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Review Requirements
Review the following requirements before you start configuring the vCenter Server management components of CA Server Automation for Infrastructure Managers:
- You are familiar with TCP/IP, SNMP, web services, and Windows Server operating systems.
- You have a basic understanding of CA Server Automation, CA SystemEDGE, and VMware vSphere.
- You can access a CA Server Automation manager installation that includes the vCenter Platform Management Module (PMM), vCenter Application Insight Module (AIM), and Monitoring Agent (CA SystemEDGE).
- You can access the CA Server Automation user interface.
- You have valid credentials available (user name and password) to access the vCenter Server of the new vSphere environment that you want to manage.
- You have found out which protocol (HTTP or HTTPS) and port to use for accessing the vCenter Server of the vSphere environment through web services. Default: HTTPS, Port 443
- You have verified that the new vSphere environment and its vCenter Server are running properly.
- If the vCenter PMM and vCenter AIM are installed on different systems, you have verified that the SNMP settings on these systems are consistent. Read and write community strings and SNMP port number must be identical.
- You have verified that the CA Server Automation manager has discovered any remote vCenter AIM Servers that you want to use.
More information:
Review Interactions Between vCenter Server Management Components
Add a New vCenter Server Connection to the Manager
Add the AIM Instance for the vCenter Server
Verify the vCenter Server Folder Appearance in the Resources Tree
