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VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation

Guide

AppSpeed 1.0

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Contents

AboutThisBook5

1AppSpeedInstallationOverview7

InstallationWorkflow7

InstallationPrerequisites7

SystemRequirements8

DeploymentConsiderations8

OpenPortRequirements8

2InstallingandConfiguringtheAppSpeedServer9

ImportandInstalltheAppSpeedVirtualAppliance9

ConfiguretheAppSpeedServer10

3InstallingtheAppSpeedPlug‐InandProbes13

InstalltheAppSpeedPlug‐In13

DeployingtheAppSpeedProbes13

InstallanAppSpeedProbe14

PowerProbesOnorOff15

DeleteProbes15

AddingaLicense15

VerifyingtheInstallation15

ViewUnmappedTraffic16

ManagingSSLKeys16

ViewSSLKeyInformation16

AddanSSLKey17

4ConfiguringAppSpeedwithvNetworkDistributedSwitching19

ConfiguringAppSpeedtoMonitoravNetworkDistributedSwitch19

CreateadvPortGroup19

ConfigurethevPortGroup20

ConfiguretheAppSpeedProbetoMonitorvNetworkDistributedSwitches20

ConfiguringAppSpeedtoMonitorCiscoNexus1000VSwitches20

ConfigurePortMirroring20

ConfiguretheAppSpeedProbetoMonitorCiscoNexus1000VSwitch21

CreateaTemporaryvSwitch21

5UpgradingAppSpeed23

OverviewoftheUpgradeProcess23

UpgradeAppSpeed23

6ExtractingSSLFiles25

ExtractSSLFilesfromanApacheServer25

ExtractSSLFilesfromaMicrosoftIIS6.0Server25

ExtractSSLFilesfromaMicrosoftIIS7.0Server26

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7Troubleshooting27

AppSpeedSetupErrors27

AppSpeedUserInterfaceLoadingProblems28

GeneralErrorsWhileUsingAppSpeed30

Index33

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Thisbook,theVMwarevCenterAppSpeedInstallationGuide,describestheproceduresforinstallingthe

VMware®vCenterAppSpeedvirtualapplianceandplug‐in,includinghowtoconfiguretheAppSpeedserver

andhowtodeploytheAppSpeedprobesontheVMwarehostmachineswithinthedatacenternetwork.

Intended Audience

ThisbookisintendedforanyonewhowantstoinstalltheAppSpeedplug‐in.Theinformationiswrittenfor

experiencedWindowsorLinuxsystemadministratorswhoarefamiliarwithvirtualappliancetechnologyand

datacenteroperations.

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VMwarevCenterAppSpeedprovidesperformancemanagementandservice‐levelreportingforapplications

runningwithinvirtualappliances.AppSpeedanalyzesthetrafficthatflowsbetweenendusers,Web

applications,andback‐endservers.Thisanalysisprovidesvisibilityintomultitierapplicationsandenables

rapididentificationofperformanceissuesoriginatingfrominadequateresourceallocationandapplication

problems.

AppSpeedisinstalledonaVMwarehostmachinethatresideswithinthedatacenternetworkandintegrates

intoboththeVMwarevSphereClientandtheVMwareVirtualInfrastructure(VI)Client.AppSpeedis

installedonacentralizedserver,withoneormoreAppSpeedprobesinstalledoneachhosttobemonitored.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“InstallationWorkflow”onpage7

“InstallationPrerequisites”onpage7

Installation Workflow

AppSpeedisIavirtualapplianceinOpenVirtualizationFormat(OVF).TheAppSpeedplug‐inisinstalledin

thevSphereClientorVIClient.

Youperformtheinstallationandsetupprocessinthefollowingstages:

ImporttheOVFfileandconfiguretheAppSpeedserver(see“InstallingandConfiguringtheAppSpeed

Server”onpage9)

InstalltheAppSpeedplug‐inintheClient(see“InstalltheAppSpeedPlug‐In”onpage13)

InstalltheAppSpeedprobesusingtheAppSpeeduserinterfacewithintheClient(see“Deployingthe

AppSpeedProbes”onpage13)

AddavalidAppSpeedlicensekey(see“A d d i n g aLicense”onpage15)

Verifythesuccessfuldeploymentoftheprobes(see“ManagingSSLKeys”onpage16)

Installation Prerequisites

ThefollowingVMwareESX™andvCenterversionssupportAppSpeed:

ESX,version3.0.x,3.5.xor4.0x

vCenterServer,version2.5x,orvSphere4.0

AppSpeed Installation Overview 1

NOTEToupgradefromapreviousversionofAppSpeedtoamorerecentversion,seeChapter5,“Upgrading

AppSpeed,”onpage23.

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System Requirements

ReviewthefollowingsystemrequirementsbeforeyouinstallAppSpeed:

Youmusthaveadmin‐levelaccesstovCenterServerfortheautomatedinstallationprocess.

RoutableIPaddressesforserversandprobesneedtobedefined.

IfHTTPSsitesaretobemonitored,anSSLprivatekeyisrequired.

AdministratorprivilegesarerequiredontheClientmachinetoinstallAdobeFlashPlayer10.

Inaddition,itisrecommendedthatyousynchronizethetimeonthehostsonwhichtheAppSpeedserverand

probesaretobeinstalled.Ifthetimeisnotsynchronized,AppSpeedmightlosedataandexperiencedelaysin

themappingprocess.YoucansynchronizethetimebysettinganNTPserverintheConfiguringTimeoption

foreachhostinvCenter.

Deployment Considerations

WhenyouplanyourAppSpeeddeployment,takeintoconsiderationthefollowingsystemresource

requirements:

Server

30GBHDD

2vCPUs

4GBRAM

Probes

5GBHDD

1vCPU

0.5GBRAM

Open Port Requirements

AppSpeedrequiresthatthefollowingportsbeopenonyourfirewall:

AppSpeedservertovCenterServer:

TCPport443toconnecttovCenterServerforthevCenterinterface.Port443isthevCenterdefault

Webserviceport,butyoucanconfigureadifferentTCPportinvCenter.

