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
patch deployment 148
patching getting started 143
running patching reports 180
Linux and UNIX patch staging 177
Linux and UNIX patching job chain 178
logs
ESX 56
M
Mac OS X
add machines 124
agent installation 117
collect data 132
collecting
schedule 135
scheduled collection 133
collection results 133
installing agent 125
machine group, create 134
Mac OS X agent
enable installation 123
machine group mapping 163
configuring for patching 167
machine groups
compliance 181
alerts 192
alerts, add 192
alerts, configure 193
download content 182
filters 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 preview 186
rule groups, add 184
rules, add 184
schedule 192
schedule, add 194
templates, add 187
templates, run 188
compliance templates 182
create
Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X 134
manage patching repository 139
managed machines
adding patching exceptions 172
configure patch staging 165
patch assessment 172
patching 137
managing agent
virtual environments 26
managing agent collection
virtual environments 26
managing agent enabled
virtual environments 28
managing agent HTTPS bypass
virtual environments 28
managing agent trust status
virtual environments 27
managing agent;SSL thumbprint 29
manual patch assess and deploy 141
manual patching
download Windows patches 152
filters for Linux and UNIX 145
getting started 143
Linux and UNIX assessment results 147
Linux and UNIX bulletin updates 144
Linux and UNIX collection 145
Linux and UNIX patch deployment 148
troubleshooting 138, 140
Windows assessment results 154
Windows assessments 153
Windows bulletin details 152
Windows bulletin updates 151
Windows collections 153
Windows deployment 155
mapping
create 76
dashboard 78
schedule 78
vCenter Operations Manager 73-74, 77-80
mapping for patch deployment 175
N
NAT
see network address translation 41
navigation sliders 15
network address translation
vCloud Director vApp 41
network authority
add 234
assign 235
network authority account
assigning 89
checking 89, 234
O
operating system
virtual machine 36
operating system provisioning 199
overview
SCAP 194
vSphere Client Plug-in 56
P
package
installing 228
package manager
collect 225
Package Studio
installing 220
patch assessments
collections for Windows 138
VMware, Inc.
277
Index