CapacityIQ Listening Ports
Table 2-3
describes the local listening ports that CapacityIQ requires. These ports do not require an opening
in your firewall.
Table 2-3.
CapacityIQ Listening Ports
Port Number
Description
5432
PostgreSQL server port. Listens to connections from
localhost only.
5488, 5489
Ports that the VMware Studio version of the Administration
Portal use
8005, 9005
Apache Tomcat management ports for the Administration
Portal
8080, 8443
These CapacityIQ ports are listening ports and ports that are
required for TCP connection
9080
Administration Portal HTTP server port
9443
Administration Portal HTTPS server port
Administration Portal Supported Browsers
Access the CapacityIQ Administration Portal using these browsers.
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Internet Explorer 6.0.x, 7.0.x, and 8.0.x
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Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x and 3.x
Deploy the Virtual Appliance
You use the vSphere Client user interface to deploy the CapacityIQ appliance. VMware distributes the
appliance as a
.zip
file that includes an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) file.
Prerequisites
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Use vSphere 4.1. If you use vSphere 4.0, perform this procedure only when you can deploy CapacityIQ
with thick disks instead of thin disks. For information about deploying CapacityIQ with thin disks in a
vSphere 4.0 environment, see
“Deploy the Virtual Appliance with Thin Disks in vSphere 4.0,”
on
page 14.
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You are in the vSphere Client and your assigned role and permissions allow you to import a virtual
appliance.
Procedure
1
Download and extract the CapacityIQ
.zip
file.
2
In the vSphere Client that is connected to a vCenter Server system or an ESX host, select File > Deploy
OVF Template.
3
Locate the extracted
.ovf
file.
For information about how to complete the wizard, see the vSphere documentation. The network switch
that you select must have access to vCenter Server and the datastore must have enough capacity to deploy
the virtual appliance.
The virtual appliance appears in the vSphere Client inventory panel as a virtual machine.
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