TCPport80toconnecttovCenterServerforthevCenterproxyinterface.Thisportisusedonly

duringsetuptoverifythatthevCenterproxyisconfiguredcorrectly.Port80isthevCenterdefault

Webserviceport,butyoucanconfigureadifferentTCPportinvCenter.

vCenterServertotheAppSpeedserver:

TCPport80toconnecttotheAppSpeedserver(Webinterface).

AppSpeedserverandprobecommunication:

TCPport1194toconnecttotheAppSpeedserver(OpenVPNoveraTCPconnection)

UDPport123toconnecttotheAppSpeedserver(NTP)

TCPport22toconnecttotheprobesifyouwanttoaccesstheprobesfromoutsidetheVPN

vSphere/VIClienttovCenterServer:

TCPport80toconnecttovCenterserver(vCenterproxyinterface).Port80isthevCenterdefaultWeb

serviceport,butyoucanconfigureadifferentTCPportinvCenter.

NOTEUsingDHCPisnotrecommended.However,ifDHCPisused,youdonotneedroutable

IPaddresses.

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ThefirststageintheinstallationprocessistoimporttheOVFfileandinstallandconfiguretheAppSpeed

server.YoucaninstalltheAppSpeedserveronanyESXhostthatismanagedbythemonitoredvCenter.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“ImportandInstalltheAppSpeedVirtualAppliance”onpage9

“ConfiguretheAppSpeedServer”onpage10

Import and Install the AppSpeed Virtual Appliance

AppSpeedisprovidedasanOVFfile.ThefirststepintheinstallationprocessistoimporttheOVFfileinthe

installationpackageintothevSphereClientorVIClient.

YoumusthaveadministratorprivilegestoimporttheOVFfile.

To import the OVF file into the vSphere Client

1 SavetheOVFfileinalocationthatcanbeaccessedfromthevSphereClient.

2InthevSphereClient,selectFile>DeployOVFTemplate.

3 SelectDeployfromFileandclickBrowsetolocatedtheOVFfile.

4ClickNextandclickNextagain.

5ReadandaccepttheEndUserLicenseAgreement,andclickNext.

6EnteranameforthevirtualapplianceserverintheNametextbox.

Thenamemustbeunique.

7 SelectthelocationforthedeployedtemplateandclickNext.

8FromtheInventoryLocationtree,selecttheESXhostonwhichtoinstallthevirtualappliance,andclick

Next.

ThehostmustbemanagedbythemonitoredvCenter.

Ifyouselectacluster,youmustselectaspecifichostwithinthatcluster.

9 Selectthedatastoreonwhichtostorethefilesforthevirtualappliance,andclickNext.

10 FromtheManagementNetworkdrop‐downmenu,selectthenetworktousetomanagetheprobes.

TheAppSpeedserverusesthisnetworktodeployandcommunicatewithprobesdeployedonotherhosts.

SelectanetworkthathasaccesstotheothermachinesandtovCenter.

11 ClickNext.

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12 ReviewtheinstallationsummaryandclickFinishtobegintheinstallation.

Whentheinstallationiscomplete,thevirtualapplianceisaddedinthevSphereClient.

13 IntheBasicTaskspane,clickPoweronthevirtualappliancetostartthevirtualappliance.

To import the OVF file into the VI Client

1 SavetheOVFfileinalocationthatcanbeaccessedfromtheVIClient.

2IntheVIClient,selectFile>VirtualAppliance>Import.

3 SelectImportfromfileandclickBrowsetolocatedtheOVFfile.

4ClickNextandclickNextagain.

5ReadandaccepttheEndUserLicenseAgreement,andclickNext.

6EnteranameforthevirtualapplianceserverintheNametextbox.

Thenamemustbeunique.

7FromtheInventoryLocationtree,selecttheESXhostonwhichtoinstallthevirtualappliance,andclick

Next.

ThehostmustbemanagedbythemonitoredvCenter.

8 Selectthedatastoreonwhichtostorethefilesforthevirtualappliance,andclickNext.

9FromtheManagementNetworkdrop‐downmenu,selectthenetworktousetomanagetheprobes.

TheAppSpeedserverusesthisnetworktodeployandcommunicatewithprobesdeployedonotherhosts.

SelectanetworkthathasaccesstotheothermachinesandtovCenter.

10 ClickNext.

11 ReviewtheinstallationsummaryandclickFinishtobegintheinstallation.

Whentheinstallationiscomplete,thevirtualapplianceisaddedintheVIClient.

12 IntheBasicTaskspane,clickPoweronthevirtualappliancetostartthevirtualappliance.

Configure the AppSpeed Server

YouconfiguretheAppSpeedserverfromthevSphereClientorVIClient.Thefirsttimeyouaccesstheconsole

youarepromptedtoconfiguretheAppSpeedserver.

Aspartoftheconfigurationprocess,AppSpeedperformsthefollowingactionsinvCenter:

CreatesasnapshotoftheAppSpeedservervirtualmachine

RegisterstheAppSpeedplug‐inasavCenterClientextension

RegisterstheredirectionofAppSpeedinthevCenterproxy

RegisterstheAppSpeedservertostartautomaticallywhenahoststartsup

RegisterstheAppSpeedserverpoweroffsettingssothatAppSpeedisproperlyshutdownwhen

poweringoff

To configure the AppSpeed Server

1PowerontheservervirtualapplianceandopentheAppSpeedserverconsole.

Whenthevirtualapplianceisbooted,theconsoleisdisplayed.

2Attheloginprompt,typesetup.

