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
availble domains
domain controllers 234
B
badge score
vCenter Operations Manager 74, 76-80
base path of SCR Tool 168
bulletin details
manual patching for Windows 152
bulletin updates
manual patching for Linux and UNIX 144
manual patching for Windows 151
bulletins
dynamic membership 171
C
certificates
remote client 246
change
vCenter Operations Manager 73
change management
WCI 107
checking
network authority account 89, 234
collect
domain controllers 238
ESX logs 50, 55
ESX service console operating system 50
hosts, virtual machine 52
installation delegate 121
Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X data 132
package managers 225
repositories 226
schedule Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X 135
vCenter Server 32
vCenter Server virtual machines 35
vCloud Director 37, 39
vCloud Director vApp 41
virtual machine hosts 52
vShield Manager 47, 49
WCI data 108
collect distributions
provisioning, operating system 203
collection filter for WCI 111
collection filters
Linux and UNIX patching 145
collection results
active directory 242
Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X 133
Remote 256
WCI 113
collection scripts
custom for WCI 109
collections
active directory 242
domain controllers 238
manual patching for Windows 153
vCenter Server data 29, 33
virtualization 55
WCI 110
Windows machines 94
collections for Windows patch assessments 138
collector
agent proxy 51
aware of Remote client 246, 256
compliance
content, access 21
machine groups 181
alerts 192
alerts, add 192
alerts, configure 193
download content 182
filters, add 185
resolve noncompliant results 189
resolve noncompliant results,
enforceable 189
resolve noncompliant results, exceptions 191
resolve noncompliant results,
manually 67, 191
resolve noncompliant results, VCM
actions 66, 190
rule groups, add 184
rule groups, preview 186
rules, add 184
schedule 192
schedule, add 194
templates 187
templates, run 188
software provisioning 230-231
templates
machine groups 182
virtual environments
resolve noncomplaint results, exceptions 191
resolve noncomplaint results,
manually 67, 191
resolve noncomplaint results, VCM
actions 66, 190
compliance exceptions
vCenter Server 65, 67, 191
vCloud Director 65, 67, 191
virtual objects 65, 67, 191
compliance filters
vCenter Server 62
vCloud Director 62
virtual objects 62
compliance rule groups
preview 62
vCenter Server 60
vCloud Director 60
virtual objects 60
compliance rules
vCenter Server 61
vCloud Director 61
virtual objects 61
compliance templates
vCenter Server 59, 63
vCloud Director 59, 63
virtual objects 59, 63
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