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
configuration
Active Directory 239
configuration of patch staging 163
configure
SCR Tool 160
configuring
alternate location machines 161
asset data field 259
event-driven patch assessment 170
event-driven patch deployment 170
hardware data 264
machine group mapping 167
managed machines patch staging 165
patching administration settings 173
patching repository 144, 158
protocols for patch staging 159
scheduled patch assess and deploy 176
software data 267
VCM with alternate locations 162-163
VCM with patching repository 162-163
vSphere Client Plug-in 57
console
service desk integration 271
content
compliance 21
content for compliance
wizard 20
copying
files to ESX/vSphere servers 54
create packages
software provisioning 223
custom filter sets
remote 247
remote client 248
customization
for your environment 16
D
data age
deploy patches 174
deleting
asset data field 262
hardware asset data 266
software asset data 270
deploying patches
applicability changes 174
group membership changes 174
how it works 178
Linux and UNIX patching 148
manual patching for Windows 155
no run level change 140
Solaris, single-user mode 140
template membership changes 174
threshold data age 174
wizards 179
determine forest action
running for active directory 240
develop
custom collection scripts 109
discover
domain controllers 235
vCloud Director vApp 43
discovering
domain controllers 233, 235
Windows machines 87, 90
discovery
provisioning, operating system 203
distributed patching
protocols 159
Red Hat Linux machines 169
domain
active directory 233
domain controllers
add network authority 234
assign network authority 235
available domains 234
collect 238
collecting 238
discover 235
discover, license, install 233
discovering 235
domain discovery 234
license 236
licensing 236
run setup action 241
domain discovery
domain controllers 234
Windows machines 88
download
SCR Tool 159
download patches
manual patching for Windows 152
dynamic membership for patch bulletins 171
dynamic patch assessment templates 171
E
editing
asset data field 261
hardware asset data 265
hardware asset data values 266
software asset data 269
software asset data values 270
VCM asset data 264
enabling
instsallation delgate 123
patching repository 164
patching repository trust status 164
environment
automated patching 156
ESX
collect 52
service console operating system collection 50
ESX files
copy 54
ESX logs
collect 50, 55
event-driven patch deployment 169
assessment template 171
VMware, Inc.
275
Index