Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Configuration ManagerAdministration Guide
- 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
- 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
- Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Integration
- Auditing Security Changes in Your Environment
- Configuring Windows Machines
- Verify Available Domains
- Check the Network Authority
- Assign Network Authority Accounts
- Discover Windows Machines
- License Windows Machines
- Disable User Account Control for VCM Agent Installation
- Install the VCM Windows Agent on Your Windows Machines
- Enable UAC After VCM Agent Installation
- Collect Windows Data
- 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 and UNIX Machines
- Configuring Mac OS X Machines
- Patching Managed Machines
- VCM Patching for Windows Machines
- VCM Patching for UNIX and Linux Machines
- UNIX and Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Getting Started with VCM Patching
- Getting Started with VCM Patching for Windows Machines
- Check for Updates to Bulletins
- Collect Data from Windows Machines by Using the VCM Patching Filter Sets
- Assess Windows Machines
- Review VCM Patching Windows Assessment Results
- Prerequisites for Patch Deployment
- Default Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- Default Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- vCenter Software Content Repository Tool
- Deploy Patches to Windows Machines
- Getting Started with VCM Patching for UNIX and Linux Machines
- Check for Updates to Bulletins
- Collect Patch Assessment Data from UNIX and Linux Machines
- Explore Assessment Results and Acquire and Store the Patches
- Default Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- Deploy Patches to UNIX/Linux Machines
- How the Deploy Action Works
- Running VCM Patching Reports
- Customize Your Environment for VCM Patching
- 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
Index
%
%Systemroot% environment variable 79, 81
A
About Patching 135
about this book 9
access by user 11
accessing
compliance content 21
active directory
(AD) 193
collection results 202
configuration 199
data collection 201
getting started 193
installing VCM for active directory 199
run determine forest action 200
run domain controller setup action 201
AD (active directory) 193
add
vCenter Server 30
vCloud Director 35
vShield Manager 45
add servers
provisoning, operating system 160
adding
asset data field 220
hardware asset data 224
Mac OS X 125
multiple hardware asset data 225
multiple software asset data 228
Oracle Instances 118, 120
repository sources 185
service desk integration 231
software asset data 227
UNIX/Linux machines 108
ADProductInstall.exe for Windows 79, 81
agent
ADProductInstall.exe for Windows AD 79, 81
CMAgentInstall.exe for Windows 79, 81
install, manual 78
install, Windows 77
installation 77
installing Mac OS X 127
Linux and UNIX 109
remote client 208
uninstall, Mac OS X 132
uninstall, UNIX/Linux 115
uninstalling 83
agent communication
changing after OS provisioning 171
Index
VMware, Inc.
233
agent proxy
collector 49
assessment
SCAP 154-155
assets
adding data field 220
adding hardware data 224
adding multiple hardware data 225
adding multiple software data 228
adding software data 227
configuring data fields 219
configuring hardware data 224
configuring software data 227
deleting data field 222
deleting hardware data 226
deleting software data 230
editing hardware data 225
editing hardware data values 226
editing software data 229
editing software data values 229
edting data field 221
getting started 219
rearranging data fields 222
refreshing dynamic data field 223
reviewing data field 220
VCM asset data 223
assigning
network authority account 73
auditing 69
availble domains
domain controllers 194
B
binary mode, use for ftp 110, 127
C
certificates
remote client 206
change management
WCI 97
check
for UNIX/Linux updates 146
for Windows updates 139
checking
network authority account 72, 194
CMAgentInstall.exe
for Windows 79, 81
uninstalling agent 83