VMware vCenter Orchestrator - 4.2.1 Installation Manual

Installing and Configuring VMware

vCenter Orchestrator

vCenter Orchestrator 4.2.1

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Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Orchestrator 7

Updated Information 9

Introduction to VMware vCenter Orchestrator 11

Key Features of the Orchestrator Platform 11

Orchestrator User Types and Related Responsibilities 12

Orchestrator Architecture 13

Orchestrator System Requirements 15

Hardware Requirements for Orchestrator 15

Operating Systems Supported by Orchestrator 15

Supported Directory Services 15

Browsers Supported by Orchestrator 16

Orchestrator Database Requirements 16

Level of Internationalization Support 16

Orchestrator Components Setup 19

Orchestrator Configuration Maximums 19

vCenter Server Setup 19

Directory Services Setup 20

Orchestrator Database Setup 20

Installing and Upgrading Orchestrator 21

Download the vCenter Server Installer 21

Install vCenter Server and Orchestrator 22

Install Orchestrator Standalone 24

Install the Orchestrator Client on a 32-Bit Machine 25

Upgrade vCenter Server 4.1 and Orchestrator 25

Upgrade Orchestrator 4.1.x Standalone 28

Upgrading Orchestrator 4.0.x Running on a 64-Bit Machine 29

Export the Orchestrator Configuration 29

Uninstall Orchestrator 30

Install Orchestrator Standalone 30

Import the Orchestrator Configuration 31

Upgrading Orchestrator 4.0.x and Migrating the Configuration Data 31

Back Up the Orchestrator Configuration Data 32

Back Up Modified and Custom Orchestrator Elements 33

Install Orchestrator with vCenter Server on a 64-Bit Machine and Import the Configuration

Data 34

Uninstall Orchestrator 36

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Initial Configuration of the Orchestrator Server 37

Start the Orchestrator Configuration Service 37

Configure the Orchestrator Configuration Interface for Remote Connection 39

Configure the Network Connection 39

Orchestrator Network Ports 40

Import the vCenter Server SSL Certificate 41

Configuring LDAP Settings 42

Generate the LDAP Connection URL 43

Import the LDAP Server SSL Certificate 44

Specify the Browsing Credentials 45

Define the LDAP User and Group Lookup Paths 45

Define the LDAP Search Options 46

Common Active Directory LDAP Errors 47

Configuring the Orchestrator Database Connection 48

Configure SQL Server Express to Use with Orchestrator 48

Configure the Database Connection 48

Database Connection Parameters 50

Server Certificate 50

Create a Self-Signed Server Certificate 51

Obtain a Server Certificate Signed by a Certificate Authority 51

Import a Server Certificate 52

Export a Server Certificate 52

Changing a Self-Signed Server Certificate 53

Configure the Default Plug-Ins 54

Define the Default SMTP Connection 54

Configure the SSH Plug-In 55

Configure the vCenter Server 5.0.1 Plug-In 55

Installing a New Plug-In 56

Import the vCenter Server License 57

Access Rights to Orchestrator Server 58

Start the Orchestrator Server 59

Further Configuration Options 61

Revert to the Default Password for Orchestrator Configuration 61

Password Encryption and Hashing Mechanism 62

Change the Default Configuration Ports on the Orchestrator Client Side 62

Uninstall a Plug-In 63

Activate the Service Watchdog Utility 63

Unwanted Server Restarts 64

Export the Orchestrator Configuration 64

Orchestrator Configuration Files 65

Import the Orchestrator Configuration 66

Configure the Maximum Number of Events and Runs 66

Import the Plug-In Licenses 67

Changing SSL Certificates 67

Install a Certificate from a Certificate Authority 67

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Change the Web Views SSL Certificate 68

Change the SSL Certificate for the Orchestrator Client 69

Define the Server Log Level 69

Filter the Orchestrator Log Files 70

Enable Orchestrator for Remote Workflow Execution 71

Contents

Where to Go From Here 73

Index 75

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Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Orchestrator

Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Orchestrator provides information and instructions about installing, upgrading and configuring VMware® vCenter Orchestrator.

Intended Audience

This information is intended for advanced vSphere administrators and experienced system administrators who are familiar with virtual machine technology and datacenter operations.