NOTEToexittheconsoleafterbeginningthesetup,pressCtrl+Ctoreinitiatethesetup,andpressCtrl+C

againtoexitthesetup.

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3PressEntertoacceptthedefaultvalueorspecifyanalternativevalue.

Thedefault(orpreviouslydefined)valueforeachparameterappearsinbrackets.

4 (Optional)Selectasettingforthenetworkmanagementcard.

aTypeYtouseDHCPsettings.

bTypeNtosetafixedIPaddress.YouarepromptedtosettheIPaddress,netmask,andgatewayfor

themanagementcard.

5SettheAppSpeedtimezone.

Ifthetimezonelistdoesnotfitintheconsolewindow,pressShift+PageUp/PageDowntoviewall

locations.

6ConfigurethevCenterIPaddress,username,andpasswordwhenprompted.

Optionally,youcanspecifytheportnumber.TypetheportnumberimmediatelyaftertheIPaddress,

precededbyacolon(:).Forexample,10.23.89.89:8080indicatesport8080onIPaddress10.23.89.89.

7PressEntertoconfirmthatyouwanttocompletethesetupprocess.

8 (Optional)PressCtrl+Ctoreinitiatethesetupprocessandchangeanyparametervalues.

9Whenprompted,reviewthesetupsummaryandtypeYtoacceptthesettingsandcompletethesetup

process.

NOTEIfyoudonotwanttospecifythegateway,enter0.0.0.0.

NOTEIfyoureinitiatethesetupprocess,thepreviousanswersareretained.Youcanchangethevalues

asneeded.

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BeforeyoucantakeadvantageofthemonitoringcapabilitiesofAppSpeed,youmustinstalltheAppSpeed

plug‐inanddeploytheAppSpeedprobes.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“InstalltheAppSpeedPlug‐In”onpage13

“DeployingtheAppSpeedProbes”onpage13

“A d d i n g aLicense”onpage15

“VerifyingtheInstallation”onpage15

“ManagingSSLKeys”onpage16

Install the AppSpeed Plug-In

YoumustinstalltheAppSpeedplug‐inoneachvSphereClientorVIClientthatneedstoconnecttoAppSpeed.

To install the AppSpeed plug-in

1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectPlugins>ManagePlugins.

2 SelecttheAppSpeedplug‐inandclicktheDownloadandinstallbutton.

Aprogresswindowindicatestheprogressuntiltheinstallationiscomplete.

3ClickClosewhentheinstallationiscomplete.

4Enabletheplug‐in:

aInaVIClient,clicktheInstalledtab.IntheentryfortheAppSpeedUtility,selecttheEnabledcheckbox.

bInavSphereClient,right‐clickvCenterandclickEnabledintheplug‐inslist.

TheAppSpeediconisaddedtothetoolbar.

Deploying the AppSpeed Probes

Beforethemonitoringprocesscanbegin,youmustinstallatleastoneAppSpeedprobeononeormorehosts.

EachprobecanmonitoruptothreevSwitches.Youcaninstallmorethanoneprobeonthesamehostto

monitoradditionalvSwitches.Theprobesettings,includingthemanagementnetwork,storagedevice,and

monitoredvSwitches,areconfiguredaspartoftheprobeinstallationprocess.

Youcanaddandremoveprobes.See“InstallanAppSpeedProbe”onpage14and“DeleteProbes”onpage15.

Tomodifytheprobeconfiguration,seetheVMwarevCenterAppSpeedUser’sGuide.

Installing the AppSpeed Plug-In and

Probes 3

NOTEToconfiguretheAppSpeedprobetomonitoravNetworkdistributedswitch,see“ConfiguringAppSpeed

withvNetworkDistributedSwitching”onpage19

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TheAppSpeedprobedeploymentprocessautomaticallymakesthefollowingchangesinthevCenter:

CreatesasnapshotoftheAppSpeedservervirtualmachineifonedoesnotalreadyexist.(Tosavedisk

space,youcanremovetheAppSpeedsnapshotsaftertheprobeinstallationiscomplete.)

CreatestheAppSpeedProbesfolderifitdoesnotalreadyexist.

CreatespromiscuousportgroupsfortheselectedvSwitches.

Createsaprobebycreatingalinkedclone;Ifitisnotsuccessful,AppSpeedcreatesanewvirtualmachine

andcopiesit.Thevirtualmachineoftheprobehastheappropriatehardwaresettings,includingCPUand

memoryreservation.

ReconfigurestheprobeʹsclustersothattheprobeisnotsubjecttotheDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS)

andHighAvailability(HA).

Powersontheprobe

Editsandreconfigurestheprobeʹssettings

Install an AppSpeed Probe

Youcaninstallaprobeononehostatatime,oryoucaninstallaprobeonmultiplehostsatthesametime.

Youcanalsoinstallmorethanoneprobeonthesamehost.

To install a probe

1AccesstheAppSpeeduserinterface:

aInthevSphereClient,clickHome>SolutionsandApplicationsandclicktheAppSpeedicon.

bIntheVIClient,clicktheAppSpeedicononthetoolbar.

2 SelectthecheckboxesforthehostsorclustersonwhichtoinstallaprobeandclickInstallProbes.

Aprobeisinstalledoneachselectedhost,regardlessofwhetheranotherprobeisalreadyinstalledonthehost.

TheProbeInstallationwindowdisplaysaseparateentryforeachhostthatyouselect.Eachentryappears

inaseparatepane.

3 (Optional)Configuretheprobeforeachhostentry.

aTypethenameoftheprobeintheProbeNametextbox.

Ifyoudonotspecifyaname,theAppSpeedserverassignsadefaultname.

bFromtheStoragedrop‐downmenu,selectthestoragedevicetowhichtheprobeconnects.

cFromtheManagementNetworkdrop‐downmenu,selectthenetworktousetomanagetheprobes:

SelectDHCPtousedynamicaddresssettings.

