Installation guide

Procedure
1. Click Administration.
2. Select Machines Manager > Licensed Machines > Licensed Windows Machines.
3. In the data grid, select one or more domain controllers on which to install the Agent and click Install.
4. On the Machines page, verify that the target machines appear in the Selected list and click Next.
5. On the Install Options page, select the default installation options and click Next.
6. On the Schedule page, select Run Action now and click Next.
You can schedule subsequent Agent installations to run later.
7. Review the summary information and click Finish.
What to do next
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Verify that the jobs finished running. Click Administration and select Job Manager > History > Other
Jobs > Past 24 Hours.
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Collect Windows data from VCM managed domain controllers in your environment. See "Collect
Domain Controller Data" on page 238.
Collect Domain Controller Data
Start managing the domain controllers by performing an initial collection, which adds domain controller
data to VCM.
Use the default filter set to collect a general view of the domain controllers in your environment. The first
time that you use the default filter to collect data, the Windows Agent returns all of the data specified in
the filter and stores the data in the VCM database. All subsequent collections will return a delta against the
data previously collected.
A delta collection includes only the differences between the data on the target machine and the data stored
in the VCM database. If you need a full collection, you can specify that VCM collect all data again. A full
collection can take a significant amount of time depending on the number of VCM managed domain
controllers from which you are collecting.
When you perform a full collection from your entire environment, run the collection during nonworking
hours so that users do not notice any performance impact on managed machines. After the initial
collection is finished, subsequent delta collections will most likely not impact performance.
Prerequisites
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To collect data from Windows XP SP2 or Vista machines that use DCOM communication, you must
enable ICMP pings in the firewall settings or disable ICMP pings in VCM.
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Verify that DCOM is enabled on the managed machine. Run dcomcnfg and select Enable Distributed
COM on this computer.
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