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Updated Information

Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Orchestrator is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.

This table provides the update history of Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Orchestrator.

Revision Description

EN-000785-01

EN-000785-00 Initial release.

Updated Chapter 4, “Installing and Upgrading Orchestrator,” on page 21 and added information that each Orchestrator server has a unique certificate.

Updated “Supported Directory Services,” on page 15 and “Configuring LDAP Settings,” on page 42 with information that in Orchestrator the only configuration supported for multi-domain Active Directory is domain tree.

Added topic “Enable Orchestrator for Remote Workflow Execution,” on page 71.

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Introduction to VMware vCenter

Orchestrator 1

VMware vCenter Orchestrator is a development- and process-automation platform that provides a library of extensible workflows to allow you to create and run automated, configurable processes to manage the VMware vSphere infrastructure as well as other VMware and third-party technologies.

Orchestrator exposes every operation in the vCenter Server API, allowing you to integrate all of these operations into your automated processes. Orchestrator also allows you to integrate with other management and administration solutions through its open plug-in architecture.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Key Features of the Orchestrator Platform,” on page 11

“Orchestrator User Types and Related Responsibilities,” on page 12

“Orchestrator Architecture,” on page 13

Key Features of the Orchestrator Platform

Orchestrator is composed of three distinct layers: an orchestration platform that provides the common features required for an orchestration tool, a plug-in architecture to integrate control of subsystems, and a library of workflows. Orchestrator is an open platform that can be extended with new plug-ins and libraries, and can be integrated into larger architectures through a SOAP API.

The following list presents the key Orchestrator features.

Persistence

Central management

Check-pointing

Versioning

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Production grade external databases are used to store relevant information, such as processes, workflow states, and configuration information.

Orchestrator provides a central way to manage your processes. The application server-based platform, with full version history, allows you to have scripts and process-related primitives in one place. This way, you can avoid scripts without versioning and proper change control spread on your servers.

Every step of a workflow is saved in the database, which allows you to restart the server without losing state and context. This feature is especially useful for long-running processes.

All Orchestrator Platform objects have an associated version history. This feature allows basic change management when distributing processes to different project stages or locations.

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Scripting engine

Workflow engine

Policy engine

Web 2.0 front end

The Mozilla Rhino JavaScript engine provides a way to create new building blocks for Orchestrator Platform. The scripting engine is enhanced with basic version control, variable type checking, name space management and exception handling. It can be used in the following building blocks:

Actions

Workflows

Policies

The workflow engine allows you to capture business processes. It uses the following objects to create a step-by-step process automation in workflows:

Workflows and actions that Orchestrator provides.

Custom building blocks created by the customer

Objects that plug-ins add to Orchestrator

Users, other workflows, a schedule, or a policy can start workflows.

The policy engine allows monitoring and event generation to react to changing conditions in the Orchestrator server or plugged-in technology. Policies can aggregate events from the platform or any of the plug-ins, which allows you to handle changing conditions on any of the integrated technologies.

The Web 2.0 front end allows you to integrate Orchestrator functions into Webbased interfaces, using Web views. For example, you can create Web views that add buttons to start workflows from a page in your company's Intranet. It provides a library of user customizable components to access vCO orchestrated objects and uses Ajax technology to dynamically update content without reloading complete pages.

Security

Orchestrator provides the following advanced security functions:

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to sign and encrypt content imported and exported between servers

Digital Rights Management (DRM) to control how exported content might be viewed, edited and redistributed

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encrypted communications between the desktop client and the server and HTTPS access to the Web front end.

Advanced access rights management to provide control over access to processes and the objects manipulated by these processes.

Orchestrator User Types and Related Responsibilities

Orchestrator provides different tools and interfaces based on the specific responsibilities of the two global user roles: Administrators and End Users. Orchestrator developers also have administrative rights and are responsible for creating workflows and additional applications.

Users with Full Rights

Administrators

This role has full access to all of the Orchestrator platform capabilities. Basic administrative responsibilities include the following items:

Installing and configuring Orchestrator

Managing access rights for Orchestrator and applications

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Importing and exporting packages

Enabling and disabling Web views

Running workflows and scheduling tasks

Managing version control of imported elements

Creating new workflows and plug-ins

Developers

This user type has full access to all of the Orchestrator platform capabilities. Developers are granted access to the Orchestrator client interface and have the following responsibilities:

Users with Limited Rights

End Users

This role has access to only the Web front end. End users can run and schedule workflows and policies that the administrators or developers make available in a browser by using Web views.

