Installation guide

Procedure
1. Click Administration.
2. Select Machines Manager > Available Machines.
3. Click Add Machines.
4. On the Add Machines page, select Basic: Name, Domain, Type, Automatically license machines, and
click Next.
5. On the Manually Add Machines - Basic page, configure these options to identify the instances of
vCloud Director.
Option Description
Machine Name of the vCloud Director instance.
Domain Domain to which the vCloud Director instance belongs.
Type Domain type.
Machine Type Select vCloud Director.
6. Click Add.
The machine information is added to the list.
7. (Optional) Add other instances of vCloud Director as needed.
8. When all your instances of vCloud Director are added to the list, click Next.
9. On the Information page, review the summary and click Finish.
What to do next
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Configure the vCloud Director settings. See "Configure the vCloud Director Settings" on page 38.
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Manage the Red Hat operating systems on which your vCloud Director instances are running. See
"Configure Collections from Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machines" on page 120.
Configure the vCloud Director Settings
Configure the Managing Agent, communication, and vCloud Director access options so that VCM can
collect virtual machine data from your instances of vCloud Director.
Prerequisites
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Collect Machines data from the Windows machine that you designated as your Managing Agent. See
"Collect Machines Data From the Managing Agent Machines" on page 26.
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If you are using SSL Certificates to maintain secure communication, you must provide the certificate
thumbprint from the target system when configuring the settings. See "Obtain the SSL Certificate
Thumbprint" on page 29.
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