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 staging
configuring for managed machines 165
how it works 177
Linux and UNIX 177
patches
SCR Tool 159
patching 172
administrator privileges 138
AIX machines 141
alternate location 139
applicability of patches for deployment 174
assessment and deployment 137
assessment templates 142
assessments for Windows 153
bulletin details for Windows 152
bulletins dynamic membership 171
collections for Windows assessments 153
configuring event-driven assessments 170
configuring event-driven deployment 170
configuring machine group mapping 167
deployment mapping 175
deployment wizards 179
distributed model 169
event-driven deployment 169
exceptions 171-172
how patch deployment works 178
how the job chain works 178
JCE on patching repository 160
job chain 158, 170-171, 176
jobs time out 170, 179
JRE on patching repository 160
Linux and UNIX assessment results 147
Linux and UNIX collection filters 145
Linux and UNIX deployment 148
Linux and UNIX getting started 143
Linux and UNIX job chain 178
machine group mapping 163
managed machines 137
manual assess and deploy 141
manual assessment results for Windows 154
manual bulletin updates for Windows 151
manual deployment for Windows 155
manual Linux and UNIX collection 145
manual patch download for Windows 152
manual updates for Linux and UNIX 144
no change in run level 140
patch staging configuration 163
prerequisites 137-138
reports 180
requirements 138
runtime properties files 160
scheduled assessments 176
scheduled deployment 170
Solaris, single-user mode 140
supported managed machines 137
Windows getting started 150
patching repository 144, 158
enable trust and status 164
management 139
Red Hat Linux machine 169
SCR Tool base path 168
portal
familiarizing 13
information bar 13
navigation sliders 15
toolbar 14
PowerShell
example script 102
executing for WCI 102
installation 110
references 102
script signing policies 101
scripts, troubleshooting 115
signing scripts for WCI 102
WCI getting started 97
Windows Custom Information 110
PowerShell script
verifying 109
prerequisites
patching deployment 137
prerequisites for patching 138
preview
compliance rule groups 62
properties files 160
protocols
configure for Linux and UNIX patching 159
provision machines
operating systems 204, 208
provisioning
compliance 231
compliance rule 230
jobs History 230
provisioning, operating system 199
add servers 202
agent communication 213
collect distributions 203
components 199
discovery 203
provision machines 204, 208
re-provision machines 214
results 213
servers 201
set server trust status 202
time, Linux 212
workflow 200
provisioning, software 217, 225
create packages 223
install package manager 222
install package studio 220
install repository 219
installation 218
purge
for WCI 111
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re-provisioning machines
operating systems 214
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