Orchestrator Architecture

Orchestrator contains a workflow library and a workflow engine to allow you to create and run workflows that automate orchestration processes. You run workflows on the objects of different technologies that Orchestrator accesses through a series of plug-ins.

Orchestrator provides a standard set of plug-ins, including a plug-in for vCenter Server, to allow you to orchestrate tasks in the different environments that the plug-ins expose.

Creating applications to extend the Orchestrator platform functionality

Automating processes by customizing existing workflows and creating new workflows and plug-ins

Customizing Web front ends for automated processes, using Web 2.0 tools.

Orchestrator also presents an open architecture to allow you to plug in external third-party applications to the orchestration platform. You can run workflows on the objects of the plugged-in technologies that you define yourself. Orchestrator connects to a directory services server to manage user accounts, and to a database to store information from the workflows that it runs. You can access Orchestrator, the Orchestrator workflows, and the objects it exposes through the Orchestrator client interface, through a Web browser, or through Web services.

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Orchestrator

database

workflow library

vCenter

Server

XML SSH JDBC SMTP

3rd-party

plug-in

Orchestrator System Requirements 2

Your system must meet the technical requirements that are necessary to install and configure Orchestrator.

For a list of the supported versions of vCenter Server, see VMware Product Interoperability Matrix.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Hardware Requirements for Orchestrator,” on page 15

“Operating Systems Supported by Orchestrator,” on page 15

“Supported Directory Services,” on page 15

“Browsers Supported by Orchestrator,” on page 16

“Orchestrator Database Requirements,” on page 16

“Level of Internationalization Support,” on page 16

Hardware Requirements for Orchestrator

Verify that your system meets the minimum hardware requirements before you install Orchestrator.

2.0GHz or faster Intel or AMD x86 processor. At least two CPUs are recommended. Processor requirements might differ if your database runs on the same hardware.

4GB RAM. You might need more RAM if your database runs on the same hardware.

2GB disk space. You might need more storage if your database runs on the same hardware.

A free static IP address.

Operating Systems Supported by Orchestrator

You can install the Orchestrator 4.2.1 server only on 64-bit operating systems.

For a list of the operating systems supported by Orchestrator, see the VMware Compatibility Guide at

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=software&testConfig=17.

Supported Directory Services

Orchestrator requires a working LDAP server.

Orchestrator supports these directory service types.

Windows Server 2003 Active Directory

Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

Novell eDirectory Server 8.8.3

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Sun Java System Directory Server 6.3

IMPORTANT Multiple domains that have a two-way trust, but are not in the same tree, are not supported and do not work with Orchestrator. The only configuration supported for multi-domain Active Directory is domain tree. Forest and external trusts are unsupported.

Browsers Supported by Orchestrator

The Orchestrator configuration interface and Web views require a Web browser.

You must have one of the following browsers to connect to the Orchestrator configuration interface and Web views.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 (build 3.0.6 or later)

Mozilla Firefox 3.5

Orchestrator Database Requirements

Orchestrator requires a database. It is recommended that the Orchestrator database is separate from the standard vCenter Server database. For small-scale deployments, you can use the SQL Server Express database that is bundled with vCenter Server.

NOTE To ensure efficient CPU and memory usage, you should consider hosting the Orchestrator database and the Orchestrator server on different machines. Verify that at least 1GB of free disk space is available on each machine.

For a list of the databases supported by Orchestrator, see the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes at

http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php.

Level of Internationalization Support

Orchestrator is compliant with i18n level 1. Although Orchestrator is not localized, it can run on a non-English operating system and handle non-English text.