SelectStaticIPtosetafixedIPaddressforthenetworkmanagementcard.EntertheIPaddress

andnetmaskdetails.Optionally,enterthegatewaydetails.

SelectuptothreemonitoringvSwitches.ThevSwitchessnifftrafficontheconfigured

managementnetwork.Bydefault,thefirstthreeavailablevSwitchesareselected.

NOTEIftheAppSpeedicondoesnotappear,verifythattheAppSpeedplug‐inisselectedinthePlugins

menu.

NOTEWhenyouselectthecheckboxforacluster,thecheckboxesforeachhostthatitcontainsare

selected.Similarly,whenyouselectahost,theprobesalreadyinstalledonitareselected.

NOTEWhenyouinstallaprobein AppSpeed, distributed vSwitches do not appear in the Probe Installation

window. Tomonitortheseswitches,youmustconfiguretheAppSpeedprobe.See“ConfiguringAppSpeed

withvNetworkDistributedSwitching”onpage19.

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4 (Optional)Toaddanadditionalprobetoahost,clickInstallanotherprobeonthishostatthebottom

ofthehostentryandconfiguretheprobeasdescribedinStep3.

5Whenyouaredoneaddinghost‐probecombinations,clickInstallProbes.

6Reviewtheinstallationinformation,andclickOK.

Alternatively,clickBacktoreturntochangeanyofthesettings.

TheinstallationprogressisindicatedintheProbeStatuscolumnintheProbesManagementwindow.

Uponcompletion,thenewprobeisaddedtotheAllProbesfolder.Theprobeispoweredonandsetup.

Power Probes On or Off

YoucanpowerprobesonorofffromtheProbesManagementwindow.

To power probes on or off

IntheProbesManagementwindow,selectthecheckboxesforoneormoreprobes,andclickPowerOnor

PowerOff.

Delete Probes

Ifyoudonotwanttomonitorthetrafficonaspecifichost,youcanremovetheprobesfromthathost.

To delete probes from hosts

1IntheProbesManagementwindow,selectthecheckboxesforoneormoreprobesonthesameormultiple

hosts,andclickDeleteProbe.

2ClickOKtoconfirm.

Theprobeisremovedfromtheselectedhostsonly.

Adding a License

YoumusthaveanAppSpeedlicensetomonitorservers.

To add a license

1ClickLicensinginthenavigationpaneoftheAdministrationmodule.

2ClickAddLicense.

3EnterthelicensekeyprovidedbyVMwareinthetextboxandclickOK.

ThelicensekeyisvalidatedanditsdetailsareaddedintheLicensepage.

Verifying the Installation

Youcanverifythesuccessfulinstallationanddeploymentoftheprobesbycheckingtheprobestatusinanyof

thefollowinglocations:

RecentTaskspaneofthevSphereClientorVIClient

vCenterProbesManagementwindow

ServerstaborTransactionstaboftheUnmappedTrafficpage

Iftheprobeissuccessfullyinstalledanddeployed,thestatusoftheprobeisRunning.Inaddition,ifactivetraffic

ispresentonthepartofthenetworkthattheprobeismonitoring,thetrafficthroughputisreflectedaccordingly.

NOTEThetrafficthroughputcanbe0ifthereisnotrafficonthemonitoredvSwitchesorifaproblemoccurs

withtheinstallation.Iftheproblempersistsandyouknowthattrafficispresent,seeChapter7,

“Troubleshooting,”onpage27.

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View Unmapped Traffic

Youcanviewinformationabouttheunmappedserversandtransactionsdetectedonthenetwork.Unmapped

objectshavenotyetbeenmappedtoaspecificserverorapplication.

To view unmapped traffic

1Inthenavigationtree,selectApplicationsandServers.

2ClickUnmappedTrafficonthepageselectionbar.

YoumustconfiguretheSSLkeysforeachendpointwhereAppSpeeddetectsSSLtrafficinordertoview

unmappedtrafficonHTTPsitesthatincorporateSSLprotection.See“ManagingSSLKeys”onpage16.

3Viewthestatusinformationfortheunmappedtraffic.

Name:Nameoftheserverortransaction.

Endpoint:IPaddressandportsusedbytheserver(Serverstabonly).

Latency:Averageandstandarddeviation(STDEV)latencyratesfortheserverortransaction.

Hits:Averagenumberofhitspersecondfortheserverortransaction,andthetotalnumberofhitsin

thespecifiedtimeframe.

Throughput:Averagethroughputfortheserverortransaction,andthetotalthroughputinthe

specifiedtimeframe.

Errors:Averagerateoferrors,asapercentage,fortheserverortransaction.

Managing SSL Keys

ForAppSpeedtomonitortrafficonHTTPSsitesthatincorporateSSLprotection,youmustconfiguretheSSL

keysforeachendpoint(IPaddressandportpair)whereAppSpeeddetectsSSLtraffic.

View SSL Key Information

YoucanviewtheexistingSSLkeyconfigurationintheAppSpeeduserinterface

To view SSL key information

1ClickSSLManagementinthenavigationpaneoftheAdministrationmodule.

2ViewthesecuresiteendpointsforwhichAppSpeedcannotmonitortrafficwithoutakey.

ThePendingSSLEndpointstableliststheendpointsforwhichvalidSSLkeysarerequired,including

theirIPaddressesandports.AppSpeedautomaticallyidentifiestheSSLendpointsforwhichkeysdo

notexist.

TheMonitoredSSLEndpointstableliststheendpointsforwhichvalidkeysexistinAppSpeed,

includingtherespectiveservername,whereavailable,andIPaddressandports.AppSpeedmonitors

trafficontheseendpoints.

NOTEThenumberofunmappedobjectstypicallydecreasesasAppSpeedmapstheenvironment.

