Cisco Cisco Prime Unified Operations Manager 9.0 White Paper

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3.2.2 Hostname 
It is recommended that you configure the hostname for the Operations Manager server 
before you start installing Operations Manager. Specify the hostname when you are 
installing the operating system or subsequently, using My Computer > Properties > 
Computer Name. 
Once Operations Manager is installed, changing the hostname is a very laborious process 
involving file manipulation and the execution of scripts. User Guide for Cisco Unified 
Operations Manager
 documents all the steps involved in changing the hostname of the 
Operations Manager server. 
3.2.3 Client PC Macromedia Flash 
For any PC client, or if the Operations Manager server is also going to be used as the 
Operations Manager client, visit 
www.macromedia.com
 and upgrade the Macromedia Flash 
Player on the Operations Manager server to Version 8.0.x.   The client system must be 
used to access the internet, and the upgrade is applied directly to that system. There is no 
way to separately download this file from the Macromedia website and apply it.  If you 
are working in a very secure network environment, it is recommended that you upgrade 
the Macromedia Flash version before installing Operations Manager on a network 
blocked from the internet. 
3.2.4 Verify Locale Settings 
Operations Manager only supports the U.S. English and Japanese locales. Using other 
locales means that you are running on a nonsupported configuration. Further, Operations 
Manager may display erratic behavior, such as JRunProxyServer services not starting 
automatically. However, non-U.S. English keyboard layouts should work. 
3.2.5 DNS Settings 
It is not mandatory that devices managed by Operations Manager be in DNS. However, it 
is mandatory that Operations Manager itself be reachable through both its fully qualified 
domain name (server.cisco.com) and its IP address. This can be accomplished in either of 
two ways: 
  Adding a forward and reverse name translation in the DNS server for Operations 
Manager. 
  Adding an entry (with the name-to-IP address mapping) in the hosts file in the 
Windows\system32\etc\drivers folder. 
Once this is done, verify forward and reverse lookup using the fully qualified domain 
name as well as the IP address. Failure to do so will cause errors in device discovery and 
monitoring.