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 ConsolidationservicesrequirelocaladministratorprivilegesontheVirtualCenter
server.Specifically,thecollectorservicemustberunwithlocaladministrator
privileges.Additionally,theaccountusedmustalsobegrantedtheLogonas
serviceprivilege.IfActiveDirectoryisdeployedonyournetwork,thecredentials
usedtorunconsolidationservicesmustalso
havesufficientprivilegestoquerythe
ActiveDirectorydatabase.SupplyVirtualCenterwithyourcredentialsbeforeyou
beginaconsolidationproject.See“SpecifyingConsolidationSettings”on
page 132.
 Consolidationservicesalsorequireadministratoraccesstothesystemsselectedfor
analysis.Specifically,thecollectorserviceusesthesecredentialstoconnecttoand
retrieveconfigurationandperformancedatafromthephysicalsystemsunder
analysis.See“SupplyingSystem‐levelAdministratorCredentials”onpage 134.
First Time Use
ThefirsttimeyouusetheConsolidationfeature,youarepromptedtospecify
consolidationsettings(see“SpecifyingConsolidationSettings”onpage 132).Awizard
stepsyouthroughtheprocessofspecifyingthesesettings.Youcanchangethese
settingsatanytimebyselectingAdministration>ConsolidationSettings>
Credentialstab.
About Consolidation Services
ConsolidationservicesareinstalledtogetherwithVirtualCenterServer.Consolidation
servicesincludethefollowing:
 VMwareCapacityPlannerService–Discoversdomainsandsystemswithin
domains.Collectsperformancedataonsystemsselectedforanalysis.Itisreferred
toasthecollectorserviceinthisdocument.
 VMwareConverterEnterpriseService–Convertsphysicalsystemstovirtual
machines.VirtualCenterprovidesthisservicewithinformationaboutthe
destinationandotherparameters,andVMwareConverterEnterpriseService
handlestheconversionoperation.Thisservicecanbeinstalledthesamemachine
astheVirtualCenterServer,oronaseparatemachine.
See“Consolidation
Prerequisites”onpage 130forinformationabouttheuser
privilegesrequiredbyeachserviceforproperfunctioning.