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
What to do next
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For Windows operating system guest machines on which you installed the Agent, collect from the
Windows virtual machines. See "Collect Windows Data" on page 93. If you did not install the Agent, see
"Install the VCM Windows Agent on Your Windows Machines" on page 91.
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For Linux or UNIX operating system guest machines you must install the Agent. See "Configure
Collections from Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machines" on page 120.
Configure vCloud Director Collections
Configure collections from your vCloud Director instances so that you can run compliance and reports,
and identify your vApp virtual machines.
Prerequisites
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Configure your Managing Agent machines. See "Configure Managing Agent Machines for Virtual
Environment Management" on page 26.
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To maintain secure communication, you need the SSLcertificates from your instances of vCloud
Director. See "Obtain the SSL Certificate Thumbprint" on page 29.
Procedure
1. "Add vCloud Director Instances" on page 37
Add the instances of vCloud Director to VCM so that you can license and collect vCloud Director data
using the Managing Agent.
2. "Configure the vCloud Director Settings" on page 38
Configure the Managing Agent, communication, and vCloud Director access options so that VCM can
collect virtual machine data from your instances of vCloud Director.
3. "Collect vCloud Director Data" on page 39
Collect the data from the instances of vCloud Director. The data is displayed by detailed data type and
appears in the VCM Console.
The collected vCloud Director data appears in the Console in the Virtual Environments node. The data
helps you identify and manage vApp virtual machines. See "vCloud Director Collection Results" on page
40.
Add vCloud Director Instances
Add the instances of vCloud Director to VCM so that you can license and collect vCloud Director data
using the Managing Agent.
In addition to adding the instances of vCloud Director, and you can also add the Red Hat machine on
which the vCloud Director instance is installed and manage the underlying Red Hat operating system.
Prerequisites
Know the names and domain information for the instances of vCloud Director in your environment.
Configuring VMware Cloud Infrastructure
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