Installation guide

vCenter Configuration Manager Administration Guide
Discover vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines 43
Configure vShield Manager Collections 47
Configure ESX Service Console OS Collections 50
Configure the Collector as an Agent Proxy 51
Configure Virtual Machine Hosts 52
Copy Files to the ESX/ESXi Servers 54
Collect ESX Logs Data 55
Virtualization Collection Results 56
Configure the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In 56
Register the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In 56
Configuring the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In Integration Settings 57
Manage Machines from the vSphere Client 58
Running Compliance for the VMware Cloud Infrastructure 59
Create and Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates 59
Create Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups 60
Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Rules 61
Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Filters 62
Preview Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups 62
Create Virtual Environment Compliance Templates 63
Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates 64
Create Virtual Environment Compliance Exceptions 65
Resolve Noncompliant Virtual Environments Template Results 66
Enforce Compliance Template Results by Using VCM Actions 66
Manually Enforce Compliance Template Results 67
Create Virtual Environment Compliance Exceptions 67
Configure Alerts and Schedule Virtual Environment Compliance Runs 68
Create Virtual Environment Compliance Alert Rules 69
Create Virtual Environments Compliance Alert Configurations 69
Schedule Virtual Environments Compliance Template Runs 70
Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Integration 73
VCM Registration in vCenter Operations Manager for Integration 73
Configure vCenter Operations Manager Change Events 73
Standards Compliance for vCenter Operations Manager 74
Configure vCenter Operations Manager Standards Compliance 74
Scoring Badges for vCenter Operations Manager Standards Compliance 80
Auditing Security Changes in Your Environment 85
Configuring Windows Machines 87
Configure Windows Machines 87
Verify Available Domains 88
Check the Network Authority 89
Assign Network Authority Accounts 89
Discover Windows Machines 90
License Windows Machines 90
Install the VCM Windows Agent on Your Windows Machines 91
Collect Windows Data 93
Windows Collection Results 94
Getting Started with Windows Custom Information 95
Prerequisites to Collect Windows Custom Information 96
Using PowerShell Scripts for WCI Collections 97
Guidelines in PowerShell Scripting for WCI 98
Challenges in PowerShell Scripting for WCI 98
PowerShell Script Signing Policies 101
Create an Example PowerShell Script for Scheduled Tasks 102
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