Installation guide

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View Active Directory Schema information.
Reports
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Run out-of-the-box reports against your collected data.
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Write your own SQL and SSRS reports using VCM’s report wizard.
Patching
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Review a list of bulletins available to VCM.
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Create, run, or import VCM Patching templates to display the machines that require
the patches described in each bulletin.
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Monitor VCM Patching jobs.
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Deploy patches.
Administration
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Manage basic configuration options for VCM.
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Establish filters to limit the data you collect from machines in your environment.
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Review how your VCM licenses are being used.
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Identify and manage your physical and virtual machines.
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Manage VCM Logins and Roles.
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Set options for assessment and deployment.
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View the status of jobs that are currently running, scheduled to run, or completed.
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Configure VCM to notify you of certain conditions in your environment.
Customizing VCM for your Environment
Create a machine group structure that matches the organization of the machines in your environment.
With these machine groups, you can manage specific machines in your environment such as all SQL
Servers in a particular location. You can apply specific changes or create roles and rules for those machines
independently from other machines in your environment. This approach ensures that you can restrict
access to critical machines to the appropriate users with rights to VCM.
You can customize the following options for your environment.
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Alerts: Define the objects and types of changes that you are alerted to when they are detected in VCM.
For example, you can set an alert to notify you if a registry setting changes in your environment.
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Collection Filters and Filter Sets: Use collection filters to specify the data to collect from the VCM
managed machines. A default collection filter is provided for each data type. You can add custom
collection filters that are specific to your enterprise. You can apply filters during instant collections and
scheduled collections if the filters are included in a filter set. After you create collection filters, organize
them into filter sets. You can create specific filter sets or filter set groups for different machine groups.
You can apply filter sets during instant collections or scheduled collections.
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Compliance Templates and Rule Groups: Use compliance templates and rule groups to define specific
settings and verify whether the machines match those criteria. VCM provides prepackaged templates
and rules to check the compliance of your machines with regulatory, industry, and vendor standards.
VMware provides additional compliance packages that you can import into VCM.
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Reports: Create and print tailored reports of information that does not appear in VCM. VCM provides
prepackaged reports that you can run after you collect data from your VCM managed machines.
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