NOTEAppSpeedsupportstheconfigurationandmonitoringofSSLkeysforHTTPSsitesonly.

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Add an SSL Key

YoucanassignakeytoapendingendpointtoenableAppSpeedtoactivelymonitoritstraffic.

Ifnecessary,youcanextracttheSSLfilesfromtheWebservertoobtainthekey(see“ExtractingSSLFiles”on

page25).

To add an SSL key

1IntheSSLManagementwindow,selectthecheckboxesfortheendpointsintheSSLPendingEndpoints

tableandclickAdd/UpdateSSLkey.

2Browsetoandopenthekeyfile.

Thekeyisassignedtotheselectedendpoints.TheendpointmovesfromtheSSLPendingEndpointstable

totheMonitoredEndpointstable.

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WhenyouinstallaprobeinAppSpeedthedistributedswitchesdonotappearintheProbeInstallation

window.YoumustmanuallyconfigureAppSpeedtomonitortheseswitches.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“ConfiguringAppSpeedtoMonitoravNetworkDistributedSwitch”onpage19

“ConfiguringAppSpeedtoMonitorCiscoNexus1000VSwitches”onpage20

“CreateaTemporaryvSwitch”onpage21

Configuring AppSpeed to Monitor a vNetwork Distributed Switch

AppSpeedisabletomonitorvNetworkDistributedSwitches.However,AppSpeedisunabletodirectlyinstall

aprobethatwillmonitorsuchavNetworkDistributedSwitch.

Toinstallaprobe,youmustspecifyanavailablevSwitchtomonitor.Lateron,youneedtocreatea

promiscuousdvPortGroupandchangethenetworksettingsoftheprobetomonitorthevNetworkDistributed

Switch.AswithvSwitches,AppSpeedmonitorsonlythevirtualmachinesonhostsonwhichtheprobesare

installed.

Create a dvPortGroup

IfyoudeployavNetworkDistributedSwitch,itisrecommendedthatyouaddanewportgroup.

To create a port group

1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>Networking.

2 CreateanewportgroupforthevNetworkDistributedSwitch:

a SelectthevNetworkDistributedSwitch.

bFromtheBasicTaskslist,createanewportgroup.

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NOTETodeployaprobe,theremustbeatleastoneavailablevSwitchonthehostfortheprobetomonitor.If

thehostdoesnothaveanyvSwitchesconfigured,orifallothervSwitchesarealreadybeingmonitoredby

otherprobes,youmustfirstcreateanewtemporaryvSwitchbeforeyoudeploythenewprobe.See“Createa

TemporaryvSwitch”onpage21.

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Configure the dvPort Group

YoumustconfigurethevNetworkDistributedSwitchportstoworkinpromiscuousmodesothatthe

AppSpeedprobecanmonitortheswitch.

To configure the dvPort group

1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>Networking.

2Right‐clickthecorrespondingportgroupinthevNetworkDistributedSwitchandselectEditSettings.

3 SelectSecurity.

4SetthePromiscuousmodetoAccept.

5 SelectVLAN.

6SettheVLANtypetoVLANTrunking.

7SettheVLANtrunkrangeto0‐4094.

8 Saveyourchanges.

Configure the AppSpeed Probe to Monitor vNetwork Distributed Switches

Oncetheprobeisdeployedandsetup(asdescribedin“DeployingtheAppSpeedProbes”onpage13),you

canconfiguretheAppSpeedprobetomonitorthedistributedvSwitches.

To configure a probe to monitor a vNetwork distributed switch

1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>HostsandClusters.

2Right‐clickthecorrespondingprobevirtualmachineandselectEditSettings.

3 Selecttherequirednetworkadapter.

4FromtheNetworkdrop‐downmenu,selecttherelevantportgroup(bydefault,dvPortgroupX).

5VerifythatboththeConnectedandConnectatpoweroncheckboxesareselected.

Configuring AppSpeed to Monitor Cisco Nexus 1000V Switches

IfonlyNexus1000VswitchesareconfiguredinthevCenterorifallothervSwitchesarealreadybeing

monitoredbyotherprobes,youneedtocreateanewvSwitchbeforeyoudeploytheprobe.

Configure Port Mirroring

YoumustconfigureportmirroringontheCiscoNexus1000VvSwitchportssothattheAppSpeedprobecan

monitoraNexus1000VvSwitch.

To configure port mirroring

1Settheserverportsthatyouwanttomonitorasthesourceports.

2Setanunusedportasthedestinationport.

3Enableportmirroringontheswitch.

NOTETodeployaprobe,theremustbeatleastoneavailablevSwitchonthehostfortheprobetomonitor.If

thehostdoesnothaveanyvSwitchesconfigured,orifallothervSwitchesarealreadybeingmonitoredby

otherprobes,youmustfirstcreateanewtemporaryvSwitchbeforeyoudeploythenewprobe.See“Createa

TemporaryvSwitch”onpage21.

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Configure the AppSpeed Probe to Monitor Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch

Aftertheprobeisdeployedandsetup,youcanconfigureittomonitortheNexus1000Vswitches.

To configure the AppSpeed probe to monitor a distributed vSwitch

1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>HostsandClusters.

2Right‐clickthecorrespondingprobevirtualmachineandselectEditSettings.

3 Selecttherequirednetworkadapter.

4FromtheNetworkdrop‐downmenu,selecttherelevantportwithportmirroringconfigured.

5VerifythatboththeConnectedandConnectatpoweroncheckboxesareselected.

Create a Temporary vSwitch

Todeployaprobe,theremustbeatleastoneavailablevSwitchonthehostfortheprobetomonitor.Ifthehost

doesnothaveanyvSwitchesconfigured,orifallothervSwitchesarealreadybeingmonitoredbyotherprobes,

youmustfirstcreateanewtemporaryvSwitchbeforeyoudeploythenewprobe.

