Install an Agent from the UI

You must select the

vCenter Server

VMs on which you want to install the agent. All the

vCenter Server

VMs of the

vCenter Server

cloud account are listed in the

Manage Telegraf Agents

page.

You cannot install an agent from the

VMware Aria Operations

user interface, on physical servers and target machines (Discovered in

VMware Aria Operations

as the

Endpoint

object type).

Ensure that you have completed all the prerequisites. For more information, see Prerequisites.

From the left menu, select

Environment

Applications

. From the

Applications

panel, select

Manage Telegraf Agents

. You see the

Manage Telegraf Agents

page.

From the

Manage Telegraf Agents

page, select the VMs managed by the

vCenter Server

cloud account on which you want to install the agent.

From the

Manage Telegraf Agents

page, click

Agent Actions

, and then click

Install

If the

VMware Aria Operations

Application Monitoring Adapter instance has not been created for the specific

vCenter Server

, you see the

Installing Telegraf Agent

dialog box. You can configure high availability for application monitoring via collector groups:

Select

Cloud Proxy Groups, with High-Availability

if you want to associate an application monitoring high availability activated collector group to the

vCenter Server

. You can choose the collector group from the

HA Enabled Group

drop down list, or

Select

Cloud Proxies, without High-Availability

if you want to associate a cloud proxy to the

vCenter Server

. You can choose a cloud proxy from the

Cloud Proxy

drop down list.

Click

Done

If the

vCenter Server

is on the default collector, the cloud proxy options are blank. If the

vCenter Server

is on a specific cloud proxy, the cloud proxy option is automatically populated. To deploy the

VMware Aria Operations

Application Monitoring Adapter instance on a different cloud proxy, select another cloud proxy or application monitoring high availability activated collector group.

You see the

Manage Agent

dialog box.

From the

How do you want to provide VM Credentials

page, complete the following steps:

If you have a common user name and password for all the VMs, select the

Common username and password

option.

If you have different user names and passwords for all the VMs, select the

Enter virtual machine credentials

option.

Click

From the

Provide Credentials

page, depending on whether you have a common credential for all VMs managed by the

vCenter Server

cloud account or different credentials for all VMs managed by the

vCenter Server

cloud account, enter the following details:

If the selected VMs have a common user name and password, enter the common user name and password.

For different user names and passwords for each VM, download the CSV template and add the required details such as the user name, password for each VM managed by the

vCenter Server

cloud account. Use the

Browse

button to select the template.

The

Create run time user on Linux virtual machines, with required permissions as part of agent installation

check box is selected by default. For more information, see User Account Prerequisites.

Click

From the

Summary

page, you can view the list of VMs managed by the

vCenter Server

cloud account on which the agent is to be deployed.

Click

Install Agent

. Refresh the UI to view the agents that are installed.

On User Account Control (UAC) deactivated Windows VMs managed by the

vCenter Server

cloud account, the Telegraf agent installation completes with the

Agent running

agent status and

Install Success

Last operation status, if all prerequisites are performed.

UAC Activated on Windows VMs Managed by the vCenter Server Cloud Account

In the case of UAC activated VMs, for a non-administrator user who belongs to the administrator group, Telegraf agent installation completes with the

Not Started

agent status and

Download Success

last operation status, if all the prerequisites are performed. The bits are downloaded to the VM. You must manually install the bits. From

C:\VMware\UCP\downloads

, run a bootstrap launcher, and then the agent status becomes

Agent Running

and the Last operation status becomes

Install Success

Open PowerShell with administrator privileges.

Go to

$SYSTEMDRIVE\VMware\UCP\downloads

folder:

cd $SYSTEMDRIVE\VMware\UCP\downloads

Run the

cmd /c uaf-bootstrap-launcher.bat > uaf_bootstrap.log 2>&1

command.

View the results from

uaf_bootstrap.log

Verify the status of agent installation from the

Agent Status

and

Last Operation Status

columns in the

Manage Telegraf Agents

page.

The agent discovers the application services that are installed on the target machines. You can view the application services by clicking the drop down arrow against the VMs managed by the

vCenter Server

cloud account on which the agent is installed in the

Manage Telegraf Agents

page. You can view the status of agent installation from the

Agent Status

column in the

Manage Telegraf Agents

page.

After installation, an OS object will be created under VMs managed by the

vCenter Server

cloud account topology. To view the object, select a VM from

Environment

Applications

Manage Telegraf Agents

page. Click the

Go details

button, and click on the

Metrics

tab. Expand the

Object relationship

widget, and select the OS object.

If agent installation fails, a detailed error message is displayed when you hover over the red exclamation icon before the Install Failed text in the

Last operation status

column. You can take appropriate action based on the error message to resolve the agent installation issues.

You can manage the services on each agent.

For information about uninstalling an agent, see Uninstall an Agent.

Install and Uninstall a Telegraf Agent

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Install an Agent from the UI