Installation guide

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Configuring VMware Cloud Infrastructure

VCM collects information from your instances of vCenter Server, vCloud Director, and vShield Manager

so that you can then use the information to manage and maintain your virtual environment.

The collected data appears in the Console under the Virtual Environments node. The information is

organized in logical groupings based on the information sources, including vCenter Server, vCloud

Director, and vShield Manager.

Based on the collected virtual environments data, you can manage the objects and data at an enterprise

and individual level, including running compliance rules and reports; running actions, such as changing

settings and taking virtual machine snapshots; and managing the guest operating systems as fully

managed VCM machines.

Virtual Environments Configuration

To manage your virtual environments, you collect vCenter Server, vCloud Director, and vShield Manager

data. To collect the data, you use one or more Managing Agent machines.

After configuring your Managing Agent machines, you add and configure your vCenter Server, vCloud

Director, and vShield Manager instances in VCMto use the Managing Agent for communication. For a

diagram illustrating how the components are configured together, see Figure 3–1. Virtual Environments

Configuration Diagram.

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