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
Configuring vCenter Operations
Manager Integration
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Configuring vCenter Operations Manager
Integration
Integration of VCM with vCenter Operations Manager reports VCM configuration change events and
standard compliance results in vCenter Operations Manager.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Configure vCenter Operations Manager Change Events 73
Standards Compliance for vCenter Operations Manager 74
VCM Registration in vCenter Operations Manager for Integration
Integration between VCM and vCenter Operations Manager uses an adapter to manage the connection.
When you register the VCM adapter in the vCenter Operations Manager Administration portal, ensure
that the user account used for the integration meets the following criteria:
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The account is used only by the adapter login. The account must not be one used as an interactive user
login. The adapter account frequently logs in and out of VCM. If you use it as an interactive account,
you will need to regularly refresh the connection, which affects your VCM experience.
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The account has permission in VCM to access the virtual object groups and machine groups that
correspond to the objects managed by your vCenter Operations Manager instance.
For more information about registering the VCM adapter, see the vCenter Operations Manager
Administration portal online Help.
Configure vCenter Operations Manager Change Events
Configure the data types to report to vCenter Operations Manager as change events and the threshold
reporting level used to roll up the configuration changes. VCM records configuration changes in the
change log regardless of whether you report the data in vCenter Operations Manager. From vCenter
Operations Manager, you can navigate to VCM to view the details.
You can report on UNIX and Windows configuration change data and VCM initiated reboot changes.
VCM reports change data to vCenter Operations Manager. vCenter Operations Manager polls VCM for
configuration changes every five minutes.
For example, you can configure VCM to report a UNIXî ħdata type to vCenter Operations Manager and set
the threshold reporting level to roll up a defined number of configuration changes into a single reporting
icon to report the changes in the vCenter Operations Manager console.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the VCM adapter is registered with the correct user account in vCenter Operations Manager.
See "VCM Registration in vCenter Operations Manager for Integration" on page 73.
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