vRealize Infrastructure Navigator 5.8.4 is an on-premises tool used in the migration process for Discovery and Assessment. Future vCAT-SP blogs will illustrate how this tool and others can be used to gather adequate information to perform the assessment of migration candidates. The physical architecture considerations for vRealize Infrastructure Navigator are not complex and involve deploying an OVA to your vSphere environment with requirements outlined in the following tables. You can find more information about installation and configuration of vRealize Infrastructure Navigator in the VMware vRealize Infrastructure Navigator Installation and Configuration Guide. Of particular interest beyond the physical requirements listed in the following tables is the configuration of the appliance for secured access. There might be times when accessing the console for data extraction is required and files like vadm.keystore, found under /opt/vadm-engine/conf/, must be tightly controlled and monitored. Also note the PostgreSQL instance on the vRealize Infrastructure Navigator appliance cannot be run externally from the appliance. However, data extraction can be configured for remote execution.

 

 

vRealize Infrastructure Navigator is part of the vRealize Suite and as such has some meaningful integration with other solutions like vRealize Operations. The vRealize Operations Management Pack for vRealize Infrastructure Navigator, which facilitates sharing of discovered facets of virtual machines, creates a rich environment for management of operating system and application layer components. When coupled with other integrated solutions, such as VMware vRealize Hyperic®, a fully managed operational model can be created for applications discovered and monitored by this combination. While out of scope for this document, more information can be found in other sections of the vCAT-SP.