To create a temporary vSwitch

1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>HostsandClusters.

2 Selectthedestinationhostonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheprobe.

3 SelectConfiguration>Networking>AddNetworkingWizard.

4IntheConnectionTypewindow,selecttheVirtualMachineoptionandclickNext.

5 DeselectthecheckboxesfortheNICsandclickNext.

6 NamethevSwitchintheNetworklabeltextboxandclickNext.

7ClickFinish.

NOTEIfanavailablevSwitchexistsonthehost,youdonotneedtocreateatemporaryswitch.

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IfanewversionofAppSpeedisavailable,youcanupgradetothatversion.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“OverviewoftheUpgradeProcess”onpage23

“UpgradeAppSpeed”onpage23

Overview of the Upgrade Process

TheAppSpeedupgradeprocessusesanISOimageandisfullyautomated.TheISOimageisprovidedby

VMware.

YouupgradeAppSpeedbyconnectingtheISOimagewiththenewversiontotheAppSpeedservermachine

andrunningacommand‐lineinterface(CLI)command.TheCLIcommandperformsthefollowingactions:

1UpgradestheAppSpeedserverandperformstwosequentialreboots.

2SetsuptheAppSpeedserverwiththenewversion,keepingallconfigurationsandmonitoringdataofthe

previousversion.

3CreatesarecoveryvirtualmachinesnapshotontheAppSpeedservermachinetowhichyoucanrevertat

anytime.

4Createsabackupcopyofalltheconfigurationandmonitoringdatatoenabletheupgradetorestore

existingdata.

5 Distributestheupgradedversiontoallprobes.

YoucanobservetheprogressoftheAppSpeedserverupgradeandsetupprocessesfromtheconsole.Youcan

observetheredeploymentoftheprobesintheAppSpeeduserinterface.

Upgrade AppSpeed

YouupgradeAppSpeedversionusingtheISOimageprovidedbyVMware.

To upgrade AppSpeed

1 SavetheISOfileprovidedbyVMwaretoalocationonyournetwork.

2InthevSphereClientorVIClient,connecttheAppSpeedservertotheISOfile.

a SelecttheAppSpeedservermachineintheinventorytree.

bClickConnectCD/DVDandselectConnecttoISOimagefromthedrop‐downmenu.

cBrowsetothelocationoftheISOfile.

3LogintotheAppSpeedserverconsoleastheconsoleuser.

4Fromthedefaultconsoleshell,runthecommandupgrade_AppSpeed.

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5PressEntertoruntheupgradescript.

TheupgradeprocessrebootstheAppSpeedserverandrecreatesallAppSpeedprobes.Thismighttakea

longtime.

AftertheAppSpeedserverbootsfromtheISOimage,itcontinuestheupgradeprocess.Thisprocesscan

takeuptoonehour.

Whentheprocessiscomplete,theISOimagerebootsthesystemandstartsasecondupgradescript.

AmessageappearsindicatingthattheAppSpeedserverupgradeiscomplete.

YouarepromptedtodisconnecttheISOfile.

6DisconnecttheISOfileintheClient.

Thescriptrecreatestheprobesinthenewversion.Youcanmonitortheredeploymentprocessfromthe

AppSpeedProbesDeploymentwindow.

7Verifytheredeploymentoftheprobes,asdescribedin“VerifyingtheInstallation”onpage15.

NOTEIfanerroroccursduringthescriptexecution,anerrormessageappearsindicatingthenatureof

theerror.

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YoucanextracttheSSLfilesfromtheWebservertoobtaintheSSLkeys.Theprocedurevariesaccordingtothe

typeofWebserver.

Extract SSL Files from an Apache Server

YoucanextracttheSSLfilesfromanApacheserver.

To extract SSL files from an Apache server

1IntheApacheconfdirectory,openthehttp.conffile.Thefilenameiseither

/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.confor/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.

2 LocatetheSSLCertificateKeyFile commandontheSSLsite.

3 SaveacopyofthefilethatappearsunderSSLCertificateKeyFile as [cluster].keyandtransferit

tothevSphereClientmachine.

YoucanselectanduploadthekeyfiletotheAppSpeedserver(see“A d d anSSLKey”onpage17).

Extract SSL Files from a Microsoft IIS 6.0 Server

YoucanextracttheSSLfilesfromaMicrosoftIIS6.0server.

To export the IIS key file

1 SelectStartPrograms>AdministrativeTools>InternetInformationSystem(IIS)Manager.

2 ExpandtheCOMPUTERNAME(localcomputer)treeintheleftpane,andthenexpandtheWebSitetree.

3Right‐clickDefaultWebSiteandselectProperties.

4 SelecttheDirectorySecuritytab,andthenselecttheServerCertificatebutton.

5 SelectNext,selectExportthecurrentcertificatetoaPFXfile,andselectNextagain.

6 Selectafilefortheexportedcertificateandkeytobewritten,andselectNext.

7Enterthepasswordwithwhichthekeyistobeencrypted.

Duringtheexportprocess,apasswordisrequestedtoprotectthekey.Ifapasswordisassigned,remember

thispassword.ThispasswordisrequiredwhenimportingthekeyintoAppSpeed.

8Re‐enterthepasswordintheConfirmPasswordtextbox.

9 SelectFinish.

ThePFXfileshouldbetransferredtothevSphereClientmachineanduploadedtotheAppSpeedserver

(see“A d d anSSLKey”onpage17).

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Extract SSL Files from a Microsoft IIS 7.0 Server

ThissectiondescribeshowtoextracttheSSLfilesfromaMicrosoftIIS7.0server.

To export the IIS 7.0 key file

1 SelectStartPrograms>AdministrativeTools>InternetInformationSystem(IIS)Manager.

2 ExpandtheCOMPUTERNAME(localcomputer)treeintheleftpaneandthendouble‐clicktheServer

Certificatesiconinthemiddlepane.

