRIC SWITCH
IP Network
- Netflow: configure VirtualWisdom as a Netflow collector
Fibre Channel SAN
- Credentials for Brocade (BNA, SSH-SNMP) or Cisco (SNMP)
STORAGE ARRAY / SOFTWARE DEFINED STORAGE
- Credentials with non-administrative privileges
- SSL Certificate: optional for Dell EMC Isilon, VxFlex OS, VMAX / PowerMax
APM / ITSM
- AppDynamics: account name, credentials
- Dynatrace: API Token
- ServiceNow: Basic or OAuth credentials, itil and sm_user roles, read access to specific cmdb tables
