Addition of Windows RC to a LINUX Appliance cluster

[KevinMJacobsen]

Hey fellow vROp-ers,

I'm running a vROps 6.1 cluster (1 master, 5 data, 3 RCs) that is currently 100% SuSe Linux from the standard appliance deployment software.

I'm running into a need that requires a Windows based Remote Collector.

When I attempt to deploy the windows installer software I get an error that says "Previous installation attempt failed with the following errors:   Node <RC name> platform, NON_VA_WINDOWS, is incompatible with these PAKs on admin node <Master node name>: vRealizeOperationManagerEnterprise-6103038037. The admin node platform is VA_LINUX."

So, I get that my cluster is the Virtual Appliance Linux deployment.  What method do I need to follow to add an RC that is Windows based?  Is it possible?

Thank you,

Kevin M. Jacobsen

[larsonm]

This KB seems to point to you issue, in case you haven't seen this:  VMware KB: Join a Windows remote collector to a vApp cluster

[KevinMJacobsen]

Thanks.  I'll attempt this as a solution and let you know if it fixes the issue.  Thank you so much.