3Right‐clickthecertificateandselectExport.

APFXfileiscreated.

Duringtheexportprocess,apasswordisrequestedtoprotectthekey.Ifapasswordisassigned,remember

thispassword.ThispasswordisrequiredwhenimportingthekeyintoAppSpeed.

ThePFXfileshouldbetransferredtothevSphereClientmachineanduploadedtotheAppSpeedserver

(see“A d d anSSLKey”onpage17).

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IfyouencounterproblemswhenusingAppSpeed,usethistroubleshootinginformationtotryandresolvethe

problem.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“AppSpeedSetupErrors”onpage27

“AppSpeedUserInterfaceLoadingProblems”onpage28

“GeneralErrorsWhileUsingAppSpeed”onpage30

AppSpeed Setup Errors

IfyouhaveproblemswhilesettingupAppSpeed,trythesetroubleshootingsuggestions.

Problem

Setupfailsandthefollowingerrormessageappears:

Connectiontimedout.VerifythevCenteraddressandtryagain.

Cause

YouenteredanincorrectvCenterServerIPaddressduringsetup.

Solution

1VerifytheaccuracyofthevCenterServerIPaddress.

2RunsetupagainandenterthecorrectIPaddress.

Problem

Setupfailsandthefollowingerrormessageappears:

Connectiontimedout.VerifythevCenteraddressandtryagain.

Cause

ThevCenterHTTPSWebServiceportisnotconfiguredtoworkwiththedefaultport443.

Solution

1CheckthevCenterWebServiceport.

2Runsetupagainandenter<vCenter_IP>:<HTTPS_Port>inthevCenterparameterssection.

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Problem

Setupfailsandthefollowingerrormessageappears:

Connectiontimedout.VerifythevCenteraddressandtryagain.

Cause

ThevCenterHTTPSWebServiceportisblockedtotrafficbetweentheAppSpeedserverandvCenterServer.

Solution

1VerifywithITthatthevCenterHTTPSWebServiceportonthefirewallisopenfromtheAppSpeedserver

tovCenterServer.

2Runsetupagain.

3Iftheproblempersists,tryrunningTelnettothevCenterIPwiththevCenterHTTPSWebService

configuredtoport443toverifythattheportisopen.

Problem

Thefollowingerrormessageappears:

Theremoteserverreturnedanerror:ServerUnavailable

Cause

ThevSphereClientorVIClientusesHTTPtodownloadtheAppSpeeduserinterfacefromtheAppSpeed

server.IfthefirewallbetweenthevSphereClientorVIClientandtheAppSpeedserverisclosedforport80,

thedownloadfails.

Solution

1Verifythatport80isopenonthefirewall.

2Iftheproblempersists,logintotheAppSpeedservervirtualmachineastheconsoleuserandrun

restart_AppSpeed.

Problem

Thefollowingerrormessageappears:

Theapplicationfailedtoinitializeproperly,clickOKtoterminatetheapplication.

Cause

AproblemoccurredintheAppSpeedserver.

Solution

1LogintotheAppSpeedservervirtualmachineastheconsoleuser.

2Fromtheconsole,runrestart_AppSpeed.

AppSpeed User Interface Loading Problems

IfyouhaveproblemsloadingtheAppSpeeduserinterface,trythesetroubleshootingsuggestions.

Problem

AfterclickingtheAppSpeedplug‐inDownloadandInstalllink,thefollowingmessageappears:

Theremoteserverreturnedanerror:(404)NotFound.

Cause

TheAppSpeedplug‐infailstoinstallifvCenterisnotconfiguredtoworkwithport80.

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Solution

1Manuallydownloadthesetup.exefilefrom:

http://<vCenter_IP>:<HTTPS_Port>/AppSpeed/static/setup.exe

2Runthesetup.exefile.(ClosethevCenterbeforeperformingtheinstallation)

3OnthemachinerunningthevCenterClient,gotoC:\Program

Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Plugins\AppSpeed.

4OpentheSettings.configfileinatexteditor.

5Replacetheline<!--ConductorURL>http://<hostname>/</ConductorURL-->withtheline:

<ConductorURL> http://<vCenter_IP>:<HTTPS_Port>/AppSpeed/</ConductorURL>.

6Replacetheline<VCProxyNamespace>AppSpeed</VCProxyNamespace>with

<!--VCProxyNamespace>AppSpeed</VCProxyNamespace-->.

Forexample,forvCenter1.2.3.4andport8080,use:

<ConductorURL>http://1.2.3.4:8080/AppSpeed/</ConductorURL.

7 Saveandclosethefile.

8RestartthevSphereClientorVIClientandenabletheAppSpeedplug‐ininthePlugintab.

Problem

YouclicktheAppSpeediconinthevSphereClientorVIClient,buttheAppSpeedviewdoesnotload.

Cause

Aconnectiontotheservercannotbeestablishedorthereisanissuewithproxysettings.Thistypeoferroris

usuallyprecededbyoneofthefollowingmessages:ReceivedaconnectivityerrororURLErrorreceived.

Solution

1LogintotheAppSpeedservervirtualmachineastheconsoleuser.

2Fromtheconsole,runrestart_AppSpeed.

3VerifywithITthatport80isopenonthefirewall.

4RestartthevSphereClientorVIClient.

5 WaitafewminutesfortheAppSpeeduserinterfacetoload.

6Iftheuserinterfacestilldoesnotload,reinstalltheuserinterfacefromtheplug‐inwindow.

See“InstalltheAppSpeedPlug‐In”onpage13.

Problem

Thefollowingerrorappearsintheuserinterface:

UnabletocommunicatewithAppSpeedserver:failedtodownloadUImodulefromhttp://<vCenteraddress>/AppSpeed>,

consultyoursystemadministrator.

