Installation guide

Discover Windows Machines
In your network, identify the Windows machines that you are managing with VCM.
To discover the available Windows machines, VCM uses general discovery rules to identify many
Windows machines or uses specific discovery rules to identify particular Windows machines.
The time required to perform an initial discovery depends on the size and composition of your network. If
all Windows machines are not available during initial discovery, such as systems that are disconnected
from the network, the first discovery will not find all Windows machines. If the discovery does not
identify all Windows machines, you might need to run additional discoveries after the other Windows
machines become available.
NOTE You can use the Discovered Machines Import Tool (DMIT), which imports machines discovered by
the Network Mapper (Nmap), to import many physical and virtual machines at one time into the VCM
database. Download DMIT from the VMware Web site.
The following procedure is based on Active Directory.
Prerequisites
Assign a Network Authority Account that VCM can use for access. See "Assign Network Authority
Accounts" on page 89.
Procedure
1. Click Administration.
2. Select Machines Manager > Discovery Rules.
3. Click Add to create a discovery rule.
4. On the Discovery Rules page, type a name and description and click Next.
5. On the Discovery Method page, select By Active Directory and click Next.
6. On the AD Domain page, specify the AD Domain, select Discover machines only from the selected
domain, and click Next.
7. On the Discovery Filters page, select Discover all machines in <domain_name> Domain.
8. (Optional) Create a filter to discover Windows machines based on a limited criteria and click Next.
9. On the Important page, click Yes and click Finish.
To avoid exceeding your license count, do not select License and Install Agent on Discovered
Machines.
10. On the toolbar, click Jobs to track current discovery job status.
What to do next
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Verify that the jobs finished running. Click Administration and select Job Manager > History > Other
Jobs > Past 24 Hours.
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Verify that the Windows machines are available. Click Administration and select Machines Manager >
Available Machines.
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License the Windows machines in your environment. See "License Windows Machines" on page 90.
License Windows Machines
To manage Windows machines, you must license them in VCM.
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