Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Getting Started with VCM
- Installing and Getting Started with VCM Tools
- Configuring VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- Virtual Environments Configuration
- Configure Virtual Environments Collections
- Configure Managing Agent Machines for Virtual Environment Management
- Obtain the SSL Certificate Thumbprint
- Configure vCenter Server Data Collections
- Configure vCenter Server Virtual Machine Collections
- Configure vCloud Director Collections
- Configure vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines Collections
- Configure vShield Manager Collections
- Configure ESX Service Console OS Collections
- Configure the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In
- Running Compliance for the VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- Create and Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups
- Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Rules
- Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Filters
- Preview Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Exceptions
- Resolve Noncompliant Virtual Environments Template Results
- Configure Alerts and Schedule Virtual Environment Compliance Runs
- Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Integration
- Auditing Security Changes in Your Environment
- Configuring Windows Machines
- Configure Windows Machines
- Windows Collection Results
- Getting Started with Windows Custom Information
- Prerequisites to Collect Windows Custom Information
- Using PowerShell Scripts for WCI Collections
- Windows Custom Information Change Management
- Collecting Windows Custom Information
- Create Your Own WCI PowerShell Collection Script
- Verify that Your Custom PowerShell Script is Valid
- Install PowerShell
- Collect Windows Custom Information Data
- Run the Script-Based Collection Filter
- View Windows Custom Information Job Status Details
- Windows Custom Information Collection Results
- Run Windows Custom Information Reports
- Troubleshooting Custom PowerShell Scripts
- Configuring Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machines
- Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machine Management
- Linux, UNIX, or Mac OS X Installation Credentials
- Configure Collections from Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machines
- Configure Installation Delegate Machines to Install Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X...
- Configure the HTTPS Bypass Setting for Linux Agent Installations
- Enable Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Agent Installation
- Add and License Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machines for Agent Installation
- Install the VCM Agent on Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Operating Systems
- Collect Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Data
- Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Collection Results
- Configure Scheduled Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Collections
- Patching Managed Machines
- Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Prerequisite Tasks and Requirements
- Manually Patching Managed Machines
- Getting Started with VCM Manual Patching
- Configuring An Automated Patch Deployment Environment
- Deploying Patches with Automated Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Configure VCM for Automatic Event-Driven Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Generate a Patch Assessment Template
- Run a Patch Assessment on Managed Machines
- Add Exceptions for Patching Managed Machines
- Configure the VCM Administration Settings
- Generate a Patch Deployment Mapping
- Configure VCM for Automatic Scheduled Patch Assessment and Deployment
- How the Linux and UNIX Patch Staging Works
- How the Linux and UNIX Patching Job Chain Works
- How the Deploy Action Works
- Patch Deployment Wizards
- Running Patching Reports
- Running and Enforcing Compliance
- Provisioning Physical or Virtual Machine Operating Systems
- Provisioning Software on Managed Machines
- Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
- Software Repository for Windows
- Package Manager for Windows
- Software Provisioning Component Relationships
- Install the Software Provisioning Components
- Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
- Using VCM Software Provisioning for Windows
- Related Software Provisioning Actions
- Configuring Active Directory Environments
- Configuring Remote Machines
- Tracking Unmanaged Hardware and Software Asset Data
- Managing Changes with Service Desk Integration
- Index
Getting Started with VCM Manual Patching
You can use VCM to manually assess the patching state of Linux, UNIX, and Windows managed machines,
and manually deploy patches to those machines.
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"Getting Started with VCM Manual Patching for Linux and UNIX Managed Machines" on page 143
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"Getting Started with VCM Manual Patching for Windows Managed Machines" on page 150
To configure your environment for automated patching with VCM 5.7, see "Configuring An Automated
Patch Deployment Environment" on page 156.
Getting Started with VCM Manual Patching for Linux and UNIX Managed
Machines
Use VCM to manually assess the patch status of Linux and UNIX machines, and deploy patches to those
machines.
Linux and UNIX patch assessments require you to collect new patch status data from managed machines.
These patch assessments operate differently from VCM patch assessments on Windows managed
machines, which run on previously collected data.
To configure your environment for automated patching with VCM 5.7, see "Configuring An Automated
Patch Deployment Environment" on page 156.
Prerequisites
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Understand the actions in the patch deployment and perform several prerequisite tasks. See
"Prerequisite Tasks and Requirements" on page 138.
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Verify that VCM supports your Linux and UNIX managed machines and operating systems for patch
deployment. See the VCM Installation Guide.
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Configure the Red Hat patching repository machine. See "Configuring the Patching Repository for
Manual Patching" on page 144.
Procedure
1. "Check for Updates to Linux and UNIX Bulletins" on page 144
To assess the patching state of Linux and UNIX machines, check for updates to patch bulletins.
2. "Create Linux and UNIX Patch Assessment Filters" on page 145
Patch assessment filters identify patch bulletins that meet user-defined filtering criteria. These filters
narrow the scope of bulletins to use in the assessments, which improves the efficiency of the patch
assessment.
3. "Collect Patch Assessment Data from Linux and UNIX Machines" on page 145
To collect Linux and UNIX patch assessment data, you can use bulletins, a patch assessment template,
or the Collect wizard.
4. "Review Patch Assessment Results" on page 147
You can view the results of the patch assessment of Linux and UNIX managed machines.
5. "Deploy Patches to Linux and UNIX Machines" on page 148
You can use VCM to manually install the patches on Linux and UNIX managed machines.
Patching Managed Machines
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