Cause

AnHTTPconnectiontotheAppSpeedserverisrefusedduetocertificateauthorizationissues.

Solution

1InInternetExplorerorFirefox,gotohttp://<AppSpeedserverIP>.

Amessageappearsindicatingthattheserver’scertificatemustbeapprovedbeforethemachineallows

HTTPconnections.

2 ApprovethecertificateusingtheWebbrowser.

3RestarttheVIClient.

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4ClicktheAppSpeedbutton.

5Iftheproblempersists,gotohttp://<AppSpeedserver_ip>/AppSpeed/static/setup.exeanddownload

setup.exefromtheAppSpeedBrain.

Ifyousucceed,theserverisaccessible.

6Iftheproblempersistsandthe503ServiceUnavailablemessageappears,logintotheAppSpeedserver

virtualmachineastheconsoleuserandrunrestart_AppSpeed fromtheconsole.

Problem

TheuserinterfacecannotconnecttoAppSpeed.

Cause

StorageusedbytheAppSpeedserverwasdisconnectedforawhilecausingthefilesystemtorespondasa

read‐onlyfilesystem.

VerifythecausebyloggingintotheconsoleontheAppSpeedvirtualmachineandrunningcommandssuch

asstart_AppSpeedorrestart_AppSpeed.Theresultingerrormessagewillindicatethatthefilesystemis

read‐only.Forexample,amessagesimilartothefollowingonemightappear:

OSError:[Error30]Read‐onlyfilesystem:ʹtwistd.pid’

Solution

1 Validatethatthestorageisup.

2FromthevSphereClientorVIclient,reboottheAppSpeedserver’svirtualmachinetoreinitializethefile

system.

General Errors While Using AppSpeed

IfyouhaveproblemswhileusingAppSpeed,trythesetroubleshootingsuggestions.

Problem

AvirtualmachinesisnotintheAppSpeedinventorytree.

Cause

NoAppSpeedprobeisconfiguredtomonitorthevirtualmachine.

Solution

1VerifythatanAppSpeedprobeisrunningandlocatedtogetherwiththevirtualmachineonthesamehost.

2Inthehostnetworkingconfiguration,verifythattheAppSpeedprobeisconnectedtothevSwitchthatthe

virtualmachineusesfortraffichandling.

Cause

Thevirtualmachineisnotmappedduetoalowvolumeoftraffic.

Solution

1IntheAnalysismodule,selectApplicationsandServersintheinventorytree.

2ClickUnmappedTrafficonthepageselectionbar.

3ClicktheServerstabandsearchforthevirtualmachine.

Alownumberofhitsindicatesthatthevirtualmachineisnotyetmapped.

Cause

ThevirtualmachineisnotdisplayedbecauseSSLprivatekeysneedtobeloaded.

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Solution

1Intheuserinterface,selectSSLManagementintheAdministrationmoduleandverifythattheserver

appearsonthelist.

2Iftheserverisonthelist,loadthecorrespondingprivatekeys.

See“ManagingSSLKeys”onpage16.

Problem

YourapplicationdoesnotappearintheAppSpeeduserinterface.

Solution

1IntheAnalysismodule,selectApplicationsandServersintheinventorytree.

2 SelectUnmappedTrafficonthepageselectionbar.

3ClicktheServerstabandsearchfortheserverthatrunstheapplicationundertherelevantprotocol.

Alownumberofhitsindicatesthattheapplicationisnotyetmapped.IntheTransactionstab,youcan

seethetransactionsthatarenotmappedtoanapplicationduetoalownumberofhits.

4Iftheserverisnotdiscovered,verifythattheAppSpeedprobeisrunningandconnectedtothesame

vSwitchthattheserverusesfortraffichandling.

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Index

A

Adobe Flash Player 8

AppSpeed

install plug-in 13

upgrade 23

AppSpeed probes, See probes

AppSpeed server

communications with vCenter Server 8

configure 10

install 9

probe communication 8

AppSpeed snapshots 14

C

Cisco Nexus 1000V, See Nexus 1000V switches

D

delete probes 15

deployment considerations 8

DHCP 8

distributed switches

configure probe 20

create port group 19

create vSwitch 21

promiscuous mode 20

E

ESX

compatible versions 7

host selection 10

F

file system

read-only 30

H

HTTPS 8

HTTPS sites 16

I

import OVF file

to VI Client 10

to vSphere Client 9

installation

prerequisites 7

verify 15

workflow 7

L

licensing 15

M

Microsoft IIS 6.0 server 25

Microsoft IIS 7.0 server 26

mirroring ports 20

N

Nexus 1000V switches

configure probe 21

create vSwitch 20

port mirroring 20

O

OpenVPN 8

OVF file

import to VI Client 10

import to vSphere Client 9

P

port groups 19

ports

mirroring 20

open 8

requirements 8

TCP 8

UDP 8

power probes on or off 15

probe deployment

changes in vCenter 14

probes

communication with AppSpeed server 8

configure for vNetwork distributed switches 20

configure to monitor Nexus 1000V 21

delete 15

deploy

deployment 13

install 14

power on or off 15

promiscuous mode 20

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requirements

open ports 8

probes 8

server 8

system 8

S

servers

unmapped 16

SSL endpoints

monitored 16

pending 16

SSL keys 16

add 17

extract from Apache server 25

extract from Microsoft IIS 6.0 server 25

extract from Microsoft IIS 7.0 server 26

view information 16

system requirements 8

T

time zone 11

troubleshooting

general 30

read-only file system 30

setup errors 27

user interface loading problems 28

U

unmapped traffic 16

upgrade AppSpeed 23

user interface

troubleshooting loading problems 28

V

vCenter proxy interface 8

verify installation 15

VI Client 7

import OVF file 10

vSphere Client 7

import OVF file 9

vSwitch

create for vNetwork distributed switch 21

W

workflow 7