Non-ASCII Character Support in Orchestrator

Table 2-1. Non-ASCII Character Support in Orchestrator GUI

Support for Non-ASCII Characters

Description

Item

Action Yes No No No

Folder Yes Yes - -

Configuration element Yes Yes - No

Package Yes Yes - -

Policy Yes Yes - -

Policy template Yes Yes - -

Resource element Yes Yes - -

Web view Yes Yes - No

Field Name Field

Input and Output Parameters Attributes

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Support for Non-ASCII Characters

Input and

Description

Item

Workflow Yes Yes No No

Workflow presentation display group and input step

Field Name Field

Yes Yes - -

Output Parameters Attributes

Non-ASCII Character Support for Oracle Databases

To store characters in the correct format in an Oracle database, set the NLS_CHARACTER_SET parameter to

AL32UTF8 before configuring the database connection and building the table structure for Orchestrator. This

setting is crucial for an internationalized environment.

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Orchestrator Components Setup 3

To enhance the availability and scalability of your Orchestrator setup, install Orchestrator on a computer different from the computer on which vCenter Server runs. With such separation, you can adjust the operating system to meet the specific recommendations for each service.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Orchestrator Configuration Maximums,” on page 19

“vCenter Server Setup,” on page 19

“Directory Services Setup,” on page 20

“Orchestrator Database Setup,” on page 20

Orchestrator Configuration Maximums

When you configure Orchestrator, verify that you stay at or below the supported maximums.

Table 3-1. Orchestrator Configuration Maximums

Item Maximum

Connected vCenter Server systems 10

Connected ESX/ESXi servers 300

Connected virtual machines spread over vCenter Server systems 15000

Concurrent running workflows 300

vCenter Server Setup

Increasing the number of vCenter Server instances in your Orchestrator setup causes Orchestrator to manage more sessions. Each active session results in activity on the corresponding vCenter Server, and too many active sessions can cause Orchestrator to experience timeouts when more than 10 vCenter Server connections occur.

For a list of the supported versions of vCenter Server, see VMware Product Interoperability Matrix.

NOTE You can run multiple vCenter Server instances on different virtual machines in your Orchestrator setup if your network has sufficient bandwidth and latency. If you are using LAN to improve the communication between Orchestrator and vCenter Server, a 100Mb line is mandatory.

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Directory Services Setup

Orchestrator requires a connection to an LDAP server.

Orchestrator supports the following directory service types: Active Directory, eDirectory, and Sun Java System Directory Server.

Connect your system to the LDAP server that is physically closest to your Orchestrator server, and avoid connections to remote LDAP servers. Long response times for LDAP queries can lead to slower performance of the whole system.

To improve the performance of the LDAP queries, keep the user and group lookup base as narrow as possible. Limit the users to targeted groups that need access, rather than to whole organizations with many users who do not need access. Depending on the combination of database and directory service you choose, the resources you need can vary. For recommendations, see the documentation for your LDAP server.

Orchestrator Database Setup

Orchestrator requires a database to store workflows and actions.

Orchestrator server supports Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases. Orchestrator can work with Microsoft SQL Server Express in small-scale environments consisting of up to 5 hosts and 50 virtual machines.

For details about using SQL Server Express with Orchestrator, see “Configure SQL Server Express to Use with

Orchestrator,” on page 48.

The common workflow for setting up the Orchestrator database is the following:

1 Create a new database. For more information about creating a new database, refer to the documentation

of your database provider (Microsoft or Oracle).

2 Enable the database for remote connection. For an example of how to do that, see “Configure SQL Server

Express to Use with Orchestrator,” on page 48.

3 Configure the database connection parameters. For more information, see “Configure the Database

Connection,” on page 48.

The way in which your database is set up can affect Orchestrator performance. Install the database on a machine other than the one on which the Orchestrator server is installed. This method avoids the JVM and DB server having to share CPU, RAM, and I/Os.

Storing your database plug-ins in a database separate from the one that Orchestrator uses results in more modularity when upgrading the system. A dedicated database instance allows you to perform upgrades and maintenance without impacting other products.

The location of the database is important because almost every activity on the Orchestrator server triggers operations on the database. To avoid latency in the database connection, connect to the database server that is closest to your Orchestrator server and that is on the network with the highest bandwidth.

The size of the Orchestrator database varies depending on the setup and how workflow tokens are handled. Allow for approximately 50KB per vCenter Server object and 4KB per workflow run.

CAUTION Verify that at least 1GB of free disk space is available on the machine where the Orchestrator database is installed and on the machine where the Orchestrator server is installed.

Insufficient disk storage space might result in unwanted behavior of the Orchestrator server and client.

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Orchestrator consists of a server component and a client component. You can install the Orchestrator components on the machine on which vCenter Server is installed or on a separate machine. To improve performance, install the Orchestrator server component on a separate machine.

You can install the Orchestrator configuration server on 64-bit Windows machines only. The Orchestrator client can run on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows machines.

To install Orchestrator, you must be either a local Administrator or a domain user that is a member of the Administrators group.

IMPORTANT Each installation of the Orchestrator server has a unique certificate. To run remote workflows from one Orchestrator server over another Orchestrator server, ensure that you either replace the SSL keystore, or maintain separate SSL keypairs and use the trust manager. See “Enable Orchestrator for Remote Workflow

Execution,” on page 71.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Download the vCenter Server Installer,” on page 21

“Install vCenter Server and Orchestrator,” on page 22

“Install Orchestrator Standalone,” on page 24

“Install the Orchestrator Client on a 32-Bit Machine,” on page 25

“Upgrade vCenter Server 4.1 and Orchestrator,” on page 25

“Upgrade Orchestrator 4.1.x Standalone,” on page 28

“Upgrading Orchestrator 4.0.x Running on a 64-Bit Machine,” on page 29

“Upgrading Orchestrator 4.0.x and Migrating the Configuration Data,” on page 31

“Uninstall Orchestrator,” on page 36

Download the vCenter Server Installer

You must download the installer for vCenter Server, the vSphere Client, and associated vCenter components and support tools.

Procedure

1 Download the zip file for vCenter Server from the VMware downloads page at

http://www.vmware.com/support/.

2 Extract the files from the zip archive.

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Install vCenter Server and Orchestrator

When you install vCenter Server 5.0.1, Orchestrator 4.2.1 is silently installed on your system as an additional component.

Prerequisites

Verify that the machine on which you are installing vCenter Server 5.0.1 is a 64-bit operating system platform.

Verify that you have the Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 Framework installed. If your system does not have it installed, the vCenter Server installer installs it. The .NET 3.5 SP1 installation might require Internet connectivity to download additional files.

For a list of required ports, see the vSphere Installation and Setup documentation.

Make sure that your system meets the vCenter Server installation requirements. For more information about the vCenter Server installation prerequisites, see the vSphere Installation and Setup documentation.

Download the vCenter Server 5.0.1 installer from the VMware Web site.

Procedure

1 Start the vCenter Server installer.

In the software installer directory, for example, C:\

install_directory

\, double-click the autorun.exe file.

2 Select vCenter Server™ and click Install.

3 Follow the prompts in the installation wizard to choose the installer language, agree to the end user patent

and license agreements, enter your user name, organization name, and license key.

If you omit the license key, vCenter Server will be in evaluation mode, which allows you to use the full feature set for a 60-day evaluation period. After installation, you can enter the license key to convert vCenter Server to licensed mode.

4 Choose the type of database that you want to use.

Option Action

Install SQL Server 2008 Express instance (for small-scale deployments)

Use an existing supported database

Select Install SQL Server 2008 Express instance (for small-scale deployments) to use the bundled database.

The SQL Server Express database is suitable for deployments of up to 5 hosts and 50 virtual machines.

Select Use an existing supported database option to use an existing database. Select your database from the list of available DSNs. Type the user name and password for the DSN.

If your database uses Windows NT authentication, the user name and password fields are disabled.

NOTE A dialog box might appear, warning you that the DSN points to an older version of a repository that must be upgraded. If you click Yes, the installer upgrades the database schema, making the database irreversibly incompatible with previous vCenter Server versions. For more information, see the vSphere Upgrade documentation.

5 Set the login information for vCenter Server.

If you are using a nonbundled database, specify the administrator name and password that you use when you log in to the system on which you are installing vCenter Server.

If you are using the bundled SQL Server database, select Use SYSTEM Account.

You will need the user name and password entered here to log in to vCenter Server after install it.

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The Fully Qualified Domain Name field displays the FQDN of the system on which you are installing vCenter Server. The vCenter Server installer checks that the FQDN is resolvable. If not, a warning message is displayed when you click Next. Change the entry to a resolvable FQDN. You must enter the FQDN, not the IP address.

6 Either accept the default destination folders or click Change to select another location, and click Next.

The installation path cannot have commas (,) or periods (.).

NOTE To install the vCenter Server on a drive other than C:, verify that the C:\WINDOWS\Installer folder is large enough to accommodate the Microsoft Windows Installer .msi file. If the folder is not large enough, your vCenter Server installation might fail.

7 Select Create a standalone VMware vCenter Server instance or Join Group.

Join a Linked Mode group to enable the vSphere Client to view, search, and manage data across multiple vCenter Server systems. For more information, see the vSphere Installation and Setup documentation. .

NOTE You cannot join a Linked Mode group during the installation if you are upgrading the VirtualCenter or vCenter Server database schema. You can join a Linked Mode group after the installation is complete.

8 If you join a group, enter the fully qualified domain name and LDAP port number of any remote

vCenter Server system and click Next.

In some cases, you can enter the IP address instead of the fully qualified domain name. To help ensure connectivity, the best practice is to use the fully qualified domain name. For IPv6, unless both the local and the remote machine are in IPv6 mode, you must enter the fully qualified domain name of the remote machine instead of the IPv6 address. If the local machine has an IPv4 address and the remote machine has an IPv6 address, the local machine must support IPv4 and IPv6 mixed mode. The domain name server must be able to resolve both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses if your environment has both addressing types in a single Linked Mode group.

9 Specify the port numbers to use or accept the default port numbers and click Next.

10 Select the amount of JVM memory to allocate for vCenter Server Web services, according to the size of

your inventory.

This setting determines the JVM heap settings for Tomcat, Inventory Service, and Storage Based Policy Management (SPS) services. You can adjust this setting after installation if the number of hosts in your environment changes.

11 In the Ready to Install the Program window, select Select to bump up the ephemeral port value.

This option increases the number of available ephemeral ports. If your vCenter Server manages hosts on which you will power on more than 2000 virtual machines simultaneously, this option prevents the pool of available ephemeral ports from being exhausted.

12 Click Install.

Installation might take several minutes. Multiple progress bars appear during the installation of the selected components.

13 Click Finish.

You completed the installation of vCenter Server. The Orchestrator client and server components are installed on your system.

What to do next

Start the VMware vCenter Orchestrator Configuration service and log in to the Orchestrator configuration interface at: http://localhost:8282.

Configure Orchestrator using an IPv4 operating system. Orchestrator does not support IPv6 operating systems.

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Install Orchestrator Standalone

For production environments and to enhance the scalability of your Orchestrator setup, install Orchestrator on a dedicated Windows machine.

You can install the Orchestrator server only on a 64-bit operating system platform.

The Orchestrator client can run on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows machines.

You can install the Orchestrator client on a 32-bit machine. For more information, see “Install the Orchestrator

Client on a 32-Bit Machine,” on page 25.

NOTE If you try to install Orchestrator 4.2.1 on a 64-bit machine on which an instance of Orchestrator 4.0.x is running, the 64-bit installer does not detect the earlier version of Orchestrator. As a result, two versions of Orchestrator are installed and coexist.

Prerequisites

Verify that your hardware meets the Orchestrator system requirements. See “Hardware Requirements for

Orchestrator,” on page 15.

Download the vCenter Server 5.0.1 installer from the VMware Web site.

Procedure

1 Start the Orchestrator installer.

In the software installer directory, browse to the C:\

install_directory

\vCenter-Server\vCO\ folder and

double-click vCenterOrchestrator.exe.

The file contains installers for the client and the server components.

2 Click Next.

3 Accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next.

4 Either accept the default destination folders or click Change to select another location, and click Next.

CAUTION You cannot install Orchestrator in a directory whose name contains non-ASCII characters. If you are operating in a locale that features non-ASCII characters, you must install Orchestrator in the default location.

5 Select the type of installation and click Next.

Option Description

Client

Server

Client-Server

Installs the Orchestrator client application, which allows you to create and edit workflows.

Installs the Orchestrator server platform.

Installs the Orchestrator client and server.

6 Specify the location for the Orchestrator shortcuts and click Next.

CAUTION The name of the shortcuts directory must contain only ASCII characters.

7 Click Install to complete the installation process.

8 Click Done